Finance & Capital Markets

With an ever-growing and ever-changing pool of investors, capital markets activity in New Jersey is thriving like never before.

Loan will fund spec warehouse in Piscataway, HFF says

A joint venture is planning to build a new industrial building spanning more than 450,000 square feet in Piscataway, with the help of $22 million in financing secured by HFF.

Investors: N.J. office, retail sites among $100M in recent loans

With an uptick in demand that started last fall, lenders with Investors Bank have financed more than $100 million in commercial real estate transactions in recent weeks.

Eastern Union secures $52M financing for rental acquisition

A rental community in Gloucester County has a new owner, following a $52.3 million financing deal orchestrated by Eastern Union Funding.

Hudson County condo project secures $100M construction loan

A developer has closed on more than $100 million in construction financing for its high-end, 184-unit condominium project on the Hudson waterfront, where construction is well underway.

HFF brokers $40M loan for Meadowlands rental project

A developer is moving forward with the next piece of a luxury multifamily complex in the Meadowlands, HFF announced, after securing a $40 million construction loan for the project.

CRE veteran joins HFF debt and equity team

HFF has hired Greg Nalbandian as a senior managing director in its Florham Park office. He joins the firm with more than 23 years of experience in the industry, having most recently served as a senior vice president and managing director with NorthMarq Capital LLC.

Avison Young brokers $34M loan for Lehigh Valley project

Brokers in Avison Young’s New Jersey office have arranged more than $34 million in financing for a mixed-use development in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, the firm announced.

Global appeal: Foreign investors see new opportunity in New Jersey

As an investment opportunity, 800 Scudders Mill Road checked just about every box. A state-of-the-art, trophy office complex that was only three years old. A prime location just outside Princeton. And, perhaps most important of all, a net lease with a blue-chip, global pharmaceutical giant, Novo Nordisk Inc., with a longstanding presence in the market.

Panasonic tower put Newark ‘on the radar of international investors’

Far Eastern investors have accounted for most of the high-profile deals over the last year or so, but it was a Middle Eastern platform, KFH Capital Investment Co., that made the biggest splash in the fourth quarter of 2016.

Financing allows firm to reposition Totowa industrial site

HFF has brokered a $9.5 million loan to help a developer refinance and complete its redevelopment of a Totowa industrial building, the firm announced Thursday.