Northeast

Livana Colts Neck in Colts Neck, New Jersey

COLTS NECK, N.J. — Kushner has broken ground on Livana Colts Neck, a 360-unit project in Colts Neck, approximately 50 miles south of Manhattan. Livana Colts Neck will comprise 15 buildings that each rise three stories. Apartments will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling and dining stations, clubroom, lounge, conference facilities and a dog park. Minno & Wasko Architects and Planners designed the community. Construction is expected to be complete in spring 2027.

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PHILADELPHIA — Locally based developer NewCourtland has completed a 178-unit mixed-income development in Philadelphia’s East Falls neighborhood. The project is the adaptive reuse of the former Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institution, which originally opened in 1956 and has been vacant since 2013. The property is now a 12-story residential complex that includes 40 affordable housing units for seniors. NewCourtland won a bid for the 14-acre site in 2015. Architecture firm Looney Ricks Kiss facilitated the transition of the site.

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NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture consisting of nonprofit developer Community Access, neighborhood preservation organization Cooper Square Committee and affordable housing developers Spatial Equity and Duvernay + Brooks, has purchased the site of the former St. Emeric church in Manhattan’s East Village. The joint venture plans build more than 500 affordable housing units on the site. Some units will be set aside for seniors and homeless individuals, as well as those with special needs who qualify for supportive services. The development team expects to break ground on the first …

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20 Exchange Place in New York City

NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between locally based investment firm The Dermot Co. and Dutch pension fund PGGM has acquired 20 Exchange Place, a 57-story high-rise community in Manhattan’s Financial District, in an off-market transaction. The seller was a partnership led by DTH Capital, a New York City-based owner-operator focused on converting office buildings into residential complexes. The property was originally built in 1931 as the headquarters of City Bank Farmers Trust Co., a national bank which later became Citibank. Approximately 20 years ago, the building was converted into …

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1201 Connecticut Ave. NW. in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of an office building in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Located at 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW., the 12-story building comprises 190,385 square feet of office space. An affiliate of Duball purchased the community for $21.5 million, with plans to convert the development to a 161-unit community. Once converted, the property will also offer ground-floor retail space and rooftop amenity space, including a pool. A development timeline for the project was not disclosed. Tom Hall, Matt Nicholson, Kevin Byrd, …

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BALTIMORE — Greystone and Cushman & Wakefield have jointly arranged the sale of and acquisition financing for a two-property portfolio in the Columbia suburb of Baltimore, Maryland. Olivetree Management purchased the assets for $73.5 million. The communities, Columbia Apartments and Town Center Apartments, comprise 344 units together. Both properties were 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. The transaction was financed with Fannie Mae loans totaling $57 million. Dan Sacks and Alex Basile of Greystone originated the Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting & Servicing loans. Jorge Rosa and Anthony Liberto of Cushman & …

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The Monarch in Queens

NEW YORK CITY — Locally based developer BRP Cos. has completed The Monarch, a 605-unit community in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. The project broke ground in January 2021. The building rises 25 stories and spans 542,000 square feet. The Monarch comprises 498 one-bedroom and 107 two-bedroom apartments. Of the total unit count, 182 are reserved for households earning between 80 and 130 percent of the area median income. Units feature individual washers and dryers, stainless steel appliances and floor-to-ceiling windows. The property also includes 14,000 square feet of retail …

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2868 Webster Ave. in New York City

NEW YORK CITY — Douglaston Development has secured construction financing for a $190 million affordable housing project located in the Bedford Park neighborhood of the Bronx. Once completed, the 12-story building will offer 277 apartment units to households earning up to 70 percent of the area median income. Sixty units will be set aside as supportive units. Located at 2868 Webster Ave., the property will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities will include laundry facilities, a fitness center, green roofs and on-site parking. The Jericho project …

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Boston East in Boston

BOSTON — CBRE has arranged the sale of Boston East, a 200-unit community located in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston. Los Angeles-based American Realty Advisors sold the property to the real estate business at Goldman Sachs Alternatives for an undisclosed price. Simon Butler, Biria St. John, John McLaughlin and Brian Bowler of CBRE brokered the deal. Boston East was built in 2018. The building rises six stories. Community amenities include a clubroom with meeting space, sky lounge and terrace, fitness center, community arts space, outdoor firepit grilling stations and …

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Lorimer House in Brooklyn

NEW YORK CITY — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated $173 million in bridge financing for Lorimer House, a 270-unit community in the South Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. JLL worked on behalf of the borrowers — a joint venture between The Loketch Group, The Joyland Group and Meral Property Group — to secure the financing through TPG Real Estate Credit. Aaron Niedermayer and Ethan Stanton led the JLL Capital Markets team. Lorimer House rises eight stories at 28 Boerum St. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Select units feature …

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