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Developer Secures $15 Million Loan For Somerville Rental Project

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Meridian Capital Group has brokered $15 million in financing for the development of a new 60-unit luxury rental property in downtown Somerville.

Working on behalf of the developer, Robert Weiss of Weiss Properties, Meridian sourced the construction loan through a regional balance sheet lender. The funds will support the midrise property known as The Davenport, located at 21 Davenport St., which includes four stories of apartments atop a 68-story parking garage.

Meridian Managing Director Shaya Ackerman and Senior Vice President Shaya Sonnenschein negotiated the financing for the transaction, according to a news release. The 30-month construction loan features a prime-based floating rate.

The same Meridian team, which is based in the firm’s New York City headquarters, also recently arranged $46 million in construction and permanent financing for The Avery, a 450-unit apartment community in Willingboro developed by Weiss Properties.

“Shaya Ackerman and Shaya Sonnenschein are both professional and have a tremendous grasp of the financial market,” said Weiss, president of the New Brunswick-based firm. “I am glad we were able to continue our relationship with the financing of The Davenport.”

In Somerville, Meridian touted the borough’s direct access to major highways, nearby rail service and a busy collection of downtown shops and restaurants. Plans for The Davenport call for a recreational area, fitness center, storage lockers and a common-area lounge.

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Meridian inks $21.3 million loan for 450-unit rental property in Burlington Co.

The developer of a 450-unit luxury apartment property in Willingboro has landed more than $21 million in financing, in a transaction arranged by Meridian Capital Group.

Brokers with the firm represented the borrower, Weiss Properties, in sourcing the $21.3 million loan for the complex known as The Avery. The developer will use the 12-year agency loan, which features seven years of interest-only payments, to refinance the property at 10 Lincoln Square.

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Construction on Major Florence Development to Begin Early Next Year

The mixed-use development will bring 240 apartments, a 104-room Marriot Town Place Suites hotel and a restaurant to the intersection of Route 130 and Cedar Lane.

FLORENCE — The developer behind a mixed-use project that will bring 240 apartments, a 104-room Marriott Town Place Suites hotel and a restaurant to the intersection of Route 130 and Cedar Lane announced Tuesday that construction is expected to begin early next year.

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Mixed Use Development At Route 130 and Cedar Lane Approved

A plan to bring 240 apartments, retail space and a 104-room hotel to the intersection of Route 130 and Cedar Lane was approved Tuesday by the Township Planning Board.

FLORENCE — An open field along Route 130 will soon be transformed into a major mixed-use development.

A plan to bring 240 apartments, retail space and a 104-room hotel to the intersection of Route 130 and Cedar Lane was approved Tuesday by the Township Planning Board.

However, while the development received preliminary and final major site plan approval from the planning board, the project hinges on approval from the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the acquisition of land it owns at the corner of the lot that borders Route 130 North and Cedar Lane — which would eliminate the existing jughandle — and for the installation of a roundabout on Cedar Lane at Hunts Circus Drive as a replacement for the jughandle.

The project is being developed by the New Brunswick-based real estate development company Weiss Properties, which also is in the process of negotiating a redevelopment agreement for the site with the township.

If the developer does not receive approval for either the land transfer or the roundabout, it will have to come back before the planning board for any changes made to the project.

According to Yoni Nevenasky, Weiss Properties vice president, the DOT is currently reviewing the applications and it is expected that the approvals will be made and finalized in five to six months. Nevenasky said that it was NJDOT that suggested using a roundabout as a replacement for the jughandle.

According to the project’s traffic engineer, Matt Seckler, of Stonefield Engineering, instead of motorists traveling northbound on Route 130 and using the existing jughandle to make left hand turns onto Cedar Lane, motorists will turn right at the intersection and use the roundabout to turn around and head west on Cedar Lane.

The development will consist of 10, 24-unit residential buildings. Each building will be three stories with eight units on each floor. There will be 92 one-bedroom units, 140 two-bedroom units and eight three-bedroom units — 15 percent of which will be affordable housing units.

Its expected that the development will house 22 to 26 school-age children, according to project Engineer Robert Stoudt, of Stoudt and Caldwell LLC.

The residential development will include a clubhouse, retention pond and recycling center. The plan proposes a 104-room Marriott Hotel and either a restaurant or retail store located next to it.

Entrance and exit lanes into the development will be along Route 130 North and along Cedar Lane at the roundabout.

A low median will also be installed down the middle of the two-lane road to prevent motorists from turning left into the Wawa entrance along Cedar Lane.

Crosswalks will be installed at the roundabout that will allow for pedestrian crossing across exits into the residential development, Hunts Circus Drive, and both eastbound and westbound lanes on Cedar Lane.

However, concerns were raised over pedestrians from the development jaywalking to get to the Wawa instead of using the crosswalks at the roundabout.

“We deal with human nature, and it’s concerning how this is going to work,” said planning board Chair Mildred Hamiton-Wood over the location of crosswalks.

Weiss Properties agreed to install a four-foot tall decorative fence along Cedar Lane, and request to NJDOT that a mid-block crosswalk be installed as well near the Wawa’s driveway.

Once the necessary approvals are made, construction will begin with the installation of the roundabout, followed by the first phase of the project’s development — the construction of five of the apartment buildings. The second phase will begin with the construction of the hotel and retail site, and the remainder of the apartment buildings.

Weiss Properties also developed The Avery in Willingboro, and said that its proposed development in the township will be similar. It also has residential developments in Somerville and commercial developments in North Brunswick, New Brunswick, Robbinsville and Miami Beach.

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New York Private Club In Brookville, NY Sells For $15 Million

New Jersey-based Titan Golf has purchased Tam O’Shanter Country Club in Brookville, N.Y., for a reported $15 million.

It’s the latest strategic acquisition by Titan, which targets financially challenged private clubs with an eye toward upgrading facilities and expanding membership. Titan was one of several potential buyers contacted by club members last year as part of an effort to make sure the Long Island club remained open.

As part of the deal Titan brought in Troon Golf to manage the club under its Troon Privé private club division.

Titan, which two years ago purchased the Woodmere (N.Y.) Club, is reducing annual dues at Tam O’Shanter by 25 percent in an effort to boost membership from the current 200.

Titan Golf is owned by Efrem Gerszberg and Robert Weiss.

In addition to golf course, the club six Har-Tru tennis courts, a pool, a fitness center with a sauna and steam room, and casual and fine dining facilities. Sales & Finance

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