NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided a $68.5 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Capitol Apartments, a Section 8 seniors housing property in Midtown Manhattan. The loan carried a 10-year term, a 30-year amortization period and a fixed interest rate. The borrower, Fifty First Capitol Associates, will use the proceeds to pay yield maintenance, make capital improvements to the property and monetize its existing equity. Originally built in 1925 as a hotel, the property offers 278 studio and one-bedroom apartments, including 250 age-restricted units. Rob Meehan and Jon Morales of Greystone originated the loan.
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. — Senior Lifestyle Corp. has opened The Club at Briarcliff Manor, a seniors housing community in Briarcliff Manor, a village along the Hudson River located approximately 30 miles north of New York City. The property offers 167 independent living units, 87 assisted living units and 33 memory care units in two interconnected buildings. Apartments range from 605 square feet to 1,040 square feet, with monthly rents starting at $7,350. The site was formerly housed Briarcliff Lodge, a grand resort hotel built in the early 1900s.
NEW YORK CITY — Amazon has signed a 335,408-square-foot office lease at 410 Tenth Avenue in Manhattan. Landlord SL Green is currently redeveloping the 638,000-square-foot building, which was previously known as the Master Printers Building, as a Class A office property at the intersection of Manhattan West and Hudson Yards. The redevelopment will include a redesign of the lobby as well as construction of an 8,000-square-foot roof deck and lounge. The timeline of construction and Amazon’s occupancy was not disclosed, but the building is now 96.2 percent leased.
NEW YORK CITY — American sports bar chain Yard House has signed a 19,000-square-foot retail lease at 10 Times Square in Manhattan. The restaurant will occupy the entire first and second floors of the building as well as a lower-level space with frontage on Seventh Avenue and West 41st Street. Originally built as the Bricken Textile Building in 1930, the 575,000-square-foot building houses tenants including the offices of apparel retailer One Jeanswear Group Inc, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund and marketing company Digital Remedy. The landlord, L.H. Charney Associates, was self-represented in the lease negotiations.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. — King Street Properties has begun construction of Innolabs, a 266,800-square-foot life sciences project in Long Island City. Located at 45-18 Court Square, the project involves the redevelopment and expansion of a 160,000-square-foot, Class B office building that will anchor the life sciences sector on Long Island. The building will be completely gutted and renovated to allow for multi-tenant floors and will be expanded with a four-story addition and two six-story additions. The project is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2021.
NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Akerman LLP has signed a 100,000-square-foot office lease at 1251 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. Akerman will move from its current office at 666 Fifth Avenue to the entire 37th and 38th floors and a portion of the 35th floor at the new building. About 185 lawyers will work out of the new space. Other tenants of the building include MUFG Union Bank, Trust Co. of the West and Mizuho Corporate Bank. Matthew Cheezem, Ken Siegel and Lisa Kiell of JLL represented Akerman in the lease negotiations. David Falk and Peter Shimkin of Newmark Knight Frank represented the landlord, Mitsui Fudosan America Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Japanese real estate company Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated a 20,378-square-foot office lease for Advantage Sales & Marketing at the Club Row Building in Manhattan. The company will consolidate its two former locations, located at 360 Lexington Avenue and 1500 Broadway, into a 15,093-square-foot space on the 14th floor and a 5,285-square-foot space on the ninth floor. Situated at 28 West 44th Street, the 372,000-square-foot Club Row Building features onsite shops and services including Japanese-Peruvian restaurant Sen Sakana, Dunkin’ Donuts, a barber, tailor, newsstand, post office and a bicycle room. Andrew Sachs, Tim Gibson, Josh Gosin and Matthew Augarten of NKF represented the landlord, APF Properties, in the lease negotiations. Peter Trivelas and Jason Ward of Cushman & Wakefield represented Advantage Sales & Marketing.
GREAT RIVER, N.Y. — Nonprofit healthcare provider Northwell Health has signed a 14,871-square-foot office lease at Sunrise Business Center in the Long Island city of Great River. Northwell Health will move into Building 300 at Sunrise Business Center, one of four buildings in the 389,490-square-foot complex. The campus features a full-service café and a 5,000-square-foot conference facility. Tenants include University Support Services, Vitamin World and St. Joseph’s College. The Feil Organization represented the landlord in the lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — Brookfield Properties is underway on construction of Bankside, a $950 million mixed-use development that will be situated on 4.3 acres in the Mott Haven neighborhood of The Bronx. Plans currently call for 1,350 apartments, 30 percent of which will be marketed at affordable rates, a public waterfront park and promenade and 15,000 square feet of retail space. Hill West Architects is designing the project. Construction will be split into two phases, with the first phase delivering 450 apartments that are expected to open by the end of 2021.
NEW YORK CITY— Developer Safehold Inc. is underway on construction of a 42-story, 670,000-squre-foot office building in the Park Avenue corridor of Manhattan. Located at 425 Park Avenue in Manhattan, the Class A building will include office space and 18,000 square feet of retail space, the majority of which will be leased to restaurant users. Safehold entered into a joint venture with a sovereign wealth fund in September and now owns approximately 55 percent of the venture.