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ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS Volume 24 Issue 3 February 10 - 23, 2012 Cushman &Wakefield Capital Markets Team inks $1.3 billion in 2011
New core property in New Jersey commands $255,555 per unit Kislak completes $23 million sale of 90-unit multi-family property
PRINGFIELD, NJ —The Kislak Company, Inc., the dominant investment real estate sales firm in the tri-state region, announced the $23,000,000 sale of a newly constructed core multifamily property located at 102-114 and 118-120 Victory Road in Spring- field, New Jersey. The property consists of 90 new luxury one, two, and three- bedroom bedroom units. Presi- dent and co-managing director Robert Holland and sales asso- ciate Scott Davidovic together represented the purchaser, a longtime Kislak client, in the transaction. “This sale represented an extraordinary opportunity to ac- quire a new, class ‘A’ multifam- ily property in northern New Jersey,” said Holland. It is rare for a new property of this caliber to trade. The premium price re- flects the quality of the property, the desirability of the location, rental rates, and the strength of the multifamily market in New S
Jersey.” “Given our long-stand- ing relationship with both the developer and purchaser, we were able to successfully nego- tiate and close the sale within 40 days,” added Davidovic. “The purchaser appreciated the cur- rent and potential value of the property as new multifamily construction in the area with such luxury amenities is usu- ally not available.” The units include spacious floor plans with large balconies. Unit amenities include stain- less steel appliances, washers and dryers, hardwood floors and car-
peting, and bathrooms with ce- ramic tiles. The buildings also have elevators and garages for residents, and a clubhouse and gym are planned to be built. The property is located off of Route 78 in Springfield, New Jersey near the borders of Millburn/Short Hills, Summit, Union/Vauxhall and Moun- tainside, among the strongest rental markets in the state. Residents will have an easy commute to New York City and the vari- ous employ- m e n t
centers in northern and central New Jersey. The seller was represented by Robert Trav- ers, Esq. of Edgewater, New Jersey and the purchaser was represented by Kenneth Gleid- man, Esq. of Lichter Gliedman Offenkrantz, PC of New York City. Robert Mendeles of Ar- bor Realty Trust arranged an $18,000,000 bridge loan for the purchaser. ■
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Gebroe-Hammer Associates arranges $7.25 million sale of Pewter Village
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and Joseph Brecher repre- sented the seller, Pewter Re- alty LLC, and procured the buyer, a long-time Gebroe- Hammer client. “This extremely well-main- tained three-acre proper- ty has historically demon- strated a high occupancy rate thanks to its 55+ tenant
Located in suburban Cam- den County, Collingswood is 35 miles southwest of Tren- ton and seven miles east of Philadelphia. The borough’s popular historic retail district boasts an array restaurants, cafés and boutiques as well as convenient access to mass transit. Metro Philadelphia’s subur- ban multi-family investment market continues to become more and more attractive to investors thanks to an ever-strengthening tenant pool,” said Brecher. “With oc- cupancies consistently at the 95-percent rate, rents have appreciated, as has property pricing.” Legal counsel was provided by Carol Stern of McCarter & English, LLP of Newark, N.J., and Richard Kelin, Esq. of Feinstein Raiss Kelin & Booker LLC of West Orange, N.J., on behalf of the seller and buyer, respectively. ■
base and strategic location near Collingswood’s vibrant commercial district,” said Schwartz. Pewter Village’s six two- story buildings are comprised of 64 one-bedroom and 20 two- bedroom units featuring gas fireplaces, washers/dryers, dishwashers and individually controlled climate c o n t r o l s .
COLLINGSWOOD, NJ — has arranged the $7.25 mil- lion sale of Pewter Village, an 84-unit active-adult garden- apartment complex at 1058 EldridgeAve. in Collingswood, announced Ken Uranowitz, managing director. Executive vice presidents Joel Schwartz
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By Scott Friedman Five ways to Green your building for free
hear a lot of complaints about the costs associated with sustainability retro- fits. People say, “They are too expensive, they don’t provide a quick enough payback, etc.” There are also problems with most commercial real estate because there is a gap between tenants and landlords with re- gard to who pays for upgrades and who benefits (the “what’s in it for me issue?”). I believe that people are causing climate change and that we should all do as much as we can to change the way we do things. With that said, I understand that business and property owners need to watch their expenses and make the best decisions for themselves and their companies. Here are 5 ways to reduce your carbon footprint that will cost you little or nothing: 1. Do your Own Energy Audit. Energy audits mostly consist of checking that major building systems are in proper working order. Tightening up the building envelope by seal- I
ing leaks, adding insulation and evaluating lighting and HVAC systems are the main tasks. Professional auditors provide a comprehensive report with lots of suggestions for best practices. However, if you are not willing to pay for this, you can do it yourself. Have your facility maintenance personnel do a thorough walk through of your property and take notes on anything that is not in working order. Have them pay attention to windows and doors to make sure they are properly sealed. Evaluate lighting and consider replacing burnt out bulbs with energy efficient light fixtures and bulbs (there may be rebates that apply). Fix problems with
continued on page 16A 3. Buy Green Power. Many states are unregulated for vents, fans, belts, etc. Small unaddressed airflow issues add up. Starting somewhere and doing something is better than ignoring easily addressed problems. 2. Create anAwareness Buzz. Get the occupants in your build- ing involved. Educating people on what they can do may have a huge effect. Recycling, turn- ing off lights, powering down equipment and double sided printing are all behavioral items that can easily be worked into people’s regular routines. Behavioral changes can make a big difference.
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regional and local owners of multi-use properties, ware- houses, industrial parks, retail facilities, shopping centers, and office buildings and complexes, in connection with the financ- ing, leasing, management and operation of such properties. In addition, Taylor has repre- sented both sellers and pur- chasers of multi-use, office and retail properties throughout the United States. Taylor ’s practice also includes entity formation ancillary to the real estate transactions work. Prior to joining Kaplin Stew- art, Taylor was an associate attorney with Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP in Philadelphia. Taylor is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. ■ inmarketing and financial data analysis in the industrial real estate industry, Vera will be a central resource for our region- al offices. She is responsible for Dermody Properties’ investor and client presentations, real estate broker materials, pro- posals and investment packag- es and marketing collaterals. ■
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As president VAAuctioneersAssn. elects Jones, Jr.
Owner ordered auction of Retail Pad Site National Commercial Auctioneers to conduct
FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Nicholls Auction Market- ing Group, Inc. announced that the VirginiaAuctioneers Association elected Shields Jones to serve as president at its recent 54th Virginia Auctioneers Association edu- cational convention held in Charlottesville. The VAA represents auc- tioneers in the Common- wealth of Virginia and cel- ebrated over five decades of service at this year’s confer- ence. In comments made to the VAA, Jones challenged the association to promote the auction industry and make the association a viable ele- ment of the auction industry to enhance its image to the general public and the busi- ness world. As marketing director of Nicholls Auction Marketing Group, Inc., Jones oversees the day to day marketing operations of the company. A graduate of Virginia Tech, Jones, a second generation
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“This is a great easily-accessible corner location in a high traffic area,” said Vaughan. “It is next door to a brand new Auto Zone parts store with frontage on both Highland Avenue and East 21st Street.”
announces the owner-ordered auction of a vacant retail pad on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at 1pm, according to Christopher Vaughan, region- al vice president and broker. “This is a great easily-ac- cessible corner location in a high traffic area,” said Vaughan. “It is next door to a brand new Auto Zone parts store with frontage on both Highland Avenue and East 21st Street.” Located at 2100 Highland Avenue, this 0.3382 acre vacant retail pad is com- plete with curbs, gutters, site drainage, sidewalks, landscaping, utilities and 36-space concrete parking lot. The pad would accommodate a retail store of approximately 2,150 square feet and is zoned MXC-2. The lighted, four-way inter- section includes an MTA bus stop with a traffic count of
approximately 17,700 cars per day. It is close to Sweetwater High School, South Bay Shop- ping Center, Wal-Mart, and Paradise Valley Hospital. The property is only 11 miles of the International Border of Mexico and close to Interstates 805 and 5 and State Highway 54. “This site is also in close proximity to Coronado Island, a major employer in nearby downtown San Diego, as well as the Naval Air Station in North Island, the Naval Base in San Diego and the Naval Base in Point Lorna,” said Vaughan. Broker participation is en- couraged. Property may be inspected any time.
The auction will be con- ducted onsite. For more details on how to receive the prop- erty information package and complete terms visit National Commercial Auctioneers’ web- site. National Commercial Auc- tioneers is a national commer- cial property auction company dedicated to the sale of com- mercial property for commer- cial lenders, bankruptcy trust- ees, private equity funds, and public and private companies throughout the United States. NCA has the knowledge and expertise to effectively de- liver a market driven auction for every kind of commercial property. ■
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ASHINGTON, DC — Cassidy Turley has secured a fixed-
as advisor to Donatelli De- velopment on the financing transaction. Cassidy Turley completed a $122 million re- capitalization of both phases on behalf of Donatelli Develop- ment with a client of Invesco Real Estate in December 2010 and subsequently secured a $26.1 million construction loan for Phase II in September of this year. The existing 229 unit build- ing is consistently recognized as one of the premier apart- ment projects in the region. In 2009, Highland Park received the National Association of Homebuilders Award for Best Mid-Rise Apartment. The
This regional borrower also elected to refinance their exist- ing loan early with a new 10 year term through the Freddie Mac Capital Markets Execu- tion. Finally, Cohen arranged a $12 million loan on a 115 unit CO- OP apartment building inHack- ensack. This property was a failed conversion and the spon- sor purchased the unsold units and has managed this asset as a rental property. APennsylvania based regional bank understood the asset, liked the sponsorship and provided a facility which allowed the borrower to pay off the existing underlying debt and take out a significant equity component in order to facilitate the acquisition of another mul- tifamily asset. Taking advantage of the very strong apartment fundamentals here in the northeast, North- Marq is also actively working on several other prominent multifamily assignments rang- ing from construction financing to institutional joint venture equity. Two deals of note are the arrangement of permanent financing for a major high-rise that was recently constructed in Jersey City and securing thirty year self-liquidating financing with a life insurance company on a class A luxury complex in another major NJ market. ■ combined project offers ten- ants a two-story fitness center, high-tech party and billiards rooms, expansive rooftop deck with panoramic views, and over 18,000 s/f of ground floor retail including Potbelly Sandwich Works, Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries, Tynan Coffee and Tea, Signal Financial, Pete’s New Haven- Style Apizza, Acre 121, and Lou’s City Bar. In addition to the onsite amenities, High- land Park is located atop the Columbia Heights Metro sta- tion (Green and Yellow lines), directly across the street from DC USA, a 500,000 s/f retail complex. ■
rate loan on behalf of Do- natelli Development, Gragg & Associates, and a client of Invesco Real Estate for High- land Park Phase I, a 229 unit apartment building. It adjoins a future 144 unit building, Highland Park Phase II, which began construction earlier this year for delivery in early 2013. The permanent loan for Phase I was provided by Key Bank Real Estate Capital’s Fannie Mae DUS platform. David Webb and Jamie But- ler of Cassidy Turley acted ROANOKE, VA—Deerwood Real Estate Capital, a com- mercial mortgage brokerage and advisory firm, recently closed on a $9.5 million loan MORRISTOWN, NJ—Cron- heim Mortgage has arranged financing totaling $9.4 million on the Lindsley Arms apart- ments, located at the corner of Whippany Rd. and Lindsley Dr. Dev Morris and Andrew Stewart arranged the 10 year financing withAviva Investors whom they represent as both a correspondent and loan ser- vicer. The rate was locked on the loan four months prior to closing with no additional cost or spread premium. The subject, built in 1962, consists of 116 1 bedroom units; the balance are equally split between 2 and 3 bedroom units, all of which are gener- ously sized relative to the average unit square footage in competing properties. Lindsley Arms is located adjacent to the Morristown Westin Hotel; it is also near the historic Ford Mansion (Washington’s Head- quarters), one mile from the Morristown train station (with direct access to Midtown Man- hattan), and two miles west of
Highland Park
DeerwoodReal Estate Capital closes VA office loan totaling $9.5 million for a 300,000 s/f office building in Roanoke.
Cohen of Northmarq Capital closes nearly $200 million
PARSIPPANY, NJ — Gary Cohen, senior VP of the New Jersey Office of NorthMarq
nance the existing loan with a 5-year term and a 30-year amortization. The deal was arranged by David Rosenberg and Mark Silbersher. ■ Moosic Heights, located in Moosic, PA has 153 total sites, Maple Manor, located in Taylor, PA is just four miles from the Moosic Heights Community and has 311 total sites, Oak- wood is located in Tunkhan- nock, PA and is 32 miles from the Maple Manor Community - it is the smallest of the 5 with 79 total sites, Pleasant View Estates is located in Blooms- burg, PA and has 111 total sites and Brookside Village is located in Berwick, PA and is only 4 miles from Pleasant View Estates, it is a 39 acre community situated on top of a spacious valley with beautiful views of the mountains in ev- ery direction and has 171 total sites. Moosic and Maple Manor have public utilities whereas the other three are served by private water and sewer. Nu- merous improvements have been made by the owner since purchasing the asset in 2010 including paving, drainage improvements, new signage, water plant upgrades and up- dated rental offices. ■
Capital, has closed $191 m i l l i o n o f multifamily loans during t he f our t h qua r t e r o f 2011. High- lighting this string of suc-
The loan provided the bor- rower with 75% LTV to refi-
Cronheim Mortgage’s Stewart & Morris completes $9.4m the Morristown Municipal Air- port. Access to Routes 287 and 24 help make this a convenient location.
Gary Cohen
According to Dev Morris, principal of Cronheim, “This was a very low loan to value and the borrower had numer- ous options. He chose to work with us and Aviva due to our ability to lock in an interest rate early, provide competi- tive pricing and terms, as well as a simple closing process. Cronheim acting as a portfolio servicer is another benefit the borrower pointed to when mak- ing a decision.” Cronheimarranged financing totaling $15.5 million on five mobile home park communi- ties, three of which are located in the Scranton area and the other two in the Bloomsbury areas of PA. Dev Morris and Andrew Stewart arranged the 10 year financing for an af- filiate of United Mobile Homes. The interest rate on the 30 year amortizing loan is 4.25%. The subject properties con- sist of 824 home sites and are:
cess was a portfolio of 15 proper- ties located in NJ, NY, PA and CT that were refinanced early through the Capital Markets Execution program of Freddie Mac for $158 million. Working on behalf of a major apart- ment investor, Cohen noted that most of these deals were existing Freddie Mac loans where the borrower elected to refinance now and lock in low interest rates. Despite many years remaining on the existing loans, reducing the coupon by anywhere from 100- 300 basis points coupled with a very meaningful cash out component, which more than covered the prepayment penal- ties, enabled our client to lock in these 10 year deals through our seller/servicer relationship with Freddie Mac. Cohen also arranged a $21 million refinance for a 298 unit apartment in Burlington Cty.
8A — February 10 - 23, 2012 — Financial Digest — Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal
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F INANCIAL D IGEST
By Bruce Coin, Bruce Coin Consulting, Inc. The Current Commercial Mortgage Market
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he Commercial Real Estate arm of the Mort- gage Bankers Associa-
nies have acknowledged that they want to fund more volume and some, like Principal, are rolling out new products. They are venturing into the mezza- nine debt market to capitalize on the now relatively stabilized commercial real estate market (with exceptions) to fund the “delta” between what is avail- able as a standard first lien mortgage and what a borrower needs to refinance or make an acquisition. One could equate a program like that to pseudo “joint venturing” depending upon the structure. I see abun- dant opportunities that will
allow them to pick and choose excellent assets and borrowers while enjoying the premium yields available in the “mezz debt” arena. On the economic front many, but not all, of the carefully watched barometers are con- firming a continued but modest growth. At their January meet- ing the “Fed” left interest rates unchanged and commented that “the expectation is that they (the fed funds rate) will remain exceptionally low (now) until late 2014”. For borrowers that is good news. They also estimated a growth rate of be-
tween 2.2 and 2.7 percent and reiterated that they will con- tinue to reinvest their principal payments received from their mortgage backed securities back into “agency sponsored” MBS. As the largest current MBS buyer their purchases have been an important sup- port of the mortgage market. Consistent with that was Fannie Mae’s announcement that its total multifamily is- suance for 2011 was approxi- mately $23.8 billion reflecting a 45 % increase over 2010’s $16.4 billion. Kimberly John- son, Vice President of Fannie’s
multifamily capital markets said “right now it looks like new issue DUS will probably be in the same range as 2011”. Life companies and banks will need to be aggressive to compete for multifamily business. CMBS volume should con- tinue to increase slowly with a number of $1 billion pools being brought to market. Look for rating agency newcomers, Morningstar and Kroll to win an increased portion of that rating business. Standard and Poor’s has become “persona non gratta”. Congress continues to ago- nize over the Dodd Frank Act’s Volker risk retention rule and its QRM provision. The latest is that they want to impose a Pre- mium Cash Capture Reserve Account or PCCRA. The pre- miums earned on the retained portion of a sold loan (or pool) would be escrowed into a cash reserve at the institution hold- ing the retention to be available in the event of default. Propo- nents, including the Mortgage Bankers Association, argue that such a requirement could severely curtail issuance of non-agency RMBS and CMBS and that it was not specifically addressed by Dodd Frank. A final thought concerns the way Discounted Cash Flow analysis continue to be per- formed. Many commercial ap- praisers continue to project that rents and expenses of multi-tenant properties will still escalate on a straight line basis over a 10 year holding period using annual factors of 2.5 to 3 percent. They are obvi- ously ignoring the lessons of the past 4 years and the post WWII history of recessions. Since WWII, recessions have occurred in a range of two to ten years with two and ten year hiatus being atypical. Most occur every four to eight years and close to national elec- tions. If one is projecting for ten years, and how good is anyone’s “crystal ball” after three or four years anyway, wouldn’t it be prudent to assume that a re- cession is going to occur within that time frame? When reces- sions occur, property vacancy rates increase, rents go flat or actually decline while most operating expenses continue to increase. Defenders say “that’s the way all investors make their forecasts”. I submit that is inaccurate and that prudent investors and analysts all vary
tion had its annual con- vention this year at Super Bow l t ime in Atlanta. While much of the focus this year will be on the na-
Bruce J. Coin
tional election, it is clear that cautious optimism abounds as mortgage bankers and lenders are anticipating more lending. The major insurance compa-
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