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.

Finance & Capital Markets
Kennedy inks $2.9 million land loan for South Orange project with 61 rentals, 23,000 sq. ft. of commercial space

A developer has closed on a $2.85 million land loan from Kennedy Funding in connection with plans to build 61 apartments and commercial space in South Orange.

Residential & Mixed Use
Newly approved ‘M Lofts’ to bring 150 rentals to Morristown as key development continues

Officials in Morristown have all but cleared the path for a development that would bring 150 new apartments to a long-underused site near the landmark M Station office campus.

People
Mazzola joins Greystar to spearhead development in New York metro region

Greystar, the multifamily investment, development and management firm, has hired Chris Mazzola as its managing director of development in the New York metro region.

Residential & Mixed Use
Invel Capital buys 70-unit West Orange rental building in $41 million deal by JLL

A joint venture led by Invel Capital has acquired a 70-unit luxury apartment building in West Orange for nearly $41 million, in a transaction arranged and financed by JLL.

Government & Public Policy
EDA approves $359 million Aspire award for new residential, commercial tower at New Brunswick’s HELIX campus

A new project that would bring 265 apartments, office and laboratory space and housing for medical students to the emerging HELIX campus in New Brunswick is moving ahead with a newly approved, $359 million tax credit award under the state’s Aspire program.

Residential & Mixed Use
Sage: 32-unit Dumont apartment complex trades after 65 years of original ownership

The developer of a 32-unit garden apartment complex in Dumont has sold the property after 65 years, according to a listing team with Sage Investment Real Estate Advisors.

Current Issue
Owners Council Q&A: Lance Bergstein

The market has really ebbed and flowed over the last 12 months. There were spurts of positive progress coupled with deterrents. I think this recent rate cut will help the macro environment but many of the fundamentals have remained the same. As a whole, the country is in an interesting political environment, which is perhaps more impactful to the economy than raw economic data.

Finance & Capital Markets
Weiss, Amboy Bank close $50 million construction loan for 240-unit Delran rental project

Weiss Properties has closed on a $50 million construction loan from Amboy Bank for a project that will bring 240 luxury rentals to the Burlington County township of Delran.

Top News
Hackensack office site sold as part of planned affordable housing project, NAI Hanson says

An affordable housing agency has added to a development site in Hackensack with its purchase of a downtown office property, according to a brokerage team with NAI James E. Hanson.

Residential & Mixed Use
Value Cos. affiliate to lease, manage new 60-unit Donnelly rental project in Denville

Donnelly Construction is nearing completion of a new 60-unit luxury apartment building in Denville, where it has tapped Value Cos. Inc. to spearhead leasing and management.