JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Namdar Group has secured a $220 million bridge loan to refinance 626 Newark Avenue, a 576-unit, mixed-use project under development in Jersey City. The developer secured construction financing back in January 2024. Completion is slated for 2026. Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing with a team led by Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Dustin Stolly, Sean Reimer, Jordan Casella, Christopher de Raet and Edward Leboyer. TYKO provided the capital.
MOORESTOWN, N.J. — Pennrose has opened Residences at Harper, a 76-unit affordable housing property in Moorestown, 14 miles east of Philadelphia. Units are reserved for tenants earning no more than 30 and 60 percent of area median income. The four-story building includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Five units will be set aside for formerly homeless individuals and families, four units will be accessible to residents with physical disabilities, and two units will be outfitted for residents with hearing and vision impairments. Amenities include a community room, …
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — JLL Capital Markets and BlueGate Partners have arranged a $340 million refinancing loan on behalf of Ironstate Development Co. and Panepinto Properties. Truist Financial Corp. funded the loans. The joint venture owners will use the financing for 50 & 70 Columbus, two high-rise towers constructed in 2007 and 2015 respectively. The properties are atop the Grove Street PATH station with direct access to Manhattan. JLL’s Debt Advisory team, representing the borrower, was led by Thomas Didio, Thomas E. Didio Jr., Gerard Quinn and Michael Mataras.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Locally based Ironstate Holdings has secured a $162 million construction loan provided by PCCP for the development of Hoboken Urby, a 345-unit, transit-oriented development in Hoboken. Completion is slated for early 2028. The 16-story, 418,332-square-foot project will include 307 market-rate units, 38 affordable units and approximately 17,000 square feet of retail space, which will include a café. The site is less than a quarter of a mile from the Hoboken PATH train station. The unit mix will feature 29 studios, 220 one-bedrooms, 61 two-bedrooms and 35 three-bedrooms. …
PARK RIDGE, N.J. — CBRE has arranged the $117 million sale of The James in Park Ridge, 27 miles north of Manhattan. Veris Residential was the seller. The buyer’s identity was not disclosed. The CBRE team representing Veris included Jeffrey Dunne, Stuart MacKenzie, Eric Apfel and Travis Langer of CBRE Institutional Properties and Roland Merchant and Tom Pryor of CBRE’s Investment Banking team. Built in 2021, The James consists of 240 units along with approximately 18,000 square feet of ground- floor retail space. Amenities include a fitness center with a …
HELMETTA, N.J. — Kaplan Cos. has secured a $38.4 million loan to refinance The Lofts at Helmetta, a 200-unit community in Helmetta, located midway between New York and Philadelphia. JLL Capital Markets arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan funded by Nuveen Capital. The Lofts at Helmetta is an adaptive reuse project. Kaplan Cos. converted a former factory, known as the Helme Snuff Mill Complex, into apartments back in 2017. The Helme Snuff Mill Complex was originally built in 1886 and operated for over a century before ceasing operations in 1993. The …
WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Locally based Woodmont Properties has broken ground on Woodmont Rail at Metropark, a 300-unit, transit-oriented community in Woodbridge Township, located 30 miles south of Manhattan. Completion is expected in 2028. The six-story property will be made up of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units that feature Energy Star appliances, quartz countertops and balconies. Woodmont Rail at Metropark will include approximately 23,000 square feet of amenities, including a fitness center, a coworking center with conference rooms, a clubroom, multi-sport simulator, resort-style pool, rooftop bar and lounge, dog …
WEEHAWKEN, N.J. — Hartz Mountain Industries has completed development of The Reserve at Estuary, a 218-unit property in Weehawken’s Lincoln Harbor neighborhood. Located at 1525 Harbor Blvd., the seven-story community spans one city block fronting the Hudson River and offers studio to two-bedroom-plus-den layouts, with select homes featuring private balconies, patios or terraces. The architect was New Jersey-based MHS Architecture. The Reserve at Estuary includes about 40,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities that include a resort-style pool and hot tub with a sundeck, a landscaped courtyard featuring lounge …
WATCHUNG, N.J. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged construction debt and equity for developers building Blue Hill at Watchung, a $102.9 million community in Watchung, 30 miles west of Manhattan. Completion is slated for 2026. The Sterling Properties Group and Danbro Properties are the developers. The property benefits from a 30-year PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) agreement with the Borough of Watchung. PILOT agreements are government-sponsored incentives for developers to build housing, whereby the property owner pays an agreed-upon annual fee to a municipality versus traditional yearly property taxes. …
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $131.1 million loan for a private company headed by Bernard F. Langan to refinance Riverwalk Phase III and IV. The five-year, floating-rate loan was sponsored by MF1 Capital LLC, a joint venture between Limekiln Real Estate and Berkshire Residential. Riverwalk Phase III & IV (also known as The Landings at Riverwalk) consists of four buildings situated on a 7-acre site along the Passaic River. Phase III, comprising 240 units across two buildings, was completed in early 2023 and is currently 85 …
