NEW YORK CITY — HBK Capital Management has signed a 16,428-square-foot office lease at 452 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The alternative investment firm will occupy the entire 22nd floor at the 30-story building. Paul Glickman, Ben Bass, Kristen Morgan and Kate Roush of JLL represented the landlord, Property & Building Corp. Ltd., in the lease negotiations. Silvio Petrillo and Tamika Kramer of CBRE represented the tenant.
BALTIMORE — Baltimore-based M&T Realty Capital has arranged $62.5 million in financing for a portfolio of industrial properties totaling approximately 1.9 million square feet that are located in various areas in Rochester, New York, and Southern New Jersey. An undisclosed life insurance company provided the nonrecourse financing, which was structured with a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate. The names and addresses of the properties, as well as the borrower, were also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm LargaVista Cos. has opened Gaseteria Works, a 23,784-square-foot coworking space in the Long Island City area of Queens. Gaseteria Works offers coworking memberships, fully furnished private suites, meeting rooms and virtual addresses, as well as an onsite team offering concierge and administrative services. JLL manages and leases the space via Flex by JLL, the real estate giant’s flexible office and coworking platform.
NEW YORK CITY — Novartis Inc. has signed a 15,865-square-foot office lease at 452 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The pharmaceutical corporation will occupy the entire 12th floor at the 30-story building. Paul Glickman, Ben Bass, Kristen Morgan and Kate Roush of JLL represented the landlord, Property & Building Corp. Ltd., in the lease negotiations. David Stockel and Christopher Menard of CBRE represented Novartis.
MONTGOMERY, N.Y. — New Jersey-based developer Diversified Properties has broken ground on a seven-building, 495-unit self-storage facility in Montgomery, about 80 miles north of New York City. The facility will consist of one two-story building totaling 39,000 net rentable square feet, and six single-story buildings, each of which will total 6,900 net rentable square feet. Morris Construction Management is overseeing construction of the project, which is scheduled for an October completion. CubeSmart is the proposed operator of the facility.
NEW YORK CITY — Alcoholic beverage provider Rémy Cointreau has signed a 29,852-square-foot office lease at 3 Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. The lease spans the entire 20th floor for 10 years. The 30-story building, which originally opened in 2001 as the North American headquarters of Reuters, is currently undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation. Ron Lo Russo of Cushman & Wakefield and internal agent Tom Keating represented the landlord, Rudin, in the lease negotiations. Peter Sabesan, Richard Selig, Nicholas Markel and Benjamin Grajzgrund of Cresa represented Rémy Cointreau, which plans to relocate from 1290 Avenue of the Americas this summer.
NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $120 million in financing for a portfolio of three affordable housing properties totaling 557 units in Harlem. The portfolio’s capital stack now includes agency debt originated by Freddie Mac and historic tax credit equity that was generated by The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and was subsequently purchased by J.P. Morgan Chase. Proceeds will be used to rehabilitate and preserve the affordability status of Audubon Houses, Bethune Gardens and Thurgood Marshall Plaza, which were built between 1962 and 1985. The owner, a partnership between Dantes Partners and NYCHA, plans to invest about $200,000 per unit in capital improvements. Interior upgrades will include new kitchens, bathrooms, windows, appliances and flooring, and the project team will also modernize the properties’ HVAC systems. Construction is expected to be complete by August 2025. John Gilmore led the Walker & Dunlop team that structured the agency financing.
NEW YORK CITY — California-based investment firm Avanath Capital Management has purchased 7 Dekalb, a 251-unit apartment building in Brooklyn, for $101.2 million. The 18-story building, which features mix of market-rate and affordable housing units, is located within the City Point mixed-use development. Amenities include a fitness center, rooftop deck, children’s play area, tenant lounge and a cinema room. Newmark represented the seller, The Brodsky Organization, in the transaction. Avanath plans to introduce new social services programs for residents, including afterschool care, professional development workshops and health classes.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated the sale of Mr. C Seaport, a 66-room boutique hotel in Manhattan’s Seaport District. The property reopened in 2018 following a renovation that converted the hotel from 72 rooms to 66. Jeffrey Davis, Stephany Chen and Harry Keeshan of JLL represented the seller, Atlantic Pearl Investments Inc., in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment firm Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. has received a $20.6 million loan for the refinancing of a 25,673-square-foot retail property located along Third Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The property was fully leased at the time of the loan closing. Ronnie Levine and Ben Jacobs of Meridian Capital Group arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Bank of Montreal on behalf of ownership.