SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. — Goodwill Industries has signed a 125,500-square-foot industrial lease in South Hackensack, located in northern New Jersey. The nonprofit organization will occupy the entirety of a newly constructed warehouse at 400 Huyler St. that features 40-foot ceiling heights and 12,000 square feet of office space. Chuck Fern, Thomas D. Tucci, Jason Barton, Stephen Shoemaker, Thomas E. Tucci and Elizabeth Rouse of Cushman & Wakefield represented Goodwill in its site selection and lease negotiations. The team also represented the landlord, Forsgate Industrial Partners.
Office vacancies are falling across the big metros of the Northeast as robust user demand outpaces the supply of new construction. Deliveries in the last year have primarily been limited to Class A, build-to-suit properties and mixed-use developments. Meanwhile, office tenants are seeking high-end amenities at favorable prices. Nationally, the office vacancy rate stood at 16.8 percent in the second quarter, up slightly from 16.6 percent a year ago, according to real estate research firm Reis. Net absorption for the quarter totaled 3.2 million square feet, down from 3.9 million square feet a year ago. The average asking rent was $33.79 per square foot, up 2.2 percent on a year-over-year basis. Approximately 11.1 million square feet of office space was under construction at the end of the second quarter across Philadelphia, New York and Boston, according to CoStar Group. Helped by approximately 8.3 million square feet of absorption in the second quarter, the average vacancy rate across all three markets was 8.1 percent. Rather than undertake costly new ground-up construction projects, many developers are choosing to redevelop existing assets and efficiently incorporate office space into mixed-use projects. Coworking tenants occupied 54.2 million square feet of office space nationally at the …
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Robust Industrial Investment Shows No Signs of Slowing
Real estate buyers spent a record-setting amount of cash in the sector in the third quarter and remain bullish on the properties amid healthy absorption and rent growth. The industrial real estate sector, traditionally known as the land of big, boring boxes, has become the darling of real estate amid the growth of e-commerce. Investors have poured hundreds of billions of dollars into industrial properties over the last five years alone, and not even the prospect of new construction potentially outpacing demand has tempered enthusiasm. “With online sales continuing to grow at a faster rate than general retail sales, there is no lack of continued tenant demand for industrial warehouses and flex and distribution space,” says Rebecca Wells, CCIM, senior vice president and principal of commercial real estate service provider Lee & Associates in Indianapolis. “We expect investment activity will continue at a red-hot rate through the end of this year and into 2020.” Industrial sales totaled $40.6 billion in the third quarter this year, the highest dollar volume ever recorded in a single quarter for the property type, according to Real Capital Analytics, a New York-based researcher that tracks commercial property deals of $2.5 million or more. An $18.7 …
SALEM, N.H. — Tuscan Brands has broken ground on construction of Tuscan Village, a 2.8 million-square-foot mixed-use project in Salem, located approximately 30 miles north of Boston. Tuscan Village will comprise 1 million square feet of office space, 800,000 square feet of retail space, 900 residential units for rent and for sale, two hotels, an entertainment district and a medical services facility. Outdoor apparel and equipment retailer L.L. Bean signed a 15,000-square-foot retail lease for a lakefront property on the development’s 6-acre lake that will allow customers to test out kayaks and other water sports equipment on-site. Completion is slated for fall 2020.
GREENWICH, CONN. — PGIM Real Estate Finance has provided a $150 million refinancing loan for Greenwich Plaza, a two-building office complex located in Greenwich, a western suburb of Stamford. The Ashforth Co., which owns the property, plans to use proceeds from the refinancing for the redevelopment of the Greenwich Train Station transportation center. Originally developed by Ashforth in 1970, Greenwich Plaza comprises two four-story office buildings totaling 325,100 square feet. Tom Goodsite of PGIM Real Estate Finance led the transaction on behalf of the firm. Ken Ziebelman and Ethan Pond of Eastdil Secured arranged the financing.
JERICHO, N.Y. — Jericho-based developer Engel Burman has opened Encore Luxury Living, a 102-unit seniors housing community in the Long Island hamlet of Jericho. The 160,000-square-foot property offers active adult living with 59 one-bedroom units, 42 two-bedroom units and one three-bedroom unit. Unit sizes range from 826 to 1,500 square feet, and rents start at $8,400 per month. Encore will share a campus with Engel Burman’s existing 200,000-square-foot assisted living community, The Bristal at Jericho.
BALA CYNWYD, PA. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the $8.9 million sale of 130 Monument Road, a 5.2-acre development site in Bala Cynwyd, a northwestern suburb of Philadelphia. The site is zoned and approved for the development of 205 multifamily units with a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, along with a parking garage and a leasing office. Mike Margolis, Dave Dolan, Dave Garonzik and Jeff Mack of NKF represented the seller, Roseland Residential Trust, in the transaction. Woodfield Development of Chevy Chase was the buyer. Further details and the schedule of the construction were undisclosed.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Pet supplies retailer Pupcakes & Pawstries Barkery and Shoppe has signed a 2,500-square-foot retail lease in Bridgewater, located approximately 40 miles west of New York City. The space is situated within Somerset Shopping Center, a 219,000-square-foot retail center with tenants including Barnes & Noble, Gap and Men’s Wearhouse. The company has already relocated from its previous space in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Vanessa Fernandez-Kelty of Levin Management Corp. internally represented the landlord in the lease negotiations.
PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Fortuitous Partners has unveiled plans for Tidewater Landing, a $400 million mixed-use development along Pawtucket’s waterfront. The project will include office, residential and hotel space, as well as a 7,500-seat soccer stadium and sports complex for a future United Soccer League (USL) team. Fortuitous Partners will fund the project, while public investment from both the city and state will primarily focus on infrastructure and other non-stadium components of the development plan. “This is an opportunity of a lifetime for the City of Pawtucket, the Blackstone Valley and the State of Rhode Island,” says Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien. “This $400 million investment in one of Pawtucket’s Opportunity Zones will create jobs and be a transformative economic development at the gateway into our state.” Upon completion, Tidewater Landing will comprise more than 200 housing units, 100,000 square feet of retail space, a 200-room hotel, an indoor sports event center and 200,000 square feet of office space. The project is currently focused on the Tidewater and Division Street sites that are owned by National Grid and the city, respectively. The final development sites, phasing, construction costs and schedule for the project will be finalized during an upcoming due diligence period, …
WYNDMOOR, PA. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Wyndmoor Hills, a 180-unit rental continuing care retirement community (CCRC). The community is located on 12 acres in Wyndmoor, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. The building totals 214,288 square feet. A regional buyer acquired the property for an undisclosed price with plans to reposition it. Steve Thomes, Michael Segal and Dan Mahoney of Blueprint were the lead advisors on the transaction.