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.
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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based developer Mordechai Pillar, owner of One Nine Rockwell in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, has obtained a $90 million refinancing loan. Affinius Capital was the lender. David Bollag of Meridian Capital Group arranged the financing. The proceeds of the loan will be used to complete lease-up and stabilization at One Nine Rockwell, a 27-story, 174-unit property with 1,200 square feet of ground-floor retail. The luxury building is comprised of 35 studios, 103 one-bedrooms and 36 two-bedrooms. The sky lounge on the 27th floor offers a …
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. …
New York City Selects Development Team for 600-Unit Affordable Housing Project in North Manhattan
NEW YORK CITY — The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has selected Slate Property Group, Xenolith Partners and Communilife to develop La Ostra on a vacant lot in Inwood, the northern-most neighborhood in Manhattan. The project will include 600 units, 200 of which will be reserved for seniors. All apartments will offer affordable rents. Specific income restrictions were not disclosed. The developers will also build a marine science and STEM education center that will be operated by the Billion Oyster Project, a nonprofit founded in …
BOSTON — New York City-based affordable housing firm Hudson Valley Property Group (HVPG) has acquired Boston Bay and Hope Bay, two adjacent affordable housing communities in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. The deal marks HVPG’s first in Massachusetts. The properties, located at 205 Magnolia St. (Boston Bay) and 5 Norwell St. (Hope Bay), consist of 20 buildings across two sites originally constructed between 1890 and 1920. Total project costs related to this preservation project are approximately $52.5 million, funded with a Fannie Mae loan provided by KeyBank. HVPG is planning …
MassHousing and Partners Close Financing for 43-Unit Affordable Housing Development in Somerville, Massachusetts
SOMERVILLE, MASS. — Affordable housing developer Just a Start and the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency (MassHousing) have closed on financing for 24 Webster Avenue in Union Square. The project will include 43 units that will be constructed on a site that is currently a vacant commercial lot. The units will be reserved households earning between 30 and 60 percent of area median income. The general contractor is Dellbrook | JKS, the architect is ICON Architecture Inc., and the management agent will be Maloney Properties. New Seasons Development LLC is a …
NEW YORK CITY — Tavros, a locally based private investor and developer, has acquired 250 Water Street, a 1-acre site in Manhattan’s Seaport neighborhood for $143 million. Tavros is planning to build a ground-up, 600-unit multifamily project on the land. Twenty-five percent of the units will be offered at to-be-announced affordable monthly rents. The community will be anchored by four floors of retail. Fogarty Finger is the architect. A construction timeline was not disclosed. JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the deal and advised Tavros on a pre-development loan provided …
NEW YORK CITY — Affinius Capital has provided a $115 million refinancing loan to Ranco Capital and the Gilardian Family, the developers of a 22-story multifamily project in Manhattan’s Murray Hill neighborhood. The borrower will use the financing to complete construction and stabilize occupancy. Henry Bodek of Galaxy Capital arranged the loan. The building is located at 162 East 36th St. and is comprised of 160 studio, one- and two-bedroom units and 3,700 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities feature a rooftop lounge, a fitness center and sauna, coworking …
BOSTON — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an 11-unit property at 11 Schubert St. in Boston. The asset traded between two private parties for the sum of approximately $3.2 million. About half the units were vacant at the time of the sale, allowing the buyer to begin renovations immediately, according to Marcus & Millichap, whose Boston-based team was headed up by Tony Pepdjonovic and Evan Griffith. The asset, constructed circa 1970, sits on a 0.18-acre parcel and includes a mix of one- and two-bedroom units, seven off-street …
GLEN COVE, N.Y, — RXR and Chuo Nittochi America Corp. have broken ground on the 101-unit Arden, located within the Garvies Point mixed-use development in Glen Cove on the north shore of Long Island, about 34 miles south of Manhattan. The five-story project will include 2,400 square feet of retail and such amenities as an attended lobby, a lounge with a kitchenette, a package room, a wellness lounge with a sauna and massage rooms, a pool, fire pit, grilling stations with prep sinks, electric vehicle charging and a landscaped courtyard. …