HANOVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 154,777-square-foot office building in Hanover Township, located in the northwestern corner of the Garden State. The three-story building at 10 Park Ave. was constructed on 8.7 acres in 2001 and formerly housed the operations of MetLife Investment Management. Dan Loughlin, Jeremy Neuer, Jose Cruz, Charlie Dillon, Bob Ryan, Ryan Robertson and Pranav Patel of JLL represented the seller, Ravine Development Co., in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
GARFIELD, N.J. — Lee & Associates has brokered the $16.5 million sale of a 73,000-square-foot warehouse in the Northern New Jersey community of Garfield. According to LoopNet Inc., the facility at 325 Midland Ave. was originally built on 2.7 acres in 1972 and features a clear height of 21 feet. Troy Wisse, Michael Schaible, Justin Smith, Chris Vassilian and Grant La Bounty of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Deko International, in the transaction. Kevin Dudley and Kate Granahan of CBRE represented the seller, Snowball Developments.
NEW YORK CITY — Rabina, along with general contractor Suffolk Construction, has topped out 520 Fifth Avenue, an approximately 1,000-foot-tall high-rise development situated at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 43rd Street in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan. Once completed in 2025, the tower will rise 88 stories and feature 100 condominiums and 25 floors of office space, as well as a social club called Moss. In March 2022, Rabina secured $540 million in construction financing for 520 Fifth Avenue that comprised a $410 million senior loan from Bank OZK and $130 million in mezzanine financing from Carlyle. The residential component of the project is called Five Twenty Fifth Residences. Condos will come in one- through four-bedroom layouts. Residents will have access to amenities such as a library, game room with billiards, private dining rooms and a solarium. Seventy percent of the condos have already been sold since sales launched in April. The mixed-use tower will also offer office space from floors 10 to 34. Office spaces will range from 500 to 12,000 square feet and feature 12-foot tall ceilings, private terraces and open-air covered corridors. The office component has been dubbed 520 Offices. Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group is …
STOUGHTON, MASS. — Brookfield Properties is underway on construction of Stoughton Logistics Park, an 880,085-square-foot industrial project located on the southern outskirts of Boston. The 65-acre site at 45 Maple St. is a former quarry that is being redeveloped into a logistics campus with three buildings. Those buildings, one of which is already complete, range in size from 189,470 to 411,930 square feet. Buildings will feature clear heights of 36 to 42 feet, and the site also offers 6.9 acres for outdoor trailer parking/storage space. CBRE has been tapped as the leasing agent. The second and third buildings are scheduled for third-quarter 2025 deliveries.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a portfolio of six multifamily buildings totaling 56 units in Manhattan’s East Village area. The portfolio features units with floor plans that range from one to six bedrooms, with 70 percent of the residences rented at market rates, as well as commercial spaces. Joe Koicim, Logan Markley, Matt Berger and Zan Colin represented the seller, Kushner Cos., in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a partnership between Edifice Real Estate Partners, Holliswood Development and JSB Capital Group.
MANSFIELD CENTER, CONN. — The Kislak Co., a New Jersey-based brokerage firm, has negotiated the $12 million sale of East Brook Mall in Mansfield Center, located east of Hartford. Built in 1975 and renovated in 2005, the property totals 275,239 square feet and comprises an enclosed mall as well as open-air retail space and pad sites. Old Navy, Kohl’s, T.J. Maxx and Michaels are the anchor tenants. Barry Waisbrod of Kislak and Andrew Knight of New England Commercial Brokerage represented the seller, America’s Realty, in the transaction.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Link Logistics will undertake a 123,000-square-foot industrial redevelopment project in the Northern New Jersey community of Parsippany. According to Parsippany Focus, the 10.4-acre site at 2 Hilton Court was previously home to Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo, which vacated the premises in 2016 but continued paying the lease through 2022. Marc Duval, Jose Cruz, Jordan Avanzato, Nicholas Stefans and Jason Lundy of JLL brokered the land sale. The seller was not disclosed, but the local publication also reports that Onyx Equities purchased the property in 2020.
SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — Saddle River Day School, which is located near the New York-New Jersey border and serves students in grades prekindergarten through 12, is planning a new, 32,000-square-foot science and entrepreneurship facility. The building will house 13 classrooms, five small group instruction rooms, including three specialty learning spaces and four science labs, as well as faculty offices, an upperschool commons, social spaces and a new admissions center. DIGroup Architecture has been tapped to design the project. A general contractor has not yet been named.
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Lee & Associates: Absorption Is Positive Across All Property Types According to Third-Quarter Report
Perhaps the most salient information within Lee & Associates’ 2024 Q3 North America Market Report pertains to the office market. The third quarter of 2024 ended nine continuous quarters of negative net absorption in the office sector. However, additional occupancy losses may be on the horizon for the office market, even as supply pressures ease for this property type. Positive retail news has led to positive industrial news, as rising demand for retail goods has bolstered tenant demand for industrial space just as additional industrial inventory is coming on line. Steady economic growth and continuing impediments to home ownership have created strong absorption in the multifamily sector. Rent growth and vacancy rates have largely plateaued. Lee & Associates has made their complete third-quarter report available here (with more detailed information broken down according to property type). Below is an overview of the strengths and challenges in the industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors. Industrial Overview: U.S. Demand Spikes Industrial demand across the United States dramatically improved in the third quarter. There were 52.8 million square feet of positive net absorption in the country in the third quarter, a 76 percent jump from the same period a year ago and more than double the …
MARLBORO, N.J. — New Jersey-based developer KRE Group has completed Beacon Hill, a 285-unit apartment community in the Northern New Jersey community of Marlboro. Beacon Hill consists of 14 three-story buildings on a 47-acre site. Units come exclusively in two-bedroom floor plans and are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, tile backsplashes, individual washers and dryers and private outdoor terraces. Amenities include a pool, playground, outdoor grilling and dining stations, bocce ball courts and a dog park. More than 200 leases have already been signed at Beacon Hill, with rents starting at about $3,200 per month.