HOBOKEN, N.J. — Federal Realty Investment Trust, a Maryland-based REIT, has acquired a 39-property multifamily and retail portfolio in Hoboken, an eastern suburb of New York City, for $203 million. Concentrated primarily along the Washington Street retail corridor, the portfolio includes 129 residential units and 171,959 square feet of retail space. The portfolio totals 278,879 square feet. Retail tenants include French beauty chain Sephora, CVS and several restaurants. Kevin Welsh, Brian Schulz and Dean Tselepis of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, a private owner. The team also procured Federal Realty as the buyer.
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NEWARK, N.J. — Alpha Realty has brokered the $22 million sale of a 255-unit multifamily portfolio in Newark. The portfolio consists of eight buildings totaling 251,000 square feet, all of which are located on either Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard or Quitman Street. The buyer was a New Jersey-based owner-operator of multifamily buildings. The seller was a Brooklyn-based landlord liquidating its holdings in New Jersey. Lev Mavashev of Alpha Realty represented both parties in the off-market transaction.
Marcus & Millichap Arranges $3.8M Sale of Apartment Community in New Haven, Connecticut
by Alex Patton
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.8 million sale of Georgetown Apartments, a 32-unit apartment community in New Haven. Located at 241 Quinnipiac Ave., the property features townhouse-style apartments with two-bedroom floor plans. The property offers convenient access to Yale University, Albertus Magnus College and University of New Haven. Wes Klockner and Eric Pentore of Marcus & Millichap brokered the sale and arranged acquisition financing through Freddie Mac on behalf of the buyer. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.
NAI Hanson Negotiates Sale of 10,761 SF Office, Residential Building in Hawthorne, New Jersey
by Alex Patton
HAWTHORNE, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has negotiated the sale of a 10,761-square-foot office and residential building in Hawthorne, a northwestern suburb of New York City. Located at 297-301 Lafayette Ave., the property includes 7,381 square feet of office space and two apartments. Andrew Somple and Justin Allessio represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Lighthouse Pregnancy Resource Center, which will use the property as its headquarters. The sales price was undisclosed.
Charlotte is America’s second-largest commercial banking center, home to one of the country’s biggest financial institutions, Bank of America; soon the headquarters site of another when BB&T and SunTrust merge; and host to more employees of Wells Fargo than call its San Francisco base home. It would be hard to exaggerate the economic benefits the local market secures from this status. One growing but not widely appreciated benefit is the Queen City’s emergence as one of the world’s hotbeds of innovation in fintech, the space in which digital technology and financial services intersect. With support from local financial services giants, well-funded fintech incubators (like Queen City Fintech, hired by IBM to build and run their Hyper Protect accelerators) and a burgeoning start-up community, Charlotte has hatched a small army of successful fintech firms capitalized with more than $2 billion to date. Lately, entrepreneurs in other disciplines have come to appreciate Charlotte’s virtues. Nascent disruptors in the healthcare and electric power sectors are setting down roots in the city, attracted by its low operating and living costs, quality of life, deep well of talent and uniquely collaborative style. The injection of start-up energy into Charlotte’s thriving Fortune 500 business foundation catalyzed …
KATY, TEXAS — Dhanani Private Equity Group has completed Territory at Greenhouse, a 288-unit apartment community located in the western Houston suburb of Katy. The Class A property features one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with stainless steel appliances, brushed nickel hardware, granite countertops and private balconies. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, resident clubhouse, business center, outdoor movie amphitheater and dog park. Dhanani developed the project with Allied Orion Group as the general contractor.
LAWTON, OKLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.9 million sale of Fox Valley Apartments, a 120-unit multifamily community in Lawton, located in southwestern Oklahoma. The property was built on six acres in 1980 and offers 108 two-bedroom units and 12 three-bedroom units. Derek Wilson of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller and procured a limited liability company as the buyer.
NEW JERSEY — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has negotiated the $65 million sale of the Golden Peak Portfolio, a collection of multifamily properties totaling 400 units in northern New Jersey. The portfolio’s 13 buildings are located throughout the North Hudson County cities of West New York (250 units), Union City (119 units) and North Bergen (31 units). Niko Nicolaou of Gebroe-Hammer Associates represented the seller, a partnership of Urban American Management and Dixon Advisory. Nicolaou also procured the buyer, Tuli Realty LLC. Elliot Treitel of Meridian Capital Group arranged financing through an undisclosed lender on behalf of the buyer.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — JLL has arranged the $53 million sale of Bela Apartments, a recently developed, 104-unit luxury multifamily community in the Bergen-Lafayette neighborhood of Jersey City. The property features one- and two-bedroom apartments with amenities including a fitness center, yoga studio and a grilling area. The property also features approximately 2,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Jose Cruz, Michael Oliver and Kevin O’Hearn led a JLL team that represented the seller, a partnership between Alpine Development, Fields Development Group and Grade Development Co. Golden Glades Capital Management was the buyer.
PONTE VEDRA, FLA. — Passco Cos. has acquired The Reserve at Nocatee, a 244-unit multifamily community in Ponte Vedra, for $54.9 million. The property, which was built in 2018, offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a fitness center, pool with cabanas and a dog park. The community is situated on 20 acres at 215 Hunters Lake Way, 25 miles south of downtown Jacksonville. Brian Moulder and Dhaval Patel of Walker & Dunlop brokered the transaction. Chris Black and Caleb Marten of KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Commercial Mortgage Group originated the acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer. The seller was not disclosed.