Residential & Mixed Use

The construction boom in New Jersey is no more evident than in the multifamily and mixed-use sector, thanks to changing demographics and the demand for urban-style living, even in the suburbs.

Reynolds secures $29 million bridge-to-perm loan for 103-unit Orange rental project

Reynolds Asset Management has landed a $28.5 million loan for its newly completed, 103-unit apartment building in Orange, in a deal arranged by JLL.

Advance hits 75 percent leased milestone at 399-unit Harrison rental project

Advance Realty Investors has leased 75 percent of The Wyldes, the sprawling 399-unit luxury apartment property in Harrison that hit the market last summer.

Newark: Developers eye office-to-residential project with $22 million Northwind Group loan

A joint venture has secured $22 million in financing for its plan to expand a Newark office building and repurpose it as a new 10-story, 92-unit multifamily property.

Rockabill adds two vice presidents for supportive housing, underwriting teams

Affordable housing developer and consulting firm Rockabill has added two vice presidents to its Hoboken-based team.

Another chapter

As you’ll read in this month’s cover story, the city of New Brunswick ended 2023 on a high note when Nokia announced that it would become the new home of its iconic Bell Labs division. The company, which will move from its historic campus in the Murray Hill section of Union County, plans to occupy a built-to-suit, 360,000-square-foot research tower at the new HELIX campus by 2028. It’s slated to do so under a lease with SJP Properties, which will build the facility in partnership with New Brunswick Development Corp., the project’s master developer, in a signature deal for the city and for the three-building, multibillion-dollar redevelopment project.

Veteran brokers Tragash, Pine detail launch of SAGE Investment Real Estate Advisors

A new Morristown-based brokerage firm is marking its first two deals and a series of new assignments in the region after launching the business at the start of 2024.

Kennedy Funding provides $5 million loan to owner of Long Island estate

Kennedy Funding has closed a $5 million loan to the owner of a residential estate on the North Shore of Long Island, the Englewood-based lender announced.

Cervelli: Six-unit Jersey City building with apartments, commercial space fetches $850,000

A private investor has acquired a mixed-use property in Jersey City for $850,000, in a newly announced deal by Cervelli Real Estate & Property Management.

JLL’s Morristown-based team marketing 55-unit New Rochelle apartment portfolio for sale

The owner of 54 apartments and an adjacent home in New Rochelle, New York, has tapped JLL’s Morristown-based capital markets team to sell the properties.

Alpine, Fields Grade launch boutique rental building in Jersey City’s Bergen-Lafayette section

A development team has unveiled a six-story, 39-unit apartment building in Jersey City as the latest addition to their footprint in the historic Bergen-Lafayette neighborhood.