NEW YORK CITY — Transwestern has negotiated a 14,889-square-foot office lease at 626 Sheepshead Bay Road in Brooklyn. Stephen Powers, Lindsay Ornstein, Thomas Hines and Jake Cinti of Transwestern represented the tenant, Selfhelp Community Services, in the lease negotiations. David Ofman of The Lawrence Group represented the landlord, Cammeby’s International.
13,556-square-foot residential development site at 3602 Holland Ave. in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The property is zoned for the development of a 20-unit multifamily building. Menachem Babayov of Westbridge Realty represented the buyer, SHG 3602 LLC, and Steven Westreich represented the seller, Chukwuemeka Dike.
NEW YORK CITY — Global One Real Estate Fund II, an affiliate of locally based investment firm Nelson Management Group, has acquired The John Adams, 115-unit apartment building in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens. The sales price was $26.5 million. The six-story building offers proximity to several public transit lines and amenities such as bike storage space, package lockers and onsite laundry facilities. The seller was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a 121,188-square-foot residential development site in the Fieldston neighborhood of The Bronx. The property sold for $7.9 million, or $114 per buildable square foot. The site is zoned for the development of nearly 70,000 square feet of above-grade residential space and roughly 52,000 square feet of space for a community facility and parking garage. Jonathan Squires and Addison Berniker of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — RTW Retailwinds Inc. (RTW), parent company of women’s apparel chains New York & Co., Fashion to Figure and Happy x Nature, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection along with its subsidiaries. The filing came Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. The company expects to close a significant portion, if not all, of its 378 brick-and-mortar stores and has launched a store closing and liquidation process. In the near term, however, New York City-based RTW will continue to operate its business and reopen stores that were previously temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of July 13, 92 percent of its brick-and-mortar retail and outlet locations across 32 states had reopened. RTW, which was first incorporated in 1918, says that the bankruptcy will enable it to maintain operations in the ordinary course of business, including the payment of employee wages and benefits, payment of suppliers and vendors and the use of cash collateral.
NEW YORK CITY — Holt Construction Corp. has completed the $4 billion redevelopment of Terminal B at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. The project to redesign and build-out the arrivals and departures hall began in June 2016. The new, 850,000-square-foot facility includes a new ground transportation center on the first floor; a new arrivals hall on the second floor; airline check-in areas on the third floor; and retail and restaurant outlets on the fourth floor. The structure also offers check-in kiosks and security checkpoints, as well as a new lighted water display to welcome travelers. Holt Construction worked alongside LaGuardia Gateway Partners and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey to complete the project.
NEW YORK CITY — In a move to streamline its North American operations and adapt to an evolving retail landscape that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, PVH Corp. (NYSE: PVH) announced Tuesday that it will close all of its 162 Heritage Brands outlet stores and reduce its office workforce by approximately 450 positions, or 12 percent. PVH’s Heritage Brands include Van Heusen, Izod, Arrow, Warner’s, Olga and Geoffrey Beene. The Heritage Brands retail locations are expected to operate through mid-2021. The workforce reductions, which are spread across all three brand businesses of Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and Heritage Brands, are expected to result in annual cost savings of approximately $80 million. “The structural changes occurring in the North American retail landscape have required us to take a hard look at our North American operations and identify where we can optimize costs across our business model,” says Manny Chirico, chairman and CEO of PVH. “We did not take these decisions lightly, as our Heritage Brands retail business is our oldest retail business, yet no longer met appropriate return metrics.” Stefan Larsson, president of PVH, says that the COVID-19 crisis is dramatically reshaping the retail landscape for the long term …
NEW YORK CITY — PGIM Real Estate has provided a $100 million loan for the refinancing of 52 Broadway, a 19-story, 426,000-square-foot office building located two blocks from the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan. The borrower was a joint venture between Jack Resnick & Sons and Ruben Cos. Resnick acquired the building, which was originally constructed in 1898, in 1978 and implemented an extensive renovation and expansion to add six more floors. Today, the building is net leased on a long-term basis to the United Federation of Teachers.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based developer HAP Investments is nearing completion of Maverick, , a 199-unit residential tower located at 215 and 225 W. 28th St. in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Also known as Hap 8, the development consists of two 20-story towers spanning 312,500 square feet and offering a mix of 87 condominium residences and 112 rental units. The two buildings will share amenities such as a parking garage, pool, sauna, fitness center, children’s playroom and a roof deck with outdoor grilling stations. DXA studio designed the project, which is expected to be officially complete in early 2021.
NEW YORK CITY — BridgeCore Capital, a California-based direct lender, has provided a $16.5 million bridge loan for the acquisition of two contiguous apartment buildings in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. Both properties contain retail spaces that are vacant, and the combined occupancy of the buildings was 47 percent at the time of sale. The loan was structured with a 24-month term, two six-month extension options and a floating interest rate. The borrower was not disclosed.