NEPTUNE CITY, RED BANK AND MATAWAN, N.J. — Walker & Dunlop has provided an $87.4 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of a 792-unit workforce housing portfolio located in northern and coastal New Jersey. The portfolio includes Brighton Arms Apartments in Neptune City; Grandville Towers in Red Bank; and Tree Haven Apartments in Matawan. John Banas, Kris Wood, John Wilson and Rhett Saltiel of Walker & Dunlop originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, The PRC Group.
KEARNY, N.J. — Pennsylvania-based investment firm Seagis Property Group has received a $65 million loan for the refinancing of a 415,533-square-foot industrial building located at 50 Central Ave. in Kearny, located west of New York City. The newly built property features 40-foot clear heights and 88 overhead doors and was fully leased at the time of the loan closing. New York Life Real Estate Investors provided the loan.
MAHWAH, N.J. — Ascena Retail Group, the parent company of Ann Taylor and Lane Bryant, will sell its plus-size chain Catherines to FullBeauty Brands Operations LLC for $40.8 million, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. FullBeauty Brands is a New York City-based holding company whose brands include plus-size chains such as Woman Within, Jessica London Inc. and Swimsuits for All. Ascena Retail Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July with plans to close an unspecified but “significant” number of stores.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated the $40 million sale of a 196,000-square-foot industrial development site located at 24-02 Queens Plaza in Long Island City. Brian Ezratty and Scott Ellard of NKF represented the seller, Atlas Capital Group, in the transaction. Bill Harvey, also with NKF, represented the undisclosed buyer, which plans to develop a 270,000-square-foot facility on the site.
STAMFORD, CONN — Berkeley Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Fortune 500 company W.R. Berkeley Corp., has signed a 63,173-square-foot office lease at Metro Center, a 285,258-square-foot building in Stamford. James Ritman of Newmark Knight Frank, along with internal representative Jeffrey Newman, handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord, Empire State Realty Trust (NYCE: ESRT). Belinda Scanlon of Bernard Realty represented the tenant.
NEWARK, N.J. — A partnership led by New Jersey-based investment firm Onyx Equities has acquired a 10-building, 1.5 million-square-foot office portfolio in Morris County, New Jersey, from Mack-Cali Corp. The portfolio consists of nine buildings in Parsippany and one in Madison. Onyx Equities, which acquired the portfolio in partnership with Taconic Capital Advisors LP, Axonic Capital LLC and Machine Investment Group, will implement a capital improvement plan. JLL brokered the deal.
PHILADELPHIA — Nerd Street Gamers, a provider of infrastructure services for the esports industry, will open The Block, an esports campus at 401 N. Broad St. in Philadelphia. Christian Dyer and Jackie Balin of CBRE represented data center owner-operator Netrality, which owns the 1.3 million-square-foot building, in the lease negotiations. The space will not only function as Nerd Street Gamers’ new corporate headquarters, but it will also include global broadcast studios, dedicated training centers for professional teams and schools and educational space for community partners.
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 45,000-square-foot industrial flex property located at 60 Northampton Road in the coastal New Jersey city of Toms River. Charles Loccisano and Michael Lombardi of Marcus & Millichap co-brokered the sale along with Rosetto Realty Group on behalf of both the buyer and the seller. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.
BOSTON — Developer Arx Urban is nearing completion of a 36-unit workforce housing project located at 233 Hancock St. in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. Boston-based RODE Architects designed the project, construction of which began in December 2018 and is expected to wrap up by the end of the month.
WATERTOWN, MASS. — Amstel Heritage Development has opened The Aver, a 25-unit luxury apartment complex located in the western Boston suburb of Watertown. The unit mix consists of two studio apartments, two one-bedroom units and 21 two-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and in-unit washers and dryers. Construction began in 2018.
