NEW YORK CITY — Carlyle has signed a 40,542-square-foot office lease at 340 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The global investment and financial services firm has leased the entire eighth floor of the 745,312-square-foot building, which was originally constructed in 1928, for 10 years. Steve Rotter and Joe Messina of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Paul Glickman, Matthew Astrachan, Cynthia Wasserberger and Dan Turkewitz, also with JLL, represented the landlord, RXR.
EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. — Commercial finance and advisory firm Axiom Capital Corp. has arranged a $13.3 million permanent loan for the refinancing of a retail center in East Greenbush, roughly six miles southeast of Albany. The 301,894-square-foot property comprises six separate buildings and was leased to 16 tenants at the time of the loan closing. The names of the borrower, a development and management firm, and direct lender, a local bank, were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty Group has negotiated the $6 million sale of an 18-unit apartment building in Harlem. The four-story building at 61-63 E. 125th St. was originally constructed in 1930. Aaron Jungreis, Ben Khakshoor and Alex Fuchs of Rosewood Realty represented the buyer, Sapphire Investments, and the seller, Madison Realty Capital, in the transaction. The deal traded at a cap rate of 5.5 percent.
NEW YORK CITY — Global alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital has signed a 137,660-square-foot office lease at 375 Park Avenue, a 38-story building in Manhattan. Known as The Seagram Building, 375 Park Avenue’s crowning amenity is a $25 million wellness center known as The Playground that houses an array of fitness facilities. Mark Weiss of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Peter Riguardi, Paul Glickman, Cynthia Wasserberger and Ben Bass of JLL represented the landlord, RFR Realty.
FRANKLIN SQUARE, N.Y. — Locally based grocer and caterer Holiday Farms Supermarket has opened a 20,000-square-foot store in the Long Island community of Franklin Square. Holiday Farms, which now operates six stores, occupies a space at Franklin Plaza that was previously leased to grocer King Kullen. Other tenants at the center include Rite Aid, Greek Xpress, Baskin-Robbins, Memory Nails and Olivetto Pizzeria. Cary Fabrikant of Breslin Realty represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Robert Delavale, also with Breslin Realty, represented the undisclosed landlord.
NEW YORK CITY — Kimmerle Group, a New Jersey-based design-build firm, has completed a 175,000-square-foot office and showroom renovation project at 11 Penn Plaza in Manhattan. The project is a build-to-suit for SPARC Group, a provider of apparel and accessories whose brands include Brooks Brothers, Eddie Bauer and Forever 21. Specialty areas include mock stores for national retail buildout models, showrooms to support the wholesale business and designer workshops.
NEW YORK CITY — Lincoln Market will open a 10,621-square-foot grocery store at 501 Sixth Ave. in Greenwich Village, the grocer’s first location in Lower Manhattan and seventh overall. The opening is scheduled for the third quarter of 2023. Daniyel Cohen and Manu Wendum of Winick Realty Group represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Scott Sher of Katz & Associates represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty Group has negotiated the $8.7 million sale of a 56-unit apartment building in Harlem. The six-story building was originally constructed in 1909. Aaron Jungreis, Ben Khakshoor and Alex Fuchs of Rosewood Realty represented the buyer, a private investor, and the seller, an entity doing business as 610 Realty Associates LLC, in the transaction. The deal traded at a cap rate of 4.8 percent.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $142 million construction loan for Majestic, a 255-unit multifamily project located within a Qualified Opportunity Zone in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood. Designed by Handel Architects, the 12-story building will include 18,000 square feet of commercial space, and 25 percent of the units will be reserved as affordable housing. Christopher Peck, Nicco Lupo, Jeff Julien, Rob Hinckley and Jonathan Faxon of JLL arranged the loan through U.S. Bank on behalf of the borrower, a partnership led by Domain Cos.
NEW YORK CITY — AEW Capital Management has sold 830 Third Avenue, a 147,068-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan, for $72 million. The property was constructed in 1958 and renovated in 1994. AEW Capital Management originally acquired the 13-story building in 2001 and implemented a series of capital improvements. Andrew Scandalios, David Giancola, Vickram Jambu and Jennifer Zelko of JLL represented the seller in the deal. Aaron Niedermayer, Max Herzog, Marko Kazanjian, Robert Tonnessen, Jackie Ferrer and Joy Dracos, also with JLL, arranged $53.2 million in acquisition financing through Truist on behalf of the buyer, a joint venture between Empire Capital Holdings and Namdar Realty Group.