SALEM, MASS. — MassDevelopment has provided $45 million in tax-exempt bond financing for the redevelopment of Leefort Terrace, an affordable housing complex in Salem, located north of Boston. Leefort Terrace was originally built in 1958 and houses 50 one-bedroom units across eight buildings. The borrower, an affiliate of nonprofit owner-operator Beacon Communities, has entered into a 99-year ground lease with the Salem Housing Authority and demolished the existing buildings. The redeveloped property will feature 124 units in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans that will be reserved for renters earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. Delivery is scheduled for summer 2026.
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ohio-based investment firm Chase Properties has purchased Creekside Plaza, a 180,000-square-foot shopping center located in the upstate New York community of Ithaca. The property was built in 2001 and was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Dick’s Sporting Goods, HomeGoods, Barnes & Noble and O’Reilly Auto Parts. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Chase Properties acquired Creekside Plaza in conjunction with Waynesboro Town Center, a 170,810-square-foot shopping center in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley region.
HANOVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 154,777-square-foot office building in Hanover Township, located in the northwestern corner of the Garden State. The three-story building at 10 Park Ave. was constructed on 8.7 acres in 2001 and formerly housed the operations of MetLife Investment Management. Dan Loughlin, Jeremy Neuer, Jose Cruz, Charlie Dillon, Bob Ryan, Ryan Robertson and Pranav Patel of JLL represented the seller, Ravine Development Co., in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
GARFIELD, N.J. — Lee & Associates has brokered the $16.5 million sale of a 73,000-square-foot warehouse in the Northern New Jersey community of Garfield. According to LoopNet Inc., the facility at 325 Midland Ave. was originally built on 2.7 acres in 1972 and features a clear height of 21 feet. Troy Wisse, Michael Schaible, Justin Smith, Chris Vassilian and Grant La Bounty of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Deko International, in the transaction. Kevin Dudley and Kate Granahan of CBRE represented the seller, Snowball Developments.
NEW YORK CITY — Rabina, along with general contractor Suffolk Construction, has topped out 520 Fifth Avenue, an approximately 1,000-foot-tall high-rise development situated at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 43rd Street in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan. Once completed in 2025, the tower will rise 88 stories and feature 100 condominiums and 25 floors of office space, as well as a social club called Moss. In March 2022, Rabina secured $540 million in construction financing for 520 Fifth Avenue that comprised a $410 million senior loan from Bank OZK and $130 million in mezzanine financing from Carlyle. The residential component of the project is called Five Twenty Fifth Residences. Condos will come in one- through four-bedroom layouts. Residents will have access to amenities such as a library, game room with billiards, private dining rooms and a solarium. Seventy percent of the condos have already been sold since sales launched in April. The mixed-use tower will also offer office space from floors 10 to 34. Office spaces will range from 500 to 12,000 square feet and feature 12-foot tall ceilings, private terraces and open-air covered corridors. The office component has been dubbed 520 Offices. Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group is …
STOUGHTON, MASS. — Brookfield Properties is underway on construction of Stoughton Logistics Park, an 880,085-square-foot industrial project located on the southern outskirts of Boston. The 65-acre site at 45 Maple St. is a former quarry that is being redeveloped into a logistics campus with three buildings. Those buildings, one of which is already complete, range in size from 189,470 to 411,930 square feet. Buildings will feature clear heights of 36 to 42 feet, and the site also offers 6.9 acres for outdoor trailer parking/storage space. CBRE has been tapped as the leasing agent. The second and third buildings are scheduled for third-quarter 2025 deliveries.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a portfolio of six multifamily buildings totaling 56 units in Manhattan’s East Village area. The portfolio features units with floor plans that range from one to six bedrooms, with 70 percent of the residences rented at market rates, as well as commercial spaces. Joe Koicim, Logan Markley, Matt Berger and Zan Colin represented the seller, Kushner Cos., in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a partnership between Edifice Real Estate Partners, Holliswood Development and JSB Capital Group.
MANSFIELD CENTER, CONN. — The Kislak Co., a New Jersey-based brokerage firm, has negotiated the $12 million sale of East Brook Mall in Mansfield Center, located east of Hartford. Built in 1975 and renovated in 2005, the property totals 275,239 square feet and comprises an enclosed mall as well as open-air retail space and pad sites. Old Navy, Kohl’s, T.J. Maxx and Michaels are the anchor tenants. Barry Waisbrod of Kislak and Andrew Knight of New England Commercial Brokerage represented the seller, America’s Realty, in the transaction.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Link Logistics will undertake a 123,000-square-foot industrial redevelopment project in the Northern New Jersey community of Parsippany. According to Parsippany Focus, the 10.4-acre site at 2 Hilton Court was previously home to Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo, which vacated the premises in 2016 but continued paying the lease through 2022. Marc Duval, Jose Cruz, Jordan Avanzato, Nicholas Stefans and Jason Lundy of JLL brokered the land sale. The seller was not disclosed, but the local publication also reports that Onyx Equities purchased the property in 2020.
SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — Saddle River Day School, which is located near the New York-New Jersey border and serves students in grades prekindergarten through 12, is planning a new, 32,000-square-foot science and entrepreneurship facility. The building will house 13 classrooms, five small group instruction rooms, including three specialty learning spaces and four science labs, as well as faculty offices, an upperschool commons, social spaces and a new admissions center. DIGroup Architecture has been tapped to design the project. A general contractor has not yet been named.