NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has acquired Central Park Capital Partners (CPCP), a boutique real estate capital advisory firm focused on arranging joint venture investments and structured capital from international and domestic sources. CPCP Managing Principal Noam Franklin and principals Chinmay Bhatt and Cody Kirkpatrick will launch Berkadia’s structured capital group to offer support and resources to Berkadia clients.
UPPER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, PA. — Procida Funding has provided a $7 million construction loan for a townhome community in Upper Macungie Township. Located at Wrenfield 1230 Route 100 North, the $26 million project will consist of 98 market-rate, two- and three-story townhouse units with an average size of 2,264 square feet. Ashley Development Corp. will construct the community. The borrower was Lou Pektor.
NEW YORK CITY — Naftali Credit Partners has arranged a $65 million construction loan for a 74-unit luxury condominium project in Queens. Located at 107-02 Queens Blvd., the 10-story property will also include more than 25,000 square feet of retail space. Amenities will feature a fitness center, playroom and rooftop terrace. Naftali Credit Partners secured the financing on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between RJ Capital Holdings and RB Realty Capital through lender CIT Bank. Terms of the financing were undisclosed.
NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. — NAI Hanson has secured a 7,791-square-foot industrial lease for United Brewing in New Providence. The microbrewery will occupy 140 Spring St., Unit C, at the 66,000-square-foot property. United Brewing plans to set up a full production brewery as well as a tasting room at the site. Barry Cohorsky of NAI James E. Hanson represented the landlord, Davanne Realty Co. & 19-25 Columbia Street Corp., in the transaction. Terms of the lease were not disclosed.
MONTCLAIR, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $1.2 million sale of a 4,500-square-foot mixed-use property in New Jersey. Located at 413 Bloomfield Ave., the property consists of two apartment units and one retail unit. Alan Cafiero, Ben Sgambati, Chip Collins, David Cafiero, Michael DeVita and Thomas Cleary of Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office represented the seller, a personal trust, in the transaction. The buyer was a limited liability company.
As consumer shopping habits continue to evolve and shoppers get younger, retailers are trying to strike the right balance between their online and physical presence. Those that find this omnichannel harmony are thriving in cities across the United States. Philadelphia’s Center City, in particular, is capitalizing on its booming millennial population and attracting retail concepts that cater to this group. According to Center City District’s 2018 State of Center City Philadelphia report, millennials make up 40 percent of Philadelphia’s downtown population, one of the highest percentages in all U.S. cities. With millennials moving into the peak spending years of their lives, Philadelphia is experiencing a multitude of development with most of the focus being on mixed-use. Mixed-use development, which combines retail and residential, and sometimes office, is attractive to the millennial generation who are driven by convenience and want the ease of living, working, dining, and shopping all in one place. The largest retail development projects Center City is seeing right now are happening in the Midtown Village neighborhood, which had been largely neglected until recently when it comes to large mixed-use developments. A few notable projects here are The Collins, a residential community that features 90,000 square feet of retail …
NEW YORK CITY — CIM Group has sold Gilman Hall Tower, a 24-story, 146,000-square-foot building in Manhattan. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at the corner of First Avenue and East 17th Street, the building was one of three properties that CIM acquired from Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in March 2017. The building, which was built in 1969, was previously used to house medical residents of Mount Sinai Beth Israel.
WARREN AND SOMERSET, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $41 million acquisition loan for a 768,244-square-foot industrial portfolio in Warren and Somerset. The seven-property portfolio is comprised of three industrial buildings, two flex buildings and two office buildings. The properties include 7 Powder Horn Drive, 30 Technology Drive, 40 Technology Drive and 45 Technology Drive in Warren as well as 1 Riverview Drive, 50 Randolph Road and 100 Randolph Road in Somerset. John Alascio, Sridhar Vankayala and Zachary Kraft of Cushman & Wakefield represented the borrower, Ivy Realty, in the transaction. BBVA Compass provided the loan.
MALVERN, PA. — Newmark Knight Frank has brokered the $15.5 million sale of Malvern Executive Center, a 91,190-square-foot office campus in Malvern. Located at 100 Deerfield Lane, the property was 73 percent occupied at the time of sale. The private campus includes abundant parking and a state-of-the-art fiber optic cabling system. Mike Margolis, Dave Dolan, Dave Garonzik and Jim Dugan of NKF represented the seller, PNL Cos., in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.
EAST HANOVER, N.J. — HFF has negotiated the sale of Eagle Rock Executive Office IV, a 178,000-square-foot office building in East Hanover. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 120 Eagle Rock Ave., the property is situated within a three-building office park. The three-story property is currently 79 percent leased to a tenant roster that includes Prudential Insurance Company of America, Kessler Foundation and GFK. Kevin O’Hearn, Jose Cruz, Stephen Simonelli and Michael Oliver of HFF represented the seller, Boxer Property, in the transaction. The buyer was Northeast Capital Group.