PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rockefeller Group has opened Rockefeller Group Logistics center, a 2.1 million-square-foot industrial park in Piscataway, a southwestern suburb of New York City. The property comprises five buildings, the largest of which is a 725,000-square-foot distribution center with 36-foot clear ceiling heights preleased to Best Buy. Other tenants include Fujitsu General America Inc., Humanscale, KISS Products, SHI and Kuehne + Nagel.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — CT Realty has completed construction of a 95,808-square-foot industrial facility in Jersey City, an eastern suburb of New York City. The property, located at 79 Thomas McGovern Drive, offers 36-foot ceiling heights, eight dock doors and approximately 2,000 square feet of office space. CBRE is leasing the property on behalf of CT Realty.
JERSEY CITY AND NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Redwood Realty Advisors has brokered the combined $4 million sale of two multifamily properties in Jersey City and North Bergen, two western suburbs of New York City. The Jersey City property, 481-487 Communipaw Avenue, is an eight-unit community comprised of two- and three-bedroom duplexes. The original developer sold the property. The North Bergen asset, 7328 Kennedy Boulevard, comprises 17 apartment units in two-bedroom floor plans. Steven Matovski of Redwood Realty Advisors procured sellers and buyers in both transactions. Individual sales prices were undisclosed.
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has negotiated a 3,900-square-foot retail lease for Tiger Schulmann’s Martial Arts in Englewood, an eastern suburb of New York City. The space is situated within l28-46 South Dean Street, a 41,000-square-foot building anchored by New York Sports Club, which occupies 20,500 square feet on the second floor. Ronald Fotiu and Anthony Cassano of NAI James Hanson represented the landlord, JPM 2006 – LDP8 24-42 S. Dean St., in the lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — BMW of Manhattan has renewed its 227,000-square-foot lease at 555 W. 57th St. in New York City, a 20-story office building formerly known as the Ford Motors Building. BMW occupies office space on the ground and concourse levels, as well as the entire second, third and fourth floors. The company also leases the ground-level showroom, which formerly showcased Ford vehicles. BMW will stay in the building for at least another 10 years following its lease renewal with New York-based landlord SL Green Realty Corp. “We’re delighted to extend our longstanding relationship with BMW,” says Steven Durels, SL Green’s executive vice president and director of leasing. Known locally as the BMW Building, the project was built in 1973 and renovated in recent years to include new entrances and an outdoor plaza area, as well as modernized bathrooms and hallways. Situated between 10th and 11th avenues on Manhattan’s west wide, the office building is close to Columbus Circle, Lincoln Center and transportation hubs. Other notable tenants in the building include CBS Broadcasting Inc., City University of New York, Greater New York Hospital Association and Mt. Sinai/Beth Israel. Scott Panzer and Matt Rosen of JLL represented BMW in the …
NEW YORK CITY — AKS Capital Partners has arranged a $749 million refinancing loan for the redevelopment of 335 Madison as The Company Building, a 1.1 million-square-foot, Class A office property in Manhattan. Brookfield Real Estate Financial Partners provided the loan to the borrower, Milstein Properties, to support the building’s redevelopment plan, which will deliver a interior upgrades such as a new wellness center, outdoor space, dining venues and a theater. Company, a tech startup incubator, occupies 250,000 square feet as the building’s anchor tenant. Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Adam Schwartz and Michael Diaz of AKS Capital Partners arranged the transaction for Milstein Properties. SHoP Architects is handling design of the redevelopment.
BOSTON — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated the $69.2 million sale of 100 Franklin Street, a 123,950-square-foot office building in downtown Boston. At the time of sale, the nine-story building was 95 percent leased to 25 tenants including Webster Bank, data research company Lux Research Inc. and the YMCA. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, James Tribble and Samantha Hallowell of NKF represented the seller, a partnership between Clarion Partners LLC and Synergy Investments. A partnership between Independencia Asset Management LLC and Synergy Investments LLC was the buyer. Boston Business Journal reports that Synergy will remain in its 9,034-square-foot office within the building and will continue to manage the property.
RARITAN, N.J. — Burlington Stores has signed a 46,000-square-foot retail lease in Raritan, located approximately 40 miles west of New York City. The apparel retailer will occupy a free-standing box formerly occupied by Toys ‘R’ Us/Babies ‘R’ Us in the 150,000-square-foot Somerville Circle Shopping Center, which is anchored by Staples, Petco and department store P.C. Richard & Son. Burlington plans to open the new store in spring 2020. Vanessa Fernandez-Kelty of Levin Management Corp. represented the landlord, which was undisclosed, in the lease negotiations. Clifford Simon and David Rosen of CNS Real Estate represented Burlington.
CANTON, MASS. — Colliers International has arranged the $12.3 million sale of Foxford Business Center, a 112,375-square-foot industrial building in Canton, located approximately 15 miles south of Boston. Foxford Business Center was completed in 1984 and underwent subsequent renovations in 1990 and 1995. The building was fully leased to 13 tenants at the time of sale. Caleb Hudak, Cathy Minnerly, Ovar Osvold, Sean Hannigan and Glenne Bachman of Colliers represented the seller, The Naughton Co., in the transaction. Longpoint Realty Partners was the buyer.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — NAI Long Island has brokered the 1.6 million sale of a 10,000-square-foot industrial building in the Huntington Station neighborhood on Long Island. The single-tenant manufacturing facility was completed in 1966 and offers 14-foot clear ceiling heights, one dock-high door and two drive in doors. Gary Pezza of NAI Long Island represented the seller, 55 Craven Realty LLC, in the transaction. Alberto Fiorini of Alliance Real Estate Corp. represented the buyer, Giambrone Realty LLC.
