CMBS Loan Backed by New Jersey’s Bridgewater Commons Sent to Special Servicing
Why this matters
Retail has become a quiet outperformer. A decade of effectively zero new development has left necessity-driven, grocery-anchored, and Sun Belt strip product with negligible vacancy and re-leasing spreads in the high single digits. Cap rates have compressed in step, and the bid for stabilized portfolios is again broad across REITs, pension funds, and institutional core-plus capital. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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A $235 million commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loan secured by Bridgewater Commons , a 1.15 million-square-foot mall in northern New Jersey, has been sent to special servicing due to an inability to meet…
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