WATCHUNG, N.J. — Graycor Construction has completed Cinemark Watchung and XD theater, a 10-screen venue in northern New Jersey. The 37,630-square-foot theater features luxury recliner seats and a private party room and is the first Cinemark theater to open in Somerset County. Beck Architecture designed the theater. Chicago-based Graycor will also build a 12-screen, 44,000-square-foot Cinemark Theatre within the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Shorewood Real Estate Group, Bridge Investments LLC and Capricorn Investment Group LLC will develop a 315-unit multifamily project in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. The property will be located within an Opportunity Zone. A construction timeline has not yet been determined.
SOMERVILLE, MASS. — Union Square Station Associates (US2) will build a $160 million lab building in the Union Square area of Somerville, Massachusetts. The property will be a 175,000-square-foot lab building and office space, which will also feature 8,900 square feet of flexible space and ground-floor retail space. SGA is the project designer. Construction is slated to begin in late 2019.
NEW YORK CITY — Silverstein Properties, a private development firm based in New York, has completed $50 million capital improvement program of the Bankers Club, located within The Equitable Building at 120 Broadway. The 104-year-old office building is set to reopen July 17. Silverstein’s renovations added a 20,000-square-foot rooftop area and an 8,000-square-foot indoor lounge to the property. Other renovations include an improved building façade, lobby and elevators.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — City Center Investment Corp. plans to open Downtown Allentown Market, a $4 million project in Allentown. The 12,000-square-foot retail space will be located within the City Center Allentown mixed-use development. The market will feature nine food and drink merchants, indoor and outdoor seating and flexible space for programming and pop-up shops. Brick-and-mortar tenants include sushi/poke concept Shinsen; Mediterranean restaurant Zahra; ice creamery Batch Microcreamery; Little Miss Korea; Doughnut Love, Licensed to Grill @ The Market; and Tavola pizzeria. The food hall will also house a distillery. City Center Investment Corp. partnered with Groundswell Design Group and mixed-use urban developer Cana Development on the project.
VERMONT — Carnegie Capital, a financial intermediary based in Austin, Texas, has arranged a $29 million loan for the refinancing of a seniors housing community in Vermont. The Class A property, the name of which was not disclosed, includes 80 units and offers assisted living and memory care services. The one-year, interest-only loan will be used to refinance existing construction debt. The borrower was also undisclosed.
SHORT HILLS, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated two retail leases totaling 4,800 square feet in The Plaza at Short Hills in New Jersey. Atlanta-based boutique fitness concept Blast will open a 2,800-square-foot gym at the center for its first New Jersey location, and tutoring agency C2 Education will open a 2,000-square-foot store. David Townes and Alana Friedman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord in the C2 Education deal, and Gary Krauss of Pierson Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant. Townes also represented Blast Fitness in the lease negotiations.
YORK, PA. — National real estate development and investment firm CRG will develop The Cubes at York, a 311,920-square-foot speculative distribution warehouse in York. The location is near the I-81/I-78 Industrial Corridor, just south of Harrisburg, and will be one of seven North American industrial properties in “The Cubes” brand that is owned and developed by CRG. Construction is expected to begin during fourth-quarter 2019. Clayco will be the design-builder on the project and its subsidiary, the Lamar Johnson Collective, is the architect.
ORANGE, EAST ORANGE AND JERSEY CITY, N.J. — CBRE has arranged $57 million in loans through Freddie Mac’s Small Balance Loan Program for the recapitalization of a portfolio of 13 mixed-use properties in Northern New Jersey. Part of the proceeds will be used to fund upgrades to the assets, which are located in the cities of Orange, East Orange and Jersey City. CBRE arranged the 13 loans on behalf of the borrower, Newark-based One Wall Partners, which acquired the portfolio in 2017 for $63 million. Mixed-use buildings qualify for Freddie Mac’s small balance loan program if less than 40 percent of a property’s income is generated from commercial leases. In this particular case, the mixed-use buildings were multifamily over ground-floor retail.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the $25 million sale of a 52,000-square-foot warehouse property in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. Cushman & Wakefield’s Stephen Preuss, Joshua King and Andreas Efthymiou represented the buyer, California-based investment trust Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., which plans to convert the warehouse into a research and development office with lab space. The seller was Prestone Realty LLC, which has occupied the building since 2005.
