PISCATAWAY, N.J. — JD.com, a global e-commerce firm based in Beijing, has signed a 216,892-square-foot industrial lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Piscataway. Indianapolis-based REIT Duke Realty (NYSE: DRE) is developing the facility, which will feature a clear height of 40 feet and 38 trailer parking spaces, with a target completion date of this fall. Noah Balanoff and Jacquelyn Severino of Colliers, along with internal agents Ben Rosen and Gregg Bazzani, represented Duke Realty in the lease negotiations. Chuck Fern, Jason Barton and Thomas Tucci of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Andy Ho of Kander Pacific Inc., represented the tenant.
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NEW YORK CITY — Seattle-based lender Columbia Pacific Advisors has provided a $36 million loan for the refinancing of an industrial property located along the Hudson River in The Bronx. The property is a 480,000-square-foot outdoor storage yard that is situated on a 14-acre site. The borrower is locally based developer Dynamic Star. Will Nelson led the transaction for Columbia Pacific Advisors.
BRIDGEVILLE, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $30 million sale-leaseback of a 346,009-square-foot industrial facility in Bridgeville, a southern suburb of Pittsburgh. Built on 31 acres in 1980, the four-building property features clear heights of 11 to 28.5 feet, 26 dock-high doors and five grade-level doors. Adam Abushagur of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a sister company of the tenant, IT firm Black Box Corp., in the transaction. Abushagur also procured the buyer, Spirit Realty Capital.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $22.5 million sale of a 96-unit multifamily building located in the Morris Heights area of The Bronx. Constructed in 2004, the building rises 13 stories and spans 93,430 square feet. The unit mix comprises one studio, 22 one-bedroom apartments and 73 two-bedroom residences. Daniel Mahfar, Victor Sozio and Shimon Shkury of Ariel Property Advisors brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
BELMONT, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged a $75 million loan for the acquisition and redevelopment of Shoreway Innovation Center in Belmont. The property will be redeveloped into a new life sciences campus. The borrower is Four Corners Properties. Mike Walker and Brad Zampa with CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance group arranged and secured the three-year, floating-rate financing through a private equity firm. The nonrecourse loan carried two extension options. Four Corners Properties will use the financing to fund a portion of the predevelopment costs for 1301 Shoreway Road, which was acquired in December 2021 for $90.2 million. The future redevelopment will likely include construction of two Class A life sciences buildings totaling approximately 500,000 to 600,000 square feet. The new development will also include a multi-story parking structure with approximately 1,500 parking stalls.
DETROIT — Detroit developer Mark Bennett has broken ground on Lafayette West, a $150 million apartment and condominium project in Detroit’s historic Lafayette Park neighborhood. The 318-unit development will offer floor plans ranging in size from 436 to 1,223 square feet. Amenities will include a fitness center, pool, clubroom, coworking space and electric vehicle charging stations. Twenty percent of the 230 apartment units will be reserved as affordable housing. The starting price for the condos will be $232,000, while the rent prices for apartments will be released in the fall, according to The Detroit News. Partners and collaborators on the project include @Properties, Christie’s International Real Estate, Brinker Construction, AM Higley, the City of Detroit, Wayne County, Fourmidable, MJBennett, Ghafari, Pappas Financial, Parini, Blaze Contracting, PEA, the Michigan Strategic Fund and Zoyes Creative. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Elston Logan Plaza in Chicago’s Elston Corridor for $29.2 million. Anchored by HomeGoods, the shopping center spans 56,080 square feet. Additional tenants include Chipotle, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Forever Yogurt, David’s Bridal, Verizon, T-Mobile and The Vitamin Shoppe. Joe Girardi and Emily Gadomski of Mid-America represented the seller, Novak Construction Co. Newport Capital Partners was the buyer.
WEST CHICAGO, ILL. — Stonemont Financial Group and developer Stotan Industrial are building a 258,720-square-foot speculative industrial project in West Chicago. Completion of the Class A development is slated for February 2023. Named DuPage Crossings, the facility will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 32 exterior docks, 45 trailer stalls and 219 parking spaces. The 17-acre project will be situated within the Fox Valley submarket and offer immediate access to I-88.
CHICAGO — NAI Hiffman has negotiated the sale of a 225,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood as well as the business occupying the facility, Ashland Cold Storage. The sales price was undisclosed. The buyer, Karis Cold, has engaged Artico Cold Storage to assume the facility’s operations. The property is located at 1556 W. 43rd St. within Chicago Stockyards Industrial Park. John Basile of NAI Hiffman and Jay Maher of Nelson Hill represented Karis Cold, which focuses exclusively on the cold storage industry.
WISCONSIN — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of a four-property medical office portfolio in Wisconsin totaling 111,827 square feet for an undisclosed price. The properties are located in Glendale, Oak Creek, Mt. Pleasant and Green Bay. The portfolio is 98 percent leased. Tenants include Children’s Wisconsin, Hospital Sisters Health System, Ascension and Advocate Aurora Health Care. Evan Kovac, Mindy Berman, Tim Joyce, Matt DiCesare, Trent Jemmett and Jamie Fink of JLL represented the seller, Chicago-based Stage Equity Partners. Big Sky Medical was the buyer.