OLD BRIDGE, N.J. — R.J. Brunelli & Co. has negotiated a 24,000-square-foot retail lease for a Jersey Strong fitness center in Old Bridge, located about 35 miles south of New York City. The tenant will anchor the 84,900-square-foot Browntown Shopping Center along with a Walgreens. Danielle Brunelli and Richard Brunelli of R.J. Brunelli & Co. represented Jersey Strong in the lease negotiations, as well as the landlord.
NEW YORK CITY — American Friends of Hebrew University (AFHU) has signed an 11,000-square-foot office lease in Manhattan. AFHU will move into a portion of the 11th floor of 199 Water Street in June 2020. Lauren Davidson, Lindsay Ornstein and Samantha Schrenker of Transwestern represented AFHU in the lease negotiations. Brett Greenberg and Adam Rappaport represented the landlord, Jack Resnick & Sons, on an internal basis.
GREENVILLE, DEL. — Acts Retirement-Life Communities will soon begin a $70 million expansion project at Country House, a seniors housing community in Greenville, located southwest of Philadelphia. The project will add 20 cottage homes, 55 apartments and a clubhouse to the community. The first phase of the three-year project, construction of the cottage homes, is scheduled to begin before the end of this month. The second phase of the project includes construction of the apartments and clubhouse, which will include new restaurant venues and a performance center as well as a new fitness and aquatic center. The apartments, which will range in size from 1,400 to 2,200 square feet, will be located within two new wings of the community.
NEW YORK CITY — Equity firm General Atlantic Service Co. will expand its Manhattan headquarters lease to 93,500 square feet. The company currently occupies 62,340 square feet across the 32nd and 33rd floors of Park Avenue Plaza and will incorporate the entire 31,200-square-foot space of the 31st floor beginning in July 2020. Robert Martin of JLL represented General Atlantic in the lease negotiation. Marc Packman and Clark Briffel represented the landlord, Fisher Brothers, on an internal basis.
PLAINFIELD, N.J. — R.J. Brunelli & Co. LLC has brokered the sale the sale of a vacant 30,000-square-foot retail building in Plainfield, a western suburb of New York City. The property is located at 165 E. Front St. and includes 10,000 square feet of space on each of three floors, plus a basement. Alan Gott of R.J. Brunelli represented the buyer, Paramount Assets, in the transaction. Gott also represented the seller, Abeco Management.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated a 27,000-square-foot, 15-year office lease for public relations firm MWWPR in Manhattan. MWWPR will take occupy the entire third floor of the Nomad Tower, located at 1250 Broadway. Alexander Chudnoff, Benjamin Bass and Kristen Morgan of JLL represented MWWPR in the transaction. Paul Glickman, Mitchell Konsker, Diana Biasotti and Harley Dalton of JLL represented the landlord, Global Holdings Management Group, along with Craig Panzirer of Global Holdings.
SOMERSET, N.J. — Office interior design firm Tecno Spa has signed a 15,000-square-foot industrial lease in Somerset, a southwestern suburb of New York City. The property, located at 65 Clyde Road, spans 160,000 square feet of industrial space with 24-foot ceiling heights, three loading doors and close proximity to the New Jersey Turnpike. Scott Perkins and Chris Todd of NAI James Hanson represented Tecno Spa in the lease transaction. TA Realty is the landlord.
The evolution and transformation of Philadelphia’s retail real estate market is in full swing, as evidenced by the arrival of several long-awaited shopping and dining concepts, the growth of retail in mixed-use settings and the balanced levels of demand between urban and suburban submarkets. According to the latest data from CoStar Group, over the last three years the Philadelphia metro area’s retail inventory has grown by about 1.3 million square feet per year. The development pipeline is leveling off, with less than 700,000 square feet of retail product currently under construction, and steady demand has pushed the market’s vacancy rate down to 4.2 percent. While the quantity of annual new space added has been on par with the national average for primary markets, the quality of that space and the fundamentals that drive demand for it have made Philadelphia a key market for expanding and new-to-market retailers. “Philadelphia is a market with many millennials and college students, a dense residential downtown area and a thriving tourism industry,” says Doug Green, managing principal at brokerage firm MSC Retail. “If you’re Bonobos, Warby Parker or Untuckit, Philadelphia is going to be one of your stops, because we check all the boxes that …
NEW YORK — National self-storage investment firm Clutter has purchased The Storage Fox, a smaller self-storage firm based in New York, acquiring four-property self-storage portfolio in for $152 million. The acquisition included 5,240 storage units across four properties located at 5601 Foster Ave. in Brooklyn; 3046 Northern Blvd. in Long Island City; 1 Holland Ave. in White Plains; and 280 Fullerton Ave. in Yonkers. Combined, the properties comprise approximately 500,000 square feet with a rentable area of 320,000 square feet.
NETCONG, N.J — JLL has arranged a $19.9 million construction loan for the development of 34 Bank, a 126-unit multifamily property located in Netcong, located approximately 40 miles west of New York City. M&T bank provided the three-year, floating-rate loan. The property will feature a mix of one- and two-bedroom floor plans and amenities such as a fully equipped fitness facility and electric car charging stations. The location is within walking distance to the Netcong Train Station, downtown Netcong and the Musconetcong River. Jon Mikula and Michael Klein of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between CrownPoint Group, The Hampshire Companies and Circle Squared Alternative Investments.