STRATFORD, CONN. — Italian food supplier Nuovo Pasta Productions has signed a 35,492-square-foot industrial lease in Stratford. The space is located within a former food storage and distribution facility at 849 Honeyspot Road in Stratford Industrial Park, Nuovo Pasta signed a 10-year lease at the facility. Bruce Wettenstein of Vidal/Wettenstein represented Nuovo Pasta in the lease negotiations. George Shawah Jr. of Baldwin Pearson & Co. Inc. represented the undisclosed landlord.
NEW YORK CITY — Amazon has preleased a 1-million-square-foot, build-to-suit industrial warehouse located at 55-15 Grand Ave. in Queens, according to reports from Business Insider and City Biz List. A joint venture between New York City-based developer RXR Realty and Los Angeles-based developer LBA Realty plans to demolish a former factory structure to construct a new build-to-suit facility for the Seattle-based e-commerce giant. The four-story facility will feature a rooftop parking structure that will house a fleet of Amazon’s delivery vehicles. The construction schedule was undisclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Barings LLC has provided a $250 million construction loan for a 345,000-square-foot academic and residential building in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. A partnership between Australian developer Lendlease and New York-based L+M Development Partners Inc. was the borrower. Located at 100 Claremont, the 41-story building will feature 165 residential condominiums, 54,000 square feet of academic space for the Union Theological Seminary and 49,000 square feet of faculty housing. The condominium residences will include a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Robert A.M. Stern Architects designed the project. Christopher Peck and Scott Aiese of JLL arranged the loan. Construction is slated to be complete in spring 2023.
CRANBURY, N.J. — JLL has negotiated a 68,000-square-foot office lease for WuXi Biologics, a Chinese medical technology development company, in Cranbury, a northeastern suburb of Trenton. The company has leased the entirety of a facility located at 7 Clarke Drive for 10 years. The building includes a research and development laboratory, biologics manufacturing space and office space. The facility was constructed in 1998 and is located within Cedar Brook Corporate Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot office and technology park. This is the third lease for the WuXi Biologics in the United States, along with a facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, and a 33,000-square-foot development laboratory in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Cedar Brook Corporate Center, the owner of the building, was represented internally. Robert Ryan and John Buckley of JLL represented WuXi Biologics in the lease negotiations.
MOUNT LAUREL N.J. — Brooklyn-based private equity firm Golden Gate Capital has acquired a seven-building office portfolio in Mount Laurel, an eastern suburb of Philadelphia, for $14.8 million. The portfolio totals 244,000 square feet and includes a building located at 10001 Briggs Road in the Cambridge Crossing office complex, as well as six buildings in Greentree North Corporate Center. Tenants of the portfolio include Vertical Screen, Cooper Institute for Reproductive Hormonal Disorders, Ancero LLC, Just Children and Virtua Infectious Disease. Both properties offer convenient access to the New Jersey Turnpike and Interstate 295. Stephen Marzullo, Adam Silverman and Jon Sarkinsian of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — The Kislak Company Inc. has brokered the $4.3 sale of Colony Plaza, a 40,000-square-foot office and retail property in Parsippany, a northwestern suburb of New York City. The site is located on a 3.2-acre site at 1180-1220 Route 46 near State Routes 10 and 287 and currently houses three buildings. Tom Scatuorchio and Matt Weilheimer of Kislak represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Entertainment businesses and professional sports will reopen in Upstate New York this Friday, June 26, according to a statement from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued on Wednesday, June 24. Businesses in New York have gradually reopened over the last few weeks as the COVID-19 pandemic has slowly eased across the state, with regions including Central New York, Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley, North Country and Southern Tier now on track to enter Phase IV of the governor’s reopening plan. As part of this phase of the plan, social gatherings of up to 50 people will be allowed and professional sports will be played without fans. As the state nears a complete reopening of its economy, the combined state governments of the Tri-State region of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have agreed to impose 14-day quarantines on visitors from states with a 10 percent infection rate, Cuomo said on Wednesday. Other businesses cleared to reopen include performing arts, film and TV production and higher education. As of June 24, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported nearly 391,000 cases of COVID-19 across the state of New York, and more than 30,000 deaths.
NEW YORK CITY — Macy’s Inc. will lay off 3,900 employees in corporate and management positions, representing approximately 3 percent of its total workforce, according to a company statement issued today. Macy’s expects the reduction of staff to save approximately $365 million in operating costs for its 2020 fiscal year. Macy’s recently projected that it would show a $1.1 billion loss in operating income for its first quarter ending in early May, a result of temporary and permanent store closures, as well as significantly reduced sales amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The company will release its final first-quarter earnings results on July 1. At the close of 2019, Macy’s owned and operated a total of nearly 840 stores across its flagship and Bloomingdale’s brands. Prior to the health and economic crisis, Macy’s had announced plans to close 125 of its least productive stores over the next three years beginning in February. As part of the plan, the retailer also closed its offices in San Francisco, downtown Cincinnati and Lorain, Ohio, leaving the New York City office as its sole corporate headquarters. Macy’s stock price closed at $6.78 per share on June 24, down from $37.43 per share at the same time …
NEW YORK CITY — Kassin Sabbagh Realty LLC has arranged the $17.1 million sale of a 67-unit multifamily building in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn. Located at 515 Ovington Ave., the 72,000-square-foot building was constructed in 1956 and offers studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floor plans. Jeffrey Znaty of Kassin Sabbagh represented the seller, Lang Development Corp., in the transaction. Znaty also represented the buyer, a locally based developer.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — The Kislak Company Inc. has brokered the sale of a 32,132-square-foot industrial property in Allentown. Located at 2330 26th St. SW, the single-story building was constructed in 1966 and features a clear height of 18.5 feet, four loading docks and one drive-in door. The property was fully leased at the time of sale. The property offers convenient access to Interstate 78, State Route 309 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Nearby airports include Lehigh Valley International Airport and the Trenton-Mercer Airport. Matt Weilheimer of Kislak Co. represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Davis Briones, also of Kislak Co., represented the buyer, Mitchell Partners Group LLC. The sales price was undisclosed.
