HACKENSACK, N.J. — The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the $38.5 million sale of 22 Sussex, an 88-unit apartment building in the Northern New Jersey community of Hackensack. The property consists of 22 studios, 51 one-bedroom units and 15 two-bedroom units. Residences average 883 square feet and feature stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a fitness center, coworking lounge, rooftop deck and a gaming area. Andrew Scheinerman of Kislak represented the seller and developer, an entity doing business as 22 Sussex Street Urban Renewal LLC, in the transaction. Scheinerman also procured the buyer, Lusia Realty Corp.
CHESTER, PA. — Locally based brokerage firm Starkman Realty Group has arranged the $3.1 million sale of Buckman Meadows, a 42-unit affordable housing building in Chester, a southwestern suburb of Philadelphia. The property was originally constructed in 1917 to house shipbuilders during World War I and subsequently converted to a veterans’ hospital and then an affordable housing complex for veterans in 2015. New Jersey-based Tunic Group purchased Buckman Meadows from an undisclosed partnership. Jason Starkman of Starkman Realty Group represented both parties in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Social media platform Praxis has signed a 7,462-square-foot office lease at 446 Broadway in Manhattan. The lease term is five years, and the space encompasses the entire third floor. Greg Herman of Cushman & Wakefield represented Praxis in the lease negotiations. David Malawer of Newmark represented the landlord, KPG Funds. The building is now fully leased.
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As Affordability Crisis Deepens, Policies and Market Shift to Assist the Underserved
By Omar Eltorai, Arbor Realty Trust To understand the affordable housing market in spring 2022, one needs to first assess how this sector weathered the pandemic and then assess the current state of housing affordability across the country. In-depth findings on these trends are included in the Arbor Realty Trust-Chandan Economics Affordable Housing Trends Report, from which this article is excerpted. Weathering the Pandemic When it comes to the pandemic response, federal policymakers proved effective at defusing a large-scale increase in homelessness from financially insecure households. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) eviction moratorium, while unpopular among industry advocates, prevented an estimated 1.6 million evictions, according to an analysis by Eviction Lab. After the Supreme Court struck down the federal moratorium in August 2021[1], the wave of evictions that many were forecasting did not immediately materialize. Nationally, tracked eviction filings ticked up but remained well below their pre-pandemic averages, according to Eviction Lab. A key reason why many at-risk renters have remained in their homes is the deployment of funds allocated in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA) — a funding pool designed to assist households that are unable to pay rent or utilities. The ERA Program was …
NEW YORK CITY — Los Angeles-based Parkview Financial has provided a $92 million construction loan for a 215,379-square-foot office building that will be located at 1498-1538 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn’s Midwood neighborhood. The project will include 51,000 square feet of retail space and a 267-space automated parking structure. Construction is underway and expected to be complete in October 2023. Between the office and retail components, the building is 30 percent preleased. Aaron Birnbaum and Elliott Kunstlinger of Meridian Capital Group arranged the loan through Parkview on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of locally based developer Baruch Singer.
CAMBRDIGE, MASS. — Callahan Construction Managers has completed the renovation and expansion of Squirrelwood Apartments, an affordable housing project located across the Charles River from Boston in Cambridge. The project involved renovating 10 of the property’s buildings and constructing two more from the ground up. Of the 88 units, 64 are reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income (AMI); 14 residences are restricted to households earning 30 to 50 percent of AMI, and the remaining 10 are designated as Massachusetts Workforce program units.
HAZELTON, PA. — Montecito Medical, a Nashville-based healthcare real estate investment firm, has acquired a 73,255-square-foot facility in Hazelton that is fully leased to Lehigh Valley Health System. The building houses a 13,500-square-foot ambulatory surgery center, and its specialty providers include cardiology, orthopedics, physical therapy/rehabilitation, neurology, bariatric medicine, diagnostic imaging services, chiropractic and primary care. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
OLD BRIDGE, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm Sheldon Gross Realty has arranged the sale of a warehouse located at 3220 Bordentown Ave. in the Northern New Jersey community of Old Bridge. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1980. The 9.9-acre site includes six acres of outdoor storage space, and the building houses 42,000 square feet of office space and clear heights of 14 to 16 feet. The seller was not disclosed. Brentwood Realty purchased the building for an undisclosed price. Jonathan Glick of Sheldon Gross Realty brokered the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Mount Sinai Health System has signed a 17,464-square-foot lease for a new cardiology office at 373 Park Avenue South in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The lease term is 10 years. The 12-story building spans 110,000 square feet and was originally constructed in the early 1900s. Leonard Zimmerman of Hemsley Spear represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Kate Goodman represented the landlord, ATCO Properties & Management, on an internal basis.
EVERETT, MASS. — South Carolina-based development and management firm Greystar has broken ground on 35 Garvey Street, a 450-unit apartment community in the eastern Boston suburb of Everett. The project will transform a vacant former industrial site in Everett’s evolving Commercial Triangle into a transit-oriented development. About 5 percent (23) of the units will be reserved as affordable housing. The community will also include a 564-space parking garage and 6,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.