NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the $10.5 million sale of 495 Amsterdam Avenue, a five-story multifamily building in Manhattan. Built in 1900, the 9,975-square-foot property features eight four-bedroom apartments and three retail spaces that are leased to a spa and electronics and clothing retailers. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty Group represented the buyer, Rudd Realty Management, in the transaction. Jungreis also represented the seller, 162 West 84th Street Corp.
BROOKLYN, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.3 million sale of Brooklyn Commons, a retail center located about 45 miles east of Hartford. The 106,900-square-foot property was 60 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Ocean State Job Lot, Dollar Tree and Subway. Laurie Ann Drinkwater and Seth Richard of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The team also represented the buyer, an undisclosed limited liability company.
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Leco Plastics Inc., a New Jersey-based manufacturer, has signed a 31,550-square-foot industrial lease in Saddle Brook, a western suburb of New York City. The building features 5,000 square feet of office space and 20-foot ceiling heights. Steven Leitner and Scott Perkins of NAI James Hanson represented the owner, Wilbur ’96 LLC, in the transaction.
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has negotiated a 27,600-square-foot industrial lease for Best Value Kosher Foods in Elmwood Park, a western suburb of New York City. The space is located within 475 Mola Boulevard, a 45,000-square-foot building that features 7,000 square feet of office space, six loading docks and a fitness center. Jeff DeMagistris, Tom Vetter, and Tom Ryan of NAI James Hanson represented Best Value Kosher Foods in the lease negotiations. The NAI team also represented the owner, The Stro Companies.
NORWOOD, MASS. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Commons at Windsor Gardens, a 914-unit multifamily property in Norwood, a southern suburb of Boston. The property consists of 77 buildings with floorplans including 682 apartments and 232 townhomes. The Windsor Gardens commuter rail station is located onsite, offering a direct line to Boston. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE represented the seller, Windsor Gardens Propco LLC, in the transaction. The CBRE team also procured the buyer, which was undisclosed.
PORTLAND, MAINE — Koucar Management, a Michigan-based developer, has broken ground on a 102-room hotel in Portland, a city about 55 miles north of Augusta. The property is a Cambria-brand hotel from Choice Hotels International, a Maryland-based international hotel franchisor. Amenities include an indoor-outdoor rooftop bar, 2,000 square feet of event space, fitness center and a restaurant and bar. The hotel is slated to open in 2021.
MONTVILLE, N.J. — A joint venture between New Jersey-based developer Diversified Properties LLC and New York-based 1026 Real Estate Investors LLC will develop an 807-unit self-storage facility in Montville, a western suburb of New York City. The project will span three stories and 98,000 square feet of net rentable space. CubeSmart Self Storage will manage the property, construction of which is slated to begin September 2019.
TOTOWA, N.J. — JLL has arranged $11 million in financing for a data center in Totowa, a western suburb of New York City. The property is a 125,871-square-foot facility that was completed in 2009 and is leased to Dallas-based data center REIT CyrusOne. An undisclosed life insurance company provided the permanent loan, which carries a fixed interest rate and a 10-year term. Thomas Didio of JLL arranged the financing for the borrower, Russo Development.
SPARTA, N.J. — Genworth Financial has provided a $12 million construction loan for an 80,000-square-foot ShopRite supermarket and an adjacent 15,000-square-foot ShopRite Wine & Spirits store in Sparta, a city located about 45 miles west of New York. The loan carries a 20-year term and 20-year amortization schedule. David Fryer of G.S. Wilcox & Co. arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Sparta 283 Realty LLC and Ronetco Supermarkets Inc. Construction is slated for completion in October 2019.
Demand for industrial space in Philadelphia and suburban Pennsylvania counties has been strong over the last five years. The last meaningful wave of speculative construction occurred in 2002. Couple that with the fact that much of the area’s industrial inventory was built prior to 1980, and we have a market that is ready to absorb a rising volume of speculative product. Organic growth and new-to-market requirements have absorbed most of the quality supply, leaving inventory that is at 40 to 50 years old and functionally obsolete for many requirements of today’s e-commerce users. Activity has been slower in the year’s first six months as companies have been more cautious about planning for future growth. Another factor has been the lack of quality-space options, with less than 1 percent of the inventory considered institutional, Class A space. This dearth of quality space is reflected in the single-digit vacancies. Developers, tenants and brokers will be watching closely as over 5 million square feet of speculative industrial space is projected to deliver in the next 12 to 24 months. Strong Urban Demand There is pent-up demand from local warehouse and manufacturing companies as well as increasing demand from third-party logistics (3PLs) users, food …
