OLYPHANT, PA. — Global investment firm EQT Real Estate has purchased a 1 million-square-foot industrial property in Olyphant, located just outside of Scranton. Completed in 2023, Scranton North Logistics Center features a clear height of 40 feet, 185-foot truck court depths, 233 trailer parking stalls, 163 dock-high doors and four drive-in doors. John Plower, Ryan Cottone and Zach Maguire of JLL brokered the sale of the property, which was fully leased at the time of sale to an unnamed tenant. The seller was regional owner-operator Endurance Real Estate.
FORT LEE, N.J. — Regional brokerage firm BlueGate Partners and JLL have co-arranged the sale of Twenty50, a 194-unit apartment complex in the Northern New Jersey community of Fort Lee. Built in 2013, the 12-story building houses one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 896 square feet. Amenities include a pool, coworking space, library, fitness center, lounge and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Mark DeLillo, Marc Schulder and Lee Spiegleman of BlueGate collaborated with JLL’s Jose Cruz, Steve Simonelli, Mike Oliver and Elizabeth DeVesty to broker the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. has sold a 127,496-square-foot healthcare and retail building in Garden City, located on Long Island. The site spans 2.3 acres at 1300 Franklin Ave., and the building was originally constructed in the 1960s and renovated in 2007. Jose Cruz, Jeremy Neuer and David Leviton of JLL represented Intercontinental in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. The building was 78.5 percent leased at the time of sale.
NEW YORK CITY — Slarskey LLC has signed a 12,278-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The law firm will occupy the entire 32nd floor of 825 Third Avenue, a 40-story building at which a $150 million capital improvement program was recently completed. David Hoffman and Sam Hoffman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Tom Bow, Ashlea Aaron, Bailey Caliban and Sayo Kamara represented the landlord, The Durst Organization, on an internal basis.
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark has arranged $218 million in financing for the acquisition and office-to-residential conversion of 101 Greenwich Street in downtown Manhattan. Apollo Global Management provided the funds to the borrower, a partnership between Quantum Pacific and MetroLoft Developers. According to the property website, 101 Greenwich Street was originally constructed in the early 20th century and spans 480,000 rentable square feet. Neither a timeline for construction nor information on residential floor plans or amenities was announced, but the New York Business Journal reports that the new complex will have 614 units. Jordan Roeschlaub, Christopher Kramer and Holden Witkoff led the debt placement efforts for Newmark on behalf of ownership. Adam Spies and Adam Doneger, also with Newmark, represented the seller, institutional investment firm BentallGreenOak, in the $105 million sale of the property. According to the deal team, 101 Greenwich Street is a viable office building for residential conversion due to certain design features, such as U-shaped floor plates, extensive window lines, strong natural light and above-average ceiling heights. — Taylor Williams
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based developer The Moinian Group has provided updates on its speculative office project at 220 11th Ave. in the West Chelsea area of Manhattan. The project was originally announced in February 2020, but construction was delayed until early 2022. The foundation of the nine-story, 210,000-square-foot building is now complete, and Moinian Group has appointed Newmark as the new leasing agent. Designed by David Burns Studio Architecture, the building will feature two sculptural terraces, a 12,470-square-foot landscaped rooftop and two penthouse terraces totaling 2,200 square feet. At street level, an 11,920-square-foot duplex space offers the potential for flagship retail or flexible commercial use. An expected completion date was not announced, but the project team says that a prospective anchor tenant can commence its interior buildout within 18 months of lease execution.
SHORT HILLS, N.J. — CBRE has arranged a $58 million loan for the refinancing of a two-building, 320,000-square-foot office complex in Short Hills, about 25 miles west of New York City. The property, which was 95 percent leased at the time of sale, offers amenities such as a fitness center with a yoga and meditation room, cafeteria and shuttle service to nearby public transit lines. Brad Zampa and Mike Walker of CBRE arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the owner, Columbia Pacific Advisors. An undisclosed, East Coast-based institutional real estate lender provided the funds.
MOUNT OLIVE, N.J. — JLL has brokered the $27.9 million sale of a portfolio of net-leased retail properties totaling 167,532 square feet in Mount Olive, about 45 miles west of New York City. Known as The Gardens Portfolio, the collection spans eight properties across seven pad sites totaling 32,493 square feet and a Lowe’s Home Improvement store that totals 135,039 square feet. Other tenants include Applebee’s, LongHorn Steakhouse, Panera Bread, Wells Fargo, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Panda Express and Chipotle. Kevin O’Hearn, Jose Cruz and J.B. Bruno of JLL represented the seller, Rivani, in the transaction.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 12,016-square-foot office lease in Hoboken. The tenant is cybersecurity firm Semperis, and the space is located on the ninth floor of the 13-story building at 111 River St., which is also home to Unilever’s new U.S. headquarters. Patrick Decker, Mina Shehata, David DeMatteis and Mark Zaziski of Cushman & Wakefield successfully represented Semperis in the lease negotiations. The landlord, SJP Properties, was self-represented.
NEWARK, N.J. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $250 million in financing for 22 Fulton, a 396-unit multifamily project in the Military Park neighborhood of Newark. The financing includes nearly $119 million from the Urban Investment Group at Goldman Sachs Alternatives across a construction loan, 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity and a LIHTC bridge loan. The package also includes a $20 million preferred equity investment from an unnamed institutional capital provider and a $100 million forward commitment for a permanent loan by Barings. Barings has also committed additional funds to the project via the purchase of tax credits from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s Aspire program, which supports transit-oriented development. Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Jordan Casella, Michael Ianno and Jackson Irwin of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between SK Development and the Berger Organization. The 21-story building will house 315 market-rate apartments and 80 affordable housing units that will be reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income, as well as one staff residence and 4,700 square feet of retail space. Units will come in one- and two-bedroom floor …