CARLSTADT, N.J. — Legacy Capital has purchased a 60,400-square-foot industrial building located at 2 Palmer Terrace in the New York City suburb of Carlstadt. The single-tenant property was originally built in 1977. Jose Cruz, Jordan Avanzato, Marc Duval and Mark Belenky of JLL represented the seller, Palmer Terrace Realty Associates, in the transaction. The sales price was undisclosed.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Global accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has signed a 19,450-square-foot office lease at One Stamford Plaza in southern Connecticut. Margaret Carlson represented the landlord, RFR Realty, on an internal basis, along with agents from Cushman & Wakefield. Paul Kaufman of JLL represented PwC, which will occupy the entire eighth floor of the building.
WAYLAND, MASS. — Multifamily developer Wood Partners has broken ground on Alta at River’s Edge, a 218-unit apartment project in the western Boston suburb of Wayland. The property will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, smart thermostats and private balconies. Amenities will include a clubroom, game lounge, fitness center, indoor golf simulator, a pool, fire pits and outdoor grilling stations. The opening is scheduled for summer 2022.
LAWRENCE, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 106,693-square-foot industrial building located at 65 Manchester St. in Lawrence, a northern suburb of Boston. The sales price was $3 million. The property is situated within a qualified opportunity zone about 1.7 miles from Interstate 93. Harrison Klein and Luigi Lessa of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity. The property, which was built around the turn of the 20th century and renovated in 2002, was sold via online auction in conjunction with Evan Koransky at Ten-X.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors has arranged a $5.2 million loan for the refinancing of a five-story office building in New Rochelle, located north of New York City. The property at 140 Huguenot St. spans 81,000 square feet and is leased to tenants such as the United States General Services Administration Social Security Office and The Guidance Center of Westchester. A local bank provided the loan, which was structured with a 15-year term, 30-year amortization schedule and a 3.75 percent fixed interest rate for the first 10 years.
TEANECK, N.J. — Alfred Sanzari Enterprises, a family-owned and operated commercial and residential real estate firm, has negotiated three office lease renewals totaling 25,000 square feet at Glenpointe, the firm’s flagship office property in the Northern New Jersey community of Teaneck. The deals include a 10,600-square-foot renewal and expansion with Treetop Development, a 7,300-square-foot renewal and expansion with The Russell Berrie Foundation and a 7,100-square-foot renewal and expansion with Eastern Fish Co. Newmark’s team of Jeff Schotz, Peter Rossi, Dan Reider, Peter Kasparian and David Simson represented Alfred Sanzari Enterprises in all the transactions.
BRIDGEWATER, MASS. — Massachusetts-based design/build firm Dacon has completed a 23,500-square-foot cannabis cultivation facility in Bridgewater, located south of Boston. The project is a build-to-suit for Theory Wellness, a provider of medical and recreational cannabis products with operations in Maine and Massachusetts. The space includes two climate-sensitive growth labs, two extraction labs and a manufacturing area.
SHORT HILLS, N.J. — The Birch Group has acquired a four-building office portfolio in the Short Hills submarket of Northern New Jersey for $255 million. The 843,300-square-foot portfolio comprises four Class A buildings located at 51, 101, 103 and 150 JFK Parkway. The properties are currently 80 percent leased to 22 tenants, including Citibank, Investors Bank, KPMG, Bank of America, UBS, Dun & Bradstreet, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo. “During the pandemic, there has been a demographic shift to the suburbs, and the migration of this talent pool represents an extraordinary opportunity to meet the demand for high-quality office assets in prime New Jersey markets,” says Mark Meisner, CEO and founder of Birch. “Short Hills is among one of the most prestigious suburban locales and it has consistently achieved above-average rents in New Jersey, while maintaining the highest occupancy rates within the market.” David Bernhaut led a Cushman & Wakefield team that represented the seller, Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (NYSE: CLI). The buyer has also retained Cushman & Wakefield as the leasing agent for the properties. Birch says it views the acquisition as a repositioning opportunity and plans to employ a value-add strategy. Birch will complement $15.2 million of recently completed …
STAMFORD, CONN. — CBRE has negotiated the $84.3 million sale of The Fairfield Apartments, a 263-unit multifamily community in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Stamford. Built in 1996, the property offers amenities such as a clubroom, caterer’s kitchen, three private courtyards, a pool, fitness center and outdoor grilling areas. The CBRE team of Jeffrey Dunne, Gene Pride, Jeremy Neuer, Steve Bardsley, David Gavin and Travis Langer represented the institutional seller in the transaction, while also procuring San Francisco-based FPA Multifamily as the buyer.
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Thorofare Capital has provided a $13 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a 70,000-square-foot medical office building in the Northern New Jersey community of West Orange. The property is located within a mile of a 577-bed hospital. The loan was structured with a five-year term and includes proceeds for tenant improvements and other capital expenditures. The borrower was an undisclosed institutional owner-operator.