PASSAIC, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $49 million sale of The Pennington, a 147-unit apartment building in the Northern New Jersey community of Passaic. Completed in 2024, The Pennington is an adaptive reuse building that offers studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units with an average size of 968 square feet. P3 Properties acquired the asset from Birch Group. Niko Nicolaou, Ryan Dowd, David Bernhaut, Peter Welch, J.P. Hohl and Alexandria Russo Ebers of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the deal. Brad Domenico, John Alascio, Chuck Kohaut, Frank Stanislaski, Ethan Thompson and Jack Subers, also with Cushman & Wakefield, arranged $45.9 million in acquisition financing for the transaction through Prime Finance.
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BOSTON — An affiliate of Wingate Cos. has completed the renovation of Forte at 1440 Beacon, a 136-unit apartment building in Boston’s Brookline neighborhood. The property was originally built in 1949, and the renovation entailed upgrades to the lobby, common areas, building exterior and mechanical and utility systems. The project team also enhanced existing amenities and added some additional recreational spaces and features. Dario Designs was the project architect, and Nauset Construction was the general contractor.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated the $8.2 million sale of a two-story retail property in downtown Hoboken. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 226-228 Washington St. was built in 1967 and totals 15,393 square feet. The buyer and seller were both limited liability companies. Charles Berger and Sam Bernhault brokered the deal on behalf of both parties.
NEW YORK CITY — EPIC Insurance has signed an office lease expansion in Midtown Manhattan. The company now occupies 25,500 square feet at 1140 Avenue of the Americas, a 22-story building that was constructed in 1925. Josh Kuriloff, Matthias Li, Pierce Hance, Heather Thomas and Nicole Estevez of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Eric Deutsch and Jared Freede of CBRE represented EPIC.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $150 million in financing for the Bay Terrace Shopping Center, a grocery-anchored retail property in the Bayside neighborhood of Queens. JLL secured the loan through New York Life Real Estate Investors on behalf of the locally based borrower, Cord Meyer Development. Located at the intersection of 26th Avenue and Bell Boulevard, Bay Terrace totals 326,445 square feet and was approximately 90 percent leased at the time of financing. Anchored by Stop & Shop, the property is also home to HomeGoods, AMC Theatres, Bank of America, Chase Bank, Sephora and LA Fitness. The center was originally developed in the 1960s. Cord Meyer has recently invested significant capital to enhance the asset, including façade upgrades, new signage, improved pedestrian circulation and a “Restaurant Row.” Additional improvements are planned to further modernize the property. According to JLL, the Northeast Queens submarket contains 23.8 million square feet of retail inventory with a vacancy rate of 2.5 percent. Current retail construction is significantly below historical averages, with 15,000 square feet underway, one-tenth of the 150,000-square-foot annual average. Founded in 1904, Cord Meyer is a developer, owner and operator of retail, commercial and residential properties throughout Queens …
MEDFORD, MASS. — Locally based owner-operator The Davis Cos. has sold a 922-unit self-storage facility in Medford, a northern suburb of Boston. Davis acquired the facility at 970 Fellsway, which spans 80,995 net rentable square feet, in 2019 and subsequently implemented capital improvements, as well as a 297-unit expansion. Extra Space Storage operates the facility, which was 84 percent occupied at the time of sale. The buyer was a joint venture between Invesco Real Estate and Baranof Holdings.
NEW YORK CITY — Cleary Gottlieb has signed a 475,000-square-foot office lease renewal in Lower Manhattan. The law firm has committed to the top 10 floors as the anchor tenant at One Liberty, a 53-story, 2.3 million-square-foot complex that was recently renovated, for 20 more years. Moshe Sukenik and Brian Cohen of Newmark, along with Mark Weiss and Josh Kuriloff of Cushman & Wakefield, represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Mikael Nahmias and Dan Roberts internally represented the landlord, Brookfield Properties.
SOUTH WINDSOR, CONN. — Webster Bank has provided a $33.2 million loan for the refinancing of a 315,000-square-foot industrial property in South Windsor, located northeast of Hartford. The distribution building at 456 Sullivan Ave. features a clear height of 31.5 feet and was fully leased at the time of the loan closing to a single tenant. Christopher Kramer, Christopher Lozniak, Ryan Bub and Jack Fenton of Newmark arranged the loan on behalf of the owner, Metropolitan Realty Associates.
ABDERDEEN, N.J. — Crunch Fitness has opened a 25,000-square-foot gym in Aberdeen, about 40 miles south of New York City. The space is located within Regent Shopping Center, a 178,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored development. Michael Gartenberg of Garden Commercial Properties represented the landlord in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Crunch Fitness was also self-represented.
NEW YORK CITY AND DENVER — Global Net Lease Inc. (NYSE: GNL), a New York City-based net lease REIT, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Modiv Industrial Inc. (NYSE: MDV), an industrial REIT based in Denver. The acquisition, which has been approved by the boards of directors for both companies, is valued at $535 million. Modiv Industrial owns and operates single-tenant industrial properties that are occupied by manufacturers on long-term net leases. According to the company, it is the only publicly traded REIT that exclusively focuses on ownership of manufacturing facilities. Recently announced transactions include Modiv acquiring a Fujifilm-occupied facility in Santa Clara, Calif., and agreeing to sell a facility in Melbourne, Fla., that is leased to Northrop Grumman. The merger deal will grow Global Net Lease’s holdings of mission-critical industrial properties. Though the number of properties involved was not released, multiple media outlets report that Modiv owned 39 industrial facilities at the time of sale. For Modiv, the transaction is expected to increase annual dividend payments by 25 percent for the combined company. No senior level executive changes are expected to occur as a result of the merger. Under terms of the all-stock transaction, holders of …
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