WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $131 million sale of Edison Lofts, a 334-unit apartment building in West Orange, located in Northern New Jersey’s Essex County. Edison Lofts comprises two buildings: a 300-unit conversion of the historic Thomas Edison Battery Building and a 34-unit ground-up building known as The Mews at Edison Lofts. The property, which was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale, offers amenities such as a fitness center, indoor pool, resident lounges and outdoor gathering spaces, as well as 19,000 square feet of retail space. Niko Nicolaou, Ryan Dowd, J.P. Hohl, Michael Guerra, Kelly Kellett and Alexandria Russo Ebers of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a partnership led by Prism Partners, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Sym Investments. John Alascio, Brad Domenico and Chuck Kohaut, also with Cushman & Wakefield, arranged a $91.7 million acquisition loan through New York Life in conjunction with the sale.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group has brokered the sale of a freestanding restaurant in New Smyrna Beach, about 14 miles south of Daytona Beach. Built in 2022, the building is occupied by Wendy’s, which has 16 years left on a triple-net lease that features 7.5 percent rental increases every five years in the initial term. Don McMinn and Andrew Koriwchak of Taylor McMinn Retail Group brokered the transaction. The buyer and seller requested anonymity. The sales price was also not released. “We were able to generate multiple offers and ultimately close with an out-of-state, all-cash buyer in under 30 days,” says McMinn. “The combination of a 16-year corporate triple-net lease, scheduled rent increases and a strong Daytona Beach-area location created significant investor demand for the property.”
FREDERICK, MD. — Greenberg Gibbons has signed a lease with Club Studio at Frederick Brickworks, a $450 million, 65-acre mixed-use destination in Frederick, roughly 50 miles northwest of Baltimore. The fitness club will occupy a 30,000-square-foot space and will join a 35,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market as a co-anchor. The development will feature a mix of additional tenants such as honeygrow, First Watch, Shake Shack, Dave’s Hot Chicken and Inspire Nail Bar. The first phase of the project will also include 332 apartments and 320 for-sale townhomes built by Wormald and NVR Inc. Completion of the first phase is scheduled for 2028. According to the City of Frederick, the project proposal calls for 1,260 residential units and 130,000 square feet of commercial space. The planning commission approved the master plan in October 2023, and Greenberg Gibbons closed on the land acquisition in June 2026. The site formerly housed the historic Frederick Brick Works factory, which opened in 1891.
WARWICK, R.I. — Regional brokerage firm Atlantic Capital Partners has negotiated the $20.5 million sale of Midland Commons, a 160,448-square-foot shopping center located just south of Providence in Warwick. Tenants at the 23.2-acre center include Dick’s Sporting Goods, Burlington and Planet Fitness. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Sam Koonce, Danielle Turpin, Stephen Joseph, Stephen Hassenflu and Matt Ericson of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the seller and the buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
CHALFONT, PA. — An affiliate of local owner-operator Equus Capital Partners has sold a 52,622-square-foot surgical center in Chalfont, about 30 miles north of Philadelphia, for $12 million. The facility is located within New Britain Corporate Center and was fully leased at the time of sale to four tenants with a weighted average remaining lease term of 8.7 years. Doug Rodio, Jerome Kranzel and Bruer Kershner of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was Pruthi Properties.
NEW YORK CITY — Taft has signed a 16,563-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The law firm will occupy the entire 24th floor of 1155 Avenue of the Americas, a 42-story building located between 44th and 45th streets. Sheena Gohil, Andrew Urban and Jack Senske of Colliers represented Taft in the lease negotiations. Tom Bow, Rocco Romeo and Nora Caliban internally represented the landlord, The Durst Organization.
CHICAGO — First move-ins are expected to begin later this month or early September for The Bellwether, an office-to-residential conversion of the building at 79 W. Monroe in Chicago’s Loop. RMK Management Corp. has been hired to oversee leasing and property management for the 14-story, 117-unit community, which is currently 57 percent leased. Originally built in 1905, the property underwent a major expansion in 1924, serving as office space and a bank headquarters over the years. In 2025, R2 Cos. began redevelopment of the structure. The project marks the first office-to-residential conversion to be completed as part of the city’s LaSalle Street revitalization initiative, which provides private funding and tax-increment financing assistance for mixed-income residential projects and other neighborhood-oriented amenities in the corridor. The Bellwether features studio, one- and two-bedroom units measuring 425 to 1,178 square feet, with rents ranging from $1,996 to $4,887 per month. The property includes 41 Affordable Requirements Ordinance units. Amenities include a variety of remote workspaces on the 14th floor, a bar area, fitness center, two sauna rooms, a game room, dog spa and rooftop deck.
SOUTHFIELD, MICH. AND NEW YORK CITY — Southfield-based REDICO has launched InfraMed Properties, a healthcare infrastructure investment and operating platform formed in partnership with New York City-based One Orchard, a newly established real assets investment firm. InfraMed is structured to acquire, develop, own, lease and manage medical outpatient properties across the United States. InfraMed launches with a 25-asset portfolio across 16 states that are anchored by credit-backed tenants affiliated with health systems and specialty care providers. The platform is targeting more than $1 billion of investments capitalized through a combination of programmatic equity and debt financing from Fifth Third Bank. “InfraMed reflects REDICO’s conviction that medical outpatient buildings are a fundamentally stable class of real estate — one whose value will continue to grow as America’s aging population drives escalating demand for care. It is an opportunity for us to extend our expertise as an investor and owner of seniors housing communities into a complementary healthcare sector,” says Dale Watchowski, president and CEO of REDICO.
LOMBARD, ILL. — LSC Development LLC has completed a new self-storage facility at 665 W. North Ave. in the Chicago suburb of Lombard. The project is located at the intersection of North Avenue and I-355 and is six miles southwest of the Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The development is the adaptive reuse of a former Staples office building, which has been transformed into a five-story, fully climate-controlled self-storage facility. The property features 69,375 rentable square feet of self-storage space, 14,960 rentable square feet of parking and a gated vehicle storage area with 64 spaces for RVs, boats and other vehicles. The facility features secure keypad entry and camera surveillance. Groundwork LTD designed the project, while G.A. Johnson & Son served as the general contractor. Byline Bank provided construction financing. Extra Space Storage is managing the facility.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Commerce Bank of Kansas City and FNBO have opened at The Shops on Blue Parkway in Kansas City. Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) developed the 25-acre, 150,000-square-foot property, which is now 98 percent leased. Commerce Bank opened a nearly 4,000-square-foot, full-service branch featuring personal and commercial banking, in-person teller services, private banking offices and a drive-up ATM. FNBO opened a 1,650-square-foot, full-service banking center focused on relationship banking. The branch offers personal and business checking and savings accounts, mortgages, consumer and small business loans, investment and wealth management referrals, financial education, digital banking support and teller services. Additionally, the Kansas City Election Board (KCEB) extended its lease at the property. The organization opened its 20,000-square-foot headquarters space in September 2023. The new lease runs through 2037. KCEB offers in-person absentee voting, voter registration, poll worker training and election operations. These groups join 19 other tenants at The Shops, including KC Sun Fresh, Hibbett, T-Mobile and Wingstop. The center opened in 2005. The Shops are situated on a campus of CBKC properties, including a 69,200-square-foot office building that opened in 2001 and is fully leased as well as The Rochester, a 64-unit multifamily development that opened …