NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The Goldstein Group has negotiated a 7,372-square-foot retail lease for Redd’s Biergarten Restaurant in New Brunswick, approximately 30 miles southwest of New York City. Located at 5 Easton Ave., the restaurant offers German cuisine and beer in a casual setting with long communal tables and an outdoor biergarten. Lew Finkelstein and C.J. Huter of Goldstein represented Redd’s in the lease negotiations. Greg Medvin of Pierson Commercial Real Estate represented the landlord, Parking Authority City of New Brunswick.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Proserve-Consulting Inc. has signed a 2,342-square-foot office lease in Hackensack, a northwestern suburb of New York City. The space is located within the 160,000-square-foot Court Plaza North, one of three office buildings that comprise the 335,000-square-foot Court Plaza Complex. The deal brings Court Plaza North to full occupancy. Steven Muller of Equity Real Estate Brokerage LLC represented Proserve-Consulting in the lease negotiations. Stephen Jennings represented the landlord, Alfred Sanzari Enterprises, on an internal basis.
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. — A joint venture between The Hampshire Companies and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has broken ground on a 903-unit self-storage facility in Hillsborough, located approximately 20 miles north of Trenton. The 120,524-square-foot property is located at 141 US Highway 206. Extra Space Storage will manage the facility upon completion of construction, which is slated for early 2020.
MIDDLETOWN, PA. — CBRE has negotiated a 133,464-square-foot industrial lease for e-commerce distributor Boxzooka Fulfillment & Global Ecommerce in Middletown, located approximately 25 miles north of Baltimore. The warehouse is part of a 1.5 million-square-foot logistics center at 300 Capital Lane. William Waxman, Kevin Dudley and Nicholas Klacik of CBRE represented Boxzooka in the lease negotiations. Colony Industrial is the landlord of the logistics center.
WORCESTER, MASS. — Capstone Apartment Partners (CAP) has brokered the $28.8 million sale of SkyMark Tower, a 206-unit apartment building in Worcester, located approximately 40 miles west of Boston. Completed in 1991, the property features one- and two-bedroom apartments and was 98 percent leased at the time of sale. Stasiu Geleszinski, Austin Green and A.J. Klenk of CAP represented the seller, VTT Management, in the transaction. The CAP team also represented the buyer, Benedict Canyon Equities.
MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — EagleBridge Capital has secured a $5.2 million acquisition loan for 33 Locke Drive, a 61,177-square-foot office building in Marlborough, located approximately 25 miles west of Boston. A regional financial institution provided the loan for an undisclosed borrower to purchase the two-story office building. At the time of the loan closing, the property was 95 percent occupied by tenants including Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Communication Technology Services. Ted Sidel of EagleBridge secured the loan.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $4.6 million sale of a 37,465-square-foot industrial property in Hackensack, a northwestern suburb of New York City. Zaentz Hardware occupies the property, which is divided into storefront, warehouse and office space. Elsa Papanicolaou of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. Steve Lim of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a private investor.
Demand for industrial space is roaring throughout the submarkets surrounding the Port of New York and New Jersey, propelled by the port’s handling of a record amount of cargo thus far in 2019. As a result of the healthy demand, as well as more product coming in and out of the port, landlords are enjoying positive rent growth accentuated by a limited supply of quality industrial space. The port experienced record growth in cargo volume handled during the first six months of 2019, according to internal data from the organization. The number of 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled by the port has already exceeded 3 million for the year and surpassed 611,000 in June alone. This figure represents an all-time record for the port during the first half of the year, enabling it to surpass the Port of Long Beach for the first time in 20 years. Increasing amounts of inventory coming in and out of the port translates to greater demand for industrial space to store, process and ship product. But the port submarket has but a meager supply of real estate to meet the demand. Due to a limited space available for lease, the industrial submarket experienced negative …
NEW YORK CITY — WeWork has leased a 362,197-square-foot office lease at 437 Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The company will move into floors two through 12, as well as a portion of the 14th floor, in January 2021. Other tenants at the 850,000-square-foot building include Citizens Bank, communications firm Kekst CNC and law firm Wiggin and Dana LLP. Frank Doyle, David Kleiner, Cynthia Wasserberger, Hayley Shoener and Harlan Webster of JLL represented the landlord, the William Kaufman Organization (WKO), in the lease negotiations. Michael Lenchner of Sage Realty Corp., the leasing and management division of WKO worked with JLL to represent the landlord. Peter Riguardi and Howard Hersch of JLL represented WeWork.
STAMFORD, CONN. — JLL has arranged a $97.5 million construction loan for the development of the second phase of Atlantic Station, a mixed-use project in Stamford, located approximately 35 miles northeast of New York City. Bank OZK provided the floating-rate loan. The first phase of Atlantic Station was completed in 2018 and comprised 325 rental units, 321 parking spaces and 16,000 square feet of retail space. The second phase will include 325 condominium units, approximately 48,000 square feet of retail space and a 534-space parking garage. Mike Tepedino, Michael Gigliotti and Scott Findlay of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of the developer and borrower, RXR Realty. Construction of Phase II is slated for completion by 2021.