EAST ORANGE, N.J. — Locally based ICON Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a 26-unit property at 76 E. Park St. in East Orange, N.J. The asset traded between two LLCs for approximately $2.6 million. The deal was completed by David Oropeza, who advised the seller on the purchase more than 20 years prior. The seller was also advised by attorney Khoren Bandazian of Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla. The property comprises a two-story, 26-unit garden style building.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — WinnDevelopment has begun a $33 million renovation at Garden Court Apartments in Atlantic City, a 177-unit, 20-building complex that has been housing much of the city’s workforce since it was constructed in 1985. WinnCos. secured Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity through the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Financing Agency, which will enable the units to remain affordable to renters earning no more than 80 percent of area median income for the next 45 years. Boston Financial Management purchased the tax credits. The scope of work includes …
PARAMUS, N.J. — Mill Creek Residential has broken ground on Modera Garden State Plaza, a mixed-use community in Paramus. Two separately branded residential buildings will contain a total of 575 units as well as 48,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The community will serve as a residential component of the redevelopment of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s Garden State Plaza mall. Amenities will include a rooftop deck, resort-style pool, sauna, outdoor kitchen and dining space, grilling areas, fire pits, landscaped courtyards, resident clubhouse, coffee bar, game room, pool table and a fitness center …
CHATHAM, N.J. — New Jersey-based ICON Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $11.2 million sale of Chatham Arms, a renovated 31-unit building at 49 S. Passaic Ave. in Chatham, 27 miles west of Manhattan. The property was acquired by a private investor completing a 1031 exchange doing business as Cornerstone 2025 LLC, while the seller was named as Chatham Arms JV LLC. The building features studio, one- and two-bedroom residences with open floor plans, updated kitchens, hardwood flooring, 9-foot ceilings, stainless steel appliances and in-unit climate control systems. Common areas …
BRANCHBURG, N.J. — Larken Associates has appointed Jessica Heckman to the role of executive vice president of multifamily operations. In her new role, Heckman will oversee asset management, property management and leasing strategy and execution across the firm’s residential portfolio. Heckman first joined the company in 2008 and most recently served as director of residential asset management. Other titles held during her tenure include construction assistant, property manager and senior property manager. Branchburg-based Larken Associates owns a commercial portfolio that consists of office, industrial, retail, mixed-use and approximately 3,000 apartment …
PATERSON, N.J. — WinnDevelopment, ART-JIUS, a locally based developer, and Rising Dove Carroll Street Houses, a nonprofit affiliate of Paterson’s Second Baptist Church, have begun the redevelopment of Carroll Street Houses, an 88-unit affordable housing community in Paterson. The $26 million renovation of the townhome-style property, originally developed in 1977, is anticipated to be complete within 18 months. Residents will remain in-place during construction. The LIHTC project will ensure rents remain affordable to households earning at or below 80 percent of area median income for the next 30 years. Rising …
ELIZABETH, N.J. — LeCesse Development Corp. and MAS Development Group have begun construction of ECCO in Elizabeth. The project marks the second phase of Vintage City, which is a developer-branded live-work-play district anchored thus far by two multifamily properties from LeCesse and MAS. JLL arranged approximately $83.4 million in financing for the project in the form of a $63.2 million construction loan from Bank OZK and a $20.2 million mezzanine placement from PGIM. Phase I, known as Vinty, is a 267-unit property that was completed in 2022. ECCO, located at …
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $296 million Freddie Mac Loan for an undisclosed borrower to refinance a 13-property, 1,880-unit portfolio across New Jersey. The garden style assets feature market-rate units at properties located in five New Jersey counties: Middlesex, Somerset, Union, Monmouth and Morris. The properties were developed between 1959 to 1999. JLL Capital Market’s debt advisory team representing the borrower was led by Michael Klein, Thomas Didio Jr., Michael Mataras and Joseph Gruber.
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — David Oropeza and David Jarvis, former executives at Livingston, New Jersey-based brokerage firm Gebroe-Hammer, have founded ICON Real Estate Advisors. The new multifamily investment sales firm has arranged its debut transaction with the $35.1 million trade of The Grove at Piscataway, a 110-unit property in Piscataway. The asset, developed in 2020, was 100 percent occupied at the time of the sale. ICON represented the undisclosed seller in the deal and sourced a buyer that was completing a 1031 exchange. Oropeza spent 38 years at Gebroe-Hammer Associates. …
SECAUCUS, N.J. — Woodmont Properties and Canoe Brook Development have sold The Waverton in Secaucus, with Canoe Brook retaining its minority ownership. The asset, completed in 2022, traded for $47.8 million. The name of the buyer was not disclosed. A 30-Year PILOT agreement is in place at the property. Twenty percent of The Waverton’s 116 units are offered at affordable rents. Income restrictions were not disclosed. The property features a 191-space parking garage, a fitness center with a yoga studio and an outdoor lounge with grills, fire pits and an …
