WILKES-BARRE, PA. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has brokered the sale of Little Flower Manor and St. Luke’s Villa, both in Wilkes-Barre, which is located approximately 100 miles north of Philadelphia. Little Flower Manor is a 133-bed skilled nursing facility with an attached 60-unit personal care building called St. Therese Residence. One mile away is St. Luke’s Villa, a 50-bed skilled nursing, 48-unit personal care, and 31-unit independent living community. The Diocese of Scranton sold the properties to a local nonprofit buyer for an undisclosed price. Toby Siefert and Ryan Saul of SLIB handled the transaction.
ABINGTON, PA. — HJ Sims has arranged $61.6 million in financing for an expansion project at Rydal Park, a continuing care retirement community in Abington, located approximately 10 miles north of Philadelphia. The expanded property will be rebranded as Rydal Waters, and will sit on 33 acres and comprise 84 two-bedroom cottages. The project also includes a clubhouse, and the location is walking distance to restaurants, a grocery store and a rail station. The financing for the expansion is a draw-down, bank-held, tax-exempt loan with three years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Presby’s Inspired Life, an affiliate of HumanGood, operates the community. The first phase of construction is scheduled for completion in 2020.
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 …