Besen & Associates Brokers Sale of 70,000 SF Apartment Building in Bronx for $11M

NEW YORK CITY — Besen & Associates has brokered the sale of 1422 Nelson Avenue in the Highbridge section of the Bronx for $11 million at a cap rate of 4.2 percent. The 70,500-square-foot, six-story building contains 72 apartments that are each 1,000 square feet. GF Financial, an experienced operator with an already established portfolio in the Bronx, purchased the property. The sellers, Steve Zervoudis & Richard Sica of Galaxy General, acquired the building in 1992 for $700,000. Currently, the property is operating under a regulatory agreement governed by the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. Jonathan Shainberg, Shallini Mehra, and Amit Doshi of Besen & Associates arranged the transaction.