NEW YORK CITY — Locally based financial intermediary ERG Commercial Real Estate has arranged a $5 million loan for the refinancing of a 13,300-square-foot retail property in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood. The property at 29 Wyckoff Ave. was originally built as a warehouse in 1931, but the undisclosed borrower recently converted the structure into a retail property with five spaces. Ryan Lewis and Mary Guarino of ERG Commercial originated the loan, which carried a 4 percent fixed interest rate and a 25-year amortization schedule.
NEW YORK CITY — Whole Foods Market will open a 42,000-square-foot store at 66 Broadway in Manhattan’s Financial District, on Wednesday, Jan 11. The store will feature full-service meat and seafood counters, a coffee bar, bakery, prepared foods section, a selection of more than 200 craft beers and a section devoted to cosmetics and body care products.
NEW YORK CITY — Fintech services firm WorkFusion has signed a 13,327-square-foot office lease at 1450 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant will relocate from 48 Wall Street to the entire 19th floor of the 42-story building, which features a fitness center, conference facility and tenant lounges. Val Stobetsky, William McGarry and Michael Pallas of JLL represented WorkFusion in the lease negotiations. Mitchell Konsker, Barbara Winter, Greg Wang, Simon Landmann and Thomas Swart, also with JLL, represented the landlord, ZG Capital. The building is now 90 percent leased.
NEW YORK CITY — SJP Properties and PGIM Real Estate have completed a $15 million renovation project at 470 Park Avenue, a 300,000-square-foot office building in Manhattan. The multi-year project refreshed the building façade, replaced windows to increase natural lighting, delivered custom buildouts of select suites, upgraded infrastructure, improved sustainability systems and modernized the elevator system. Ownership also added a new tenant lounge and outdoor space for meetings, presentations and conferences and updated the building’s retail space.
BATAVIA AND DARIEN, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a portfolio of two self-storage facilities totaling 371 units in the upstate New York communities of Batavia and Darien. West Batavia Rentals and Broadway Rentals are located roughly 12 miles from one another and span 51,670 square feet of combined net rentable space. Luke Dawley, Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were limited liability companies that requested anonymity, in the transaction. John Horowitz of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
YONKERS, N.Y. — Virginia-based investment firm Excel Group has acquired the Hampton Inn & Suites Yonkers, a 150-room hotel located about 17 miles north of New York City. The property offers both traditional guestrooms and suites, and amenities include an indoor pool, fitness center, business center and meeting and event space. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Northwell Health has signed a 12,000-square-foot lease at Plaza 57 Medical, a 16-story building in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant plans to take occupancy of the entire 10th floor in the third quarter of next year. Paul Wexler, Josef Yadgarov and Elliot Dennis of Wexler Healthcare Properties represented Northwell Health and the landlord, The Moinian Group, in the lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — Insurance giant New York Life has signed a 20,000-square-foot office lease at 97-77 Queens Blvd. in the borough’s Rego Park neighborhood. JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Roy Chipkin of CBRE, along with internal agents Marylou Berk, Meredith Jackness and Michael Leary, represented the landlord, LeFrak.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between global real estate and investment management group Lendlease and Australian pension fund Aware Super has secured a $360 million construction loan for the development of 1 Java Street, a 36-story mixed-use development adjacent to the East River in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. Plans call for 834 apartments, 13,000 square feet of retail space and an 18,000-square-foot public waterfront park connecting the property to the India Street Pier, which offers service for the East River Ferry. Thirty percent of apartments at 1 Java Street will be affordable units under the Affordable New York 421(A) Program and Voluntary Inclusionary Housing. Lendlease’s investment management, development and construction business units will serve in 1 Java Street’s development. The property is slated for completion in 2026. Christopher Peck, Alex Staikos, Phil Cadorette and Joy Dracos led a JLL Capital Markets team that represented the joint venture to secure the floating-rate construction loan through a Bank of America-led syndicate. New York City architecture firm Marvel will serve as interior designer for both market-rate and affordable units at 1 Java Street. INC Architecture & Design will design the public areas and Créme Architecture & Design will be the interior designer for …
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based development and investment firm The Sapir Organization has received $326 million for the refinancing of 260 and 261 Madison Avenue, a pair of office buildings located across the street from one another in Midtown Manhattan. Combined, the buildings total more than 1 million square feet and are home to tenants such as Hanesbrands, Epix, Regus, Marcus & Millichap and McLaughlin & Stern LLP. James Millon, Tom Traynor and Lawrence Britvan of CBRE arranged the debt, which was structured with a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio. According to Bloomberg, J.P. Morgan and Mack Real Estate Group provided the financing. The Sapir Organization, which also operates its headquarters out of 261 Madison Avenue, acquired the buildings in 1997.