Northeast

Parkview Provides $61M in Predevelopment Financing for Multifamily Project in Weehawken, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams February 23, 2021

WEEHAWKEN, N.J. — Los Angeles-based Parkview Financial has provided $61 million to fund the predevelopment and entitlement process for 1400 and 1900 Avenue at Port Imperial in Weehawken, located across the Hudson River from Midtown Manhattan. The project will consist of an eight-story, 282-unit condominium building with 4,601 square feet of retail space and a 346-space parking garage. Residential amenities will include a lounge, indoor pool, spa, fitness center, basketball court, multi-media room, game room, library and coworking space. Outdoor amenities will include a pool, dining and kitchen stations, sun deck, fire pit and lounge seating. The development team expects the entitlement process to last about six months.

February 23, 2021

Development Hospitality New York Northeast

Caspi Development Tops Out 96-Room Hotel Project in Manhattan

by Taylor Williams February 23, 2021

NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm Caspi Development has topped out the Hotel Barrière Le Fouquet’s New York, a 96-room hotel that is being developed at 456 Greenwich St. in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. Upon completion in mid-2022, the eight-story hotel will house several food and beverage concepts, as well as a pool, spa and a screening room. Construction of the hotel, which will be operated under the French luxury brand Group Barrière, began in 2017.

February 23, 2021

Leasing Activity New York Northeast Restaurant Retail

Plant-Based Concept to Open Restaurant at 1245 Broadway in Manhattan

by Taylor Williams February 23, 2021

NEW YORK CITY — Los Angeles-based chef Matthew Kenney will open a plant-based restaurant concept at a 7,900-square-foot space at 1245 Broadway in Manhattan. Anthony Stanford and Henry Rossignol of CBRE represented the tenant and the landlord, a partnership between locally based developer GDSNY and Stockholm-based Klovern, in the negotiations.

February 23, 2021

Leasing Activity NAI New Jersey Northeast Office

NAI DiLeo-Bram Negotiates 5,600 SF Office Lease in Bridgewater, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams February 23, 2021

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — NAI DiLeo-Bram has negotiated a 5,600-square-foot office lease at Bridgewater Plaza, a two-building office complex in the Northern New Jersey city of Bridgewater. Marc Shein of NAI DiLeo-Bram represented the tenant, the Center for Psychological Treatment & Assessment, which provides services for adults with autism, in the lease negotiations. Shein also represented the landlord.

February 23, 2021

Content Partner Features Midwest Northeast Southeast Texas Western

Valbridge: Automation Can Assist Valuation Process, But Not Replace It

by Sarah Daniels February 23, 2021

The pandemic has forced the appraisal business into a surreal experience: many valuation professionals had their physical connections to the market severed or diminished. The question became: how best to assign value to the properties that appraisers are tasked with assessing especially while the demand for valuation has grown. Where does the rise of automatic valuation systems (AVSs) fit in with the valuation process? Karl Finkelstein, vice president of Business Development and senior managing director for Valbridge Property Advisors, spoke recently to REBusinessOnline. He explains, “The appraisal business is still all about reporting on what we see in the marketplace. That hasn’t changed. What has changed is our physical connection to the market — talking with market participants and attempting to read the tea leaves.” As for many companies, the past few months have been a time of reassessment and reengagement with the technology and tools at hand. “We’ve had to rethink how we do inspections; we’ve had to rethink how we physically interact. Technology has given us a big hand with that, and it has changed some of the some of the ways we do business and enhanced others,” says Finkelstein. A Hands-On Business, Socially Distanced Physical inspections remain …

February 23, 2021

Development Life Sciences Northeast Office Pennsylvania Top Stories

Republic Properties to Develop $190M Life Sciences Facility in Philadelphia

by John Nelson February 23, 2021

PHILADELPHIA — Republic Properties Corp., a privately owned real estate investment and management firm, plans to build Ultra Labs at University City, a $190 million life sciences facility in Philadelphia. The property will stand 11 stories tall and comprise 185,000 square feet of advanced research and development space for cell and gene therapy users. Republic Properties entered into a 90-year ground lease last year with Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) at the site, which is located adjacent to SEPTA’s Powelton Rail Yard station along North 32nd Street. Additionally, Ultra Labs at University City will sit within an Opportunity Zone between Powelton and Market streets overlooking the Schuylkill Expressway. The site is within close proximity to life science clusters including The Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The production center will be designed to ensure compliance with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) standards for pharmaceutical and cell production facilities, according to Republic Properties. The Washington, D.C.-based developer has tapped Maryland-based brokerage firm Scheer Partners to lease the property, which is slated for completion in less than 36 months. Republic Properties’ investment partner on the project is an entity …

February 23, 2021

Acquisitions Industrial New York Northeast

SomeraRoad Acquires Industrial Portfolio for $137M

by Taylor Williams February 22, 2021

NEW YORK CITY AND NASVHILLE — SomeraRoad, a development and investment firm with offices in New York City and Nashville, has acquired a portfolio of eight industrial assets totaling 1.5 million square feet $137 million. Each of the properties, which are located in the Southeast and Midwest regions, was fully leased to a single tenant at the time of sale. The roster includes users such as FedEx, McFarling Foods and Black Gold Farms. Ian Ross, Fergus Campbell, Amit Patel and Blake Toline negotiated the transaction for SomeraRoad on an internal basis. The seller was not disclosed. Dustin Stolly and Jordan Roeschlaub of Newmark arranged a $91 million acquisition loan through Capital One on behalf of SomeraRoad.

February 22, 2021

Loans Multifamily New York Northeast

PCCP Provides $32.7M Loan for Refinancing of Leasehold Interest of Manhattan Apartment Building

by Taylor Williams February 22, 2021

NEW YORK CITY — Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC has provided a $32.7 million loan for the refinancing of the leasehold interest of Renoir House, a 151-unit apartment building located at 225 E. 63rd St. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. An investment fund sponsored by San Francisco-based Carmel Partners acquired the leasehold interest in the property, which was built in 1962, in November 2011. Since that time, the firm has upgraded the property by renovating units, installing and improving amenity spaces and modernizing common areas. Specific loan terms were not disclosed.

February 22, 2021

Development Loans Multifamily New Jersey Northeast

Progress Capital Arranges $30M Acquisition Loan for Former Hospital in Jersey City

by Taylor Williams February 22, 2021

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Progress Capital has arranged a $30 million acquisition and construction loan for the site of the former Fairmount Hospital in Jersey City. The borrower, New York-based Monticello Equities, plans to redevelop the property into a 99-unit multifamily property with 2,240 square feet of retail space and a 75-space parking garage. Brad Domenico of Progress Capital arranged the financing through Leumi Bank.

February 22, 2021

Acquisitions Multifamily New York Northeast Seniors Housing

ESI Brokers $10M Sale of Seniors Housing Community in Rome, New York

by Taylor Williams February 22, 2021

ROME, N.Y. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has brokered the sale of The Terrace at Woodland, a 46-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Central New York city of Rome. An independent owner-operator sold the property to a regional owner-operator for $10 million, or approximately $217,000 per unit. Built in 2009, The Terrace at Woodland is licensed for 48 assisted living beds and 12 memory care beds. During the 12 months prior to sale, the community averaged 90 percent occupancy.

February 22, 2021

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