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Meridian Arranges Refi on Class A Apartments in Somerville

Meridian Capital Group recently arranged $27.5 million in financing to refinance the Cobalt, a multifamily property in Somerville, NJ on behalf of Weiss Properties.

The 12-year loan was negotiated by senior managing director Shaya Ackerman and SVP Shaya Sonnenschein, both based in Meridian’s New York City headquarters.

Located at 70 Veterans Memorial Dr. East in downtown Somerville, NJ, the Cobalt was built from the ground up by New Brunswick, NJ-based Weiss and completed in 2017. The four-story property includes 117 rental apartments, ranging from studios to two-bedroom units.

It offers a variety of amenities, including a fitness center with top-of-the-line equipment, a residents’ lounge with a billiards table and a parking garage.

“This was a great deal with a great client,” said Ackerman. “Weiss Properties did a fantastic job designing and constructing these luxury apartments, and the Class A appeal was very attractive to lenders.”

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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