JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm B6 Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $6.5 million sale of a 31,000-square-foot multifamily development site at 70 Mallory Ave. in Jersey City that is zoned for 136 units. Yanni Marmarou, Jack Drillock and Andrea Nestico of B6 Real Estate represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and construction timeline were also not disclosed.
GENEVA, ILL. — Hillwood has broken ground on Fox Valley Commerce Center, a four-building industrial development totaling nearly 1.1 million square feet in Geneva, a western suburb of Chicago. The project will be built in phases. Phase I will include two speculative buildings spanning 266,760 square feet and 272,160 square feet. Phase II plans call for a build-to-suit of up to 500,000 square feet. Completion of Phase I is slated for late 2023. Harris Architects Inc. is the project architect and FCL Builders is the general contractor. Nick Eboli, Jeff Janda and Andrew Block of Lee & Associates will market the project for lease.
MINNEAPOLIS — Workbox, a flexible office operator, has signed a 27,748-square-foot lease at Deluxe Plaza in downtown Minneapolis. The firm will open its new space on Wednesday, Nov. 2. The lease represents the fifth location for Workbox and its first outside of Chicago. Deluxe Plaza has recently undergone renovations and offers amenities such as a tenant lounge, rooftop deck, fitness center and training center. Larissa Bodine, Ann Rinde and Mark McCary of CBRE represented ownership, Franklin Street Properties. Ryan Cos. is the property manager.
CHICAGO — Law firm Nisen & Elliott LLC is relocating its Chicago office from 200 W. Adams St. to a 15,417-square-foot space at 180 N. LaSalle St. The firm will take occupancy of the new space in November. The lease represents the firm’s first relocation in over 35 years. Eric Feinberg, John Goodman and Isabel Preskill of Savills represented Nisen & Elliott. The property rises 38 stories in the Loop. Building owner Ivanhoe Cambridge has recently made upgrades to the lobby and conferencing facilities.
TROY, MICH. — L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International has relocated its headquarters from 2301 W. Big Beaver Road to 1111 W. Long Lake Road in Troy. The new headquarters also houses sister company Liberty Property & Asset Management. The two-floor office features open meeting areas, conference rooms, workstations and ample natural light. The space also includes Liberty’s construction and design center, which provides property owners and tenants the opportunity to select and approve plans, specifications and finishes for projects.
KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Kalamazoo Child and Family Counseling PLLC is opening a second location in West Michigan at The Atriums Office Park in Kalamazoo. The property is located at 4341 S. Westnedge Ave. Kalamazoo Child and Family Counseling is a mental health clinic dedicated to serving children and teens that have anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, grief and loss or disruptive behaviors. The practice’s primary office is in Portage. The new location will provide all the same services as the Portage location and is slated to open in November. Kara Schroer of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan represented both the undisclosed landlord and the tenant in the lease.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged $142.9 million in construction financing for 120 Fifth Avenue, a mixed-use development in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. The borrowers, Senlac Ridge Partners and The William Macklowe Company, are redeveloping the two-acre site, currently a one-story vacant grocery store and its parking lot, into a 212,000-square-foot mixed-income housing property and retail plaza. The project will comprise two buildings featuring 180 residential units, 25 percent of which will be affordable. The development will also offer 67,000 square feet of retail space and a 225-space underground parking garage. Lidl Supermarket and CVS Pharmacy recently signed long-term leases for approximately 35,000 square feet of the retail space with the developer. An expected date for project completion was not disclosed. The property is located four blocks from Flatbush Avenue and Barclays Center, the home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, and is within walking distance to the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q and R trains. Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt & Structured Finance team of Gideon Gil and Lauren Kaufman represented the borrowers in the transaction. Macklowe and Senlac Ridge acquired the development site, the former home to Key Foods, in 2020. …
OGDEN, UTAH — Multifamily builders face many challenges, including schedule delays, supply chain interruptions, fluctuating material costs and workforce shortages. Construction companies are exercising creativity in tackling these issues to meet high demand. Many firms that build commercial properties argue that smart planning and collaboration among architects, engineers and construction firms are the best ways to weather the storm. REBusinessOnline, a sister publication of Multifamily & Affordable Housing Business, recently interviewed Eric Stratford, director of business development and pre-construction services at R&O Construction, about today’s construction landscape. REBusinessOnline: Tell us about your company. Eric Stratford: R&O Construction was founded in 1980, and we are proud to say that our first client over 42 years ago is still a client today. We are headquartered in Ogden, Utah, with full-service offices in Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. R&O Construction currently employs approximately 185 employees. Some of our recent projects include Senior Living on Washington, an affordable seniors housing community in Ogden; Ascent 1791, a LEED Gold Certified apartment community in Park City, Utah; and The Canyons Employee Housing Facility, a project ordered by Vail Resorts to provide housing for their employees. REBusinessOnline: In which markets and/or regions are you most active? …
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Multifamily Opportunity Matrix Reveals Most Promising Markets for Investors, Developers
By Arbor Realty Trust Inflationary environments set many investors’ minds to thinking about multifamily properties, which have tended to perform as well or better than other property types in the face of economic headwinds. Product type is no guarantee of success, however, and careful site selection is essential to ensure a project will have the renter demand and pricing power the owner needs to succeed. Arbor Realty Trust, in partnership with Chandan Economics, developed the opportunity matrix featured in Arbor’s Top Opportunities in Large Multifamily Investment Report 2022. The opportunity matrix helps clients navigate the nation’s apartment markets, enabling them to compare relative strengths from one metro to the next and identify those offering the greatest potential for development or investment. Its ranking system, which analyzes eight key categories, found the top three U.S. metro markets for large multifamily investment in 2022 are San Antonio, Kansas City and Las Vegas. “Reviewing what made these communities rise to the top of our 50-metro ranking will demonstrate how investors can use the matrix to compare the climates of opportunity in the markets in which they operate, or to suggest new fields of opportunity for their next venture,” said Matt Maison, vice president …
Atlanta’s prowess within the Sun Belt as the dominant multifamily market did not happen by accident, nor did it occur overnight. Back in the 2000s, Atlanta was still an emerging market that was working to attract new employers while battling a season of oversupply that hampered rent growth across the city’s numerous submarkets. Now, and since the mid-2010s, Atlanta has defined itself as the premier entry point for investors looking to break into the Sun Belt, and its proven track record ensures it will continue serving as a global magnet for relocation, investment and expansion. Atlanta’s diversified economy has attracted some of the nation’s biggest and best names in just a few years’ time. While Silicon Valley has captured the tech world’s eye for decades, global powerhouses such as Microsoft, Google and Meta (Facebook) have started planting their flags in Atlanta with reported goals of adding tens of thousands of highly paid employees by 2030. Tech companies are capitalizing on a strategic opportunity in Atlanta to broaden their workforce in a market that boasts a highly educated and diverse population while providing an attractive cost of living. With respect to Atlanta’s employment growth, the presence of Georgia Tech cannot go …