NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — AANDAR Real Estate Capital, a boutique capital advisory firm based in New Jersey, has arranged the $145.3 million refinancing of The Alary, a 315-unit apartment building in New Rochelle, located north of New York City. The financing consists of a $125.8 million senior bridge loan from Greystone and a $19.5 million preferred equity investment from Forum Investment Group. Developed by Allstate Ventures and completed last year, The Alary offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Indoor amenities include a fitness center, coworking spaces with private pods and conference rooms, a game room with a wet bar, sports simulator, children’s playroom and a sky lounge with a full-service bar. Outside, residents have access to a rooftop area with a pool, outdoor cinema, barbecue kitchens, fire pits and a dog park. Shaya Sonnenschein and Michael Weisz led the transaction for AANDAR.
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BELLEVILLE, N.J. — CBRE has provided a $35.5 million Freddie Mac permanent loan for The Essex, a 158-unit multifamily property located in the Northern New Jersey community of Belleville. According to Apartments.com, the newly constructed, four-story building offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 437 to 888 square feet. Amenities include a fitness center with a yoga room, rooftop courtyard with grilling stations and a fire pit, resident lounge, game room, coworking pods, package room and a pet washing station. Judah Hammer, Jeff Feldman and Jack Hayes of CBRE originated the loan. The borrower was not disclosed.
OLD LYME, CONN. — A partnership between Zelco Properties & Development, Grossman Development Group and The McDevitt Co. has acquired a 102,500-square-foot shopping center in Old Lyme, located in southern coastal Connecticut. Anchored by Big Y World Class Market, Old Lyme Marketplace is also home to tenants such as Walgreens, Grand Wine & Spirits and The Bowerbird Gift Shop. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
CHARLESTOWN, MASS. — Lydian, a Massachusetts-based provider of synthetic fuels, has opened a 25,000-square-foot life sciences facility in Charlestown, located north of Boston. The space is located within Hood Park, a 20-acre mixed-use redevelopment of the former H.P. Hood and Sons dairy facility, and will support operations at Lydian’s demonstration plant. The launch of that facility is scheduled for 2027.
NEWARK, N.J. — Hawkins Way Capital, a California-based private equity firm, is underway on a student housing renovation and expansion project in Newark. The project involves transforming University Centre, a 521-bed complex that serves students at Rutgers University-Newark, the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Seton Hall University, to be able to accommodate 800 occupants as opposed to the current capacity of 690 students. Construction, inclusive of upgrades to 96 apartments and various common spaces, began last year on University Centre’s 13-story tower and five-story housing block while the complex was partially occupied. Work on remaining units is expected to be complete this summer. BDB Construction Enterprise is the construction manager and general contractor for the project.
SOUTH WINDSOR, CONN. — CBRE has negotiated the $98.2 million sale of The Shops at Evergreen Walk, a 357,742-square-foot retail power center located outside of Hartford in South Windsor. A newly opened Whole Foods Market anchors the center, which is located within a larger master-planned development. Other tenants include L.L. Bean, Apple, Anthropologie, Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, lululemon, Golf Lounge 18, J.Crew Factory, Gap Factory, Nike and Bluemercury. Nat Heald led the CBRE team that represented the seller, PGIM Real Estate, in the transaction. Scott Aiese led a JLL team that arranged a $76.9 million acquisition loan through an unnamed international bank on behalf of the buyer, a joint venture between Brand Street Properties and Barings. Chris Angelone and Zach Nitsche, also with JLL, structured the joint venture equity investment.
EAST ORANGE, N.J. — A partnership between two regional investment and development firms, Triangle Equities and Incline Capital, has begun leasing a 400-unit multifamily project in East Orange, about 20 miles west of New York City. Known as Embark at The Crossing, the project represents Phase I of a larger, 1,000-unit development called The Crossings at Brick Church Station. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include two landscaped courtyards with fire pits, outdoor screening areas and grilling stations, as well as a fitness center, coworking lounge, resident clubroom, private theater, children’s playroom and a pet spa. Rents start at just under $2,000 per month for a studio apartment.
NEW YORK CITY — ING Americas has signed a 30,783-square-foot office lease expansion at 1133 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. The affiliate of Dutch banking giant ING Group now occupies 153,915 square feet across five floors at the 1.1 million-square-foot building. Robert Stillman, Michael Geoghgan, Ryan Alexander, Paul Stimpfle, Harly Stevens and Marlee Teplitzky of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Tom Bow, Rocco Romeo and Nora Caliban internally represented the landlord, The Durst Organization.
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. — CBRE has negotiated the $76.5 million sale of Chappaqua Crossing, a 120,986-square-foot shopping center located in New York’s Westchester County that is part of the redevelopment of the 114-acre former Reader’s Digest headquarters campus. Tenants at the center include anchors Whole Foods Market and Life Time Fitness, as well as Starbucks and Chase Bank. Jeffrey Dunne, David Gavin and Travis Langer of CBRE represented the seller, Heitman, in the transaction and procured Barings as the buyer.
PHOENIXVILLE, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7.4 million sale of Phoenixville Shopping Center, a 33,093-square-foot retail property located roughly 28 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Built in 2007, the center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Fresenius Kidney Care, Labcorp, NovaCare Rehabilitation, State Farm and Benchmark Federal Credit Union. Scott Woodard and Derrick Dougherty of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor based in Pennsylvania, in the deal.
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