99-Unit NJ Multifamily Sells for $25M
Gebroe-Hammer Associates procured the buyer and represented the seller in the transaction.
WEEHAWKEN, NJ – Gebroe-Hammer Associates has finalized the sale of the 99-unit, Hamilton House apartment building in Weehawken, NJ for the price of $25.35 million.
Gebroe-Hammer Associates’ brokerage team of president, Ken Uranowitz and EVP, Niko Nicolaou, exclusively represented the seller, Hamilton House LLC. The brokerage team additionally procured the buyer, Tuli Realty LLC.
The 12-story apartment building is located at 700 John F. Kennedy Blvd. E. in the city’s downtown district, within the North Hudson hub.
Originally constructed in 1964, Hamilton House features 21 studio apartments, 59 one-bedroom units and 19 two-bedroom units, including four penthouses. Certain residences additionally offer private balconies and dens. The property features on-premises parking, laundry centers and and front-door, NJ Transit bus service.
The property has undergone recent updates, including a new roof, parapet-wall installations, two new elevators, a newly-constructed, secure package room, cable-service updates and enhancements to the lobbies, hallways and units.
“Hamilton House’s central positioning and sustained tenant demand rendered this a prime value-add multifamily investment opportunity where the buyer can expand upon the owner’s recent enhancements,” said Nicolaou.
The multifamily sale follows Gebroe-Hammer Associates’ report of a steady Q1 transaction pace of 18 deals encompassing 1,574 units, totaling $316.4 million. The firm has executed several NJ multifamily trades since Q1, including the $43 million sale of the class A, 125-unit Bayside Cove in South Amboy, the $25.5 million sale of the class A, multifamily portfolio in Woodbridge Township, and $64.9 million in sales encompassing 269 units within the East, Southwest and Northwest Middlesex submarkets over the course of two months.
“We are still closing deals during this challenging economic period as buyers continue to seek out multifamily properties knowing that this asset class will always weather any downturns – as I have witnessed throughout my 45 years in the business – because of the basic human need for shelter,” said Uranowitz. “As we gradually ‘reopen,’ the new normal may indeed encompass a significant telecommuter population base, thereby further emboldening the strength of multifamily properties – which is the already-favored investment over office and retail asset classes.”
