MANTUA TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Mantua Partners LLC and North Bridge Properties will develop a 10-acre medical office and retail project in Mantua Township, located outside Philadelphia in Southern New Jersey. Branded as Mantua Shopping Center & Medical Complex, the property will consist of approximately 77,500 square feet of medical office space and 18,000 square feet of retail space. Construction is scheduled to begin next spring and to be complete in the spring or summer of 2022. Soloff Realty & Development has been tapped to lease the project.
NEW YORK CITY — Westbridge Realty Group has brokered the sale of a 300-unit self-storage facility located at 88 Ninth St. in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn for $6.5 million. The site spans 40,200 square feet. Alexandra Rossland and David Marciano of Westbridge represented the seller, Charles Devito of Chuck Realty Corp., in the transaction. David Marciano of Westbridge represented the buyer, Insite Property Group, a California-based self-storage operator and manager that will continue to run the facility.
NEW YORK CITY — Private equity firm Regis Group and funds managed by Los Angeles-based Ares Management Corp. (NYSE: ARES) have formed Haven Capital, an entity that will specialize in the origination of ground leases for high-quality assets across the country. Structured as a joint venture between the two firms, Haven Capital aims to capitalize on ground-lease investments in the top 50 U.S. markets with an initial capacity of $1 billion. Company founders cited the attractiveness of ground leases in separating land and buildings while reducing equity requirements and total costs of capital as a major incentive behind the formation of Haven Capital. Joe Shanley, a former vice president at SL Green, will lead the company.
SAN DIEGO AND BOSTON — Life sciences real estate development firm IQHQ Inc. has completed a $1.7 billion equity raise. The company — which completed an initial equity raise of $770 million earlier this year — plans to use the combined funds to build 4.4 million square feet of projects that are currently in its development pipeline. The company has offices in San Diego and Boston, both hubs for life sciences companies. The demand for life sciences real estate continues to increase as the need for vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics intensifies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an October report by CBRE. Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based CenterSquare Investment Management invested $158 million in IQHQ’s latest funding round, alongside a group of undisclosed new and existing strategic partners. Madison International Realty, a real estate private equity firm, invested $100 million with an option to invest an incremental $100 million in IQHQ. IQHQ’s current projects include sites in Boston, San Francisco and San Diego. The company announced plans to develop the San Diego Research and Development District (RaDD), a $1.5 billion life science campus located along San Diego’s waterfront, in September. The RaDD will span eight acres and three city blocks, making it …
SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. — Houston-based developer Hines, in partnership with MetLife Investment Management, has broken ground on NorthLight at Edge-on-Hudson, a 246-unit multifamily project in Sleepy Hollow. The property will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 565 to 1,406 square feet with high-end finishes. Amenities will include a pool, outdoor kitchens, fire pits, open green spaces and lounge areas for social or coworking use, two penthouse terraces and a roof deck, an indoor clubhouse with coworking space, fitness center, kid’s play area and a communal kitchen and wine lounge. Leasing is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2022, with full completion slated for the third quarter of 2022. Santander Bank provided construction financing.
BOSTON — MassHousing has provided a $36 million construction loan for the development of The Loop at Mattapan Station, a 135-unit affordable housing community located in the Mattapan area on the south side of Boston. Preservation of Affordable Housing, a nonprofit organization, is developing the building, which will house 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and is expected to be complete in June 2022. The unit mix will include six studio apartments, 38 one-bedroom apartments, 81 two-bedroom apartments and 10 three-bedroom apartments. Approximately 30 percent of the units will be designated as workforce housing.
BOSTON — Newmark has brokered the sale of One Alewife Center, a 90,000-square-foot life sciences facility located adjacent to the MBTA Alewife station on the city’s north side. The facility is situated within the 290,000-square-foot Alewife Park office and life sciences campus. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen and Samantha Hallowell of Newmark represented the seller, James Campbell Co., in the transaction. The team also procured life sciences REIT IQHQ as the buyer. IQHQ also purchased the larger Alewife Park campus in July.
CANTON, MASS. — Mortgage banking firm Fantini & Gorga has arranged a $19.9 million construction loan for Millside at Heritage Park, a 60-unit multifamily project in the southern Boston suburb of Canton. The age-restricted community will offer one- and two-bedroom units averaging 1,076 square feet, with 25 percent of the units reserved for households earning 80 percent or less of the area median income. Casimir Groblewski and Lindsay Feig of Fantini & Gorga arranged the loan through HarborOne Bank and Bristol County Savings Bank on behalf of the borrower, 104 Revere Street LLC.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — JRM Construction Management New Jersey LLC has completed the renovation of a 12,000-square-foot office building located at 371 Hoes Lane in the Northern New Jersey city of Piscataway. The project included a facelift of the lobby and atrium and the addition of new amenities such as a grab-and-go café and a fitness center with locker rooms. Greenway Properties LLC owns the three-story building.
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Corp. (NYSE: SLG) has received a $1.2 billion construction loan for One Madison Avenue, a 1.4 million-square-foot office project that will be situated on a full city block between Park and Madison avenues and East 23rd and 24th streets. SL Green is developing the 27-story building in partnership with Houston-based Hines, and Kohn Pederson Kohn is serving as the project architect. The existing office building at One Madison Avenue will be demolished down to the ninth floor, and the development group will build 17 glass and steel, column-free floors above. Amenities will include new retail space, an 800-person event space, 15,000-square-foot artisanal food market, 9,000-square-foot club-style tenant lounge and a full-service fitness center. An estimated completion date was not disclosed.