New York industrial demand continues to drive new developments

MORRISTOWN, N.J., March 31, 2021 – JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has arranged construction financing for the development of a Class A, 76,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art speculative warehouse and distribution facility in Wallkill, New York.

JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, The Frassetto Companies, to place the three-year, fixed-rate loan with Columbia Bank. Loan proceeds will be used to construct the facility, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

The facility will be constructed on 5.1 acres at 103 Tower Dr. in Wallkill, a suburban New York City community positioned in western Orange County less than 1.5 miles from the “Golden Triangle” of interstates, an intersection of Interstates 84 and 18 and Route 6, named for its appeal to distribution and warehousing tenants. Additionally, the site is proximate to Route 1, which along with I-84, serves as arteries across the Hudson Valley region, connecting Orange County to various Upstate New York and Northern New Jersey counties in addition to Interstate 87, which is a strategic corridor between the New York City MSA and Montreal, the second largest metropolitan area in Canada.

The facility’s state-of-the-art features will include 36-foot clear heights, 10 overhead tailboard loading doors with dock levelers and mechanical openers, wide column spacing, ample vehicle parking, modern fire safety and lighting systems, steel tilt-up construction and appealing façade with masonry block. The majority of Orange County’s existing industrial inventory was built prior to 2000, a heavy concentration of which was built during the 1980s and 1990s.

Orange County has emerged as one of New York State’s fastest-growing counties due to its exceptional transportation infrastructure, affordably priced housing, top-ranked schools and amenities of the greater New York Metro region. Comprising more than 31 million square feet of industrial space, the local Orange County industrial submarket has seen steadily decreasing vacancy rates over the last five years. As of the fourth quarter 2020, the submarket had a vacancy rate of 4.5 percent, while average asking rents have increased by more than six percent annually over the last five years.

The JLL Capital Markets team representing the sponsor was led by Senior Managing Director Michael Klein and Director Max Custer along with Senior Managing Director Steven Klein. 

“JLL is pleased to have arranged another loan on behalf of long-time client, The Frassetto Companies,” Michael Klein said. “This loan demonstrates that the lending market continues to build a comfort level with speculative industrial projects being constructed by experienced developers in strong locations throughout the New York Metropolitan area.”

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