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NEW YORK CITY — Barclays has provided Shorenstein Properties LLC with a $350 million loan to refinance the leasehold position in 1407 Broadway, a 43-story, 1.1 million-square-foot office tower near Times Square in New York City. The five-year loan features a floating interest rate. Solil Management, the company that manages the assets of late real estate mogul Sol Goldman, owns the land upon which 1407 Broadway is situated. The building is located at 1407 Broadway between 38th and 39th streets, two blocks from Times Square, one block from Bryant Park and six blocks from Hudson Yards. Shorenstein acquired the property’s ground lease from Abraham Kamber Associates and the sublease from Lightstone Group in April 2015 for $330 million. Shorenstein then implemented a three-year, $62 million renovation to improve the lobby, common areas, security, roof, terrace and elevator cabs. The building also underwent a retail renovation, adding new storefronts and signing tenants such as Num Pang, Luke’s Lobster and ’Wichcraft, a sandwich shop. The retail portion of the building is 95 percent leased. Over the past 12 months, 160,000 square feet have been leased throughout the building. Geoff Goldstein of JLL, which arranged the loan, says Shorenstein moved forward with this …

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NEW YORK CITY — Brookfield Properties has opened One Manhattan West, a 2.1 million-square-foot office high-rise tower in Midtown Manhattan. The 67-story, Class A building is part of the Manhattan West mixed-use development that will include 6 million square feet of office space when construction is complete. The development will also include an 844-unit apartment building that will be branded The Eugene and a Pendry Manhattan West hotel. One Manhattan West was approximately 90 percent leased when it opened, with a tenant roster including the National Hockey League, as well as law firms McKool Smith and Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. The next phase of construction, Two Manhattan West, is slated for completion in 2022. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill served as the architect of One Manhattan West, and AECOM Tishman was the general contractor.

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NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between multifamily owner-operator Fairstead and investment firm Meadow Partners has acquired The Chocolate Factory Lofts, a 125-unit apartment building in Brooklyn, for $67.25 million. The converted Tootsie Roll factory at 275 Park Ave. is situated one block from the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the new Wegmans flagship grocery story. Daniel Parker, Paul Gillen and Kyle van Buitenen of Hodges Ward Elliott represented the sellers, HK Organization and Brickman Real Estate, in the transaction.

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NEW YORK CITY — ORIX Corp. USA, the U.S. and Latin American business hub of Tokyo-based ORIX Corp., has agreed to acquire multifamily finance firm Hunt Real Estate Capital LLC, an affiliate of Hunt Cos. Inc. The deal calls for the merging of New York-based Hunt Real Estate Capital with the two brands that comprise ORIX Real Estate Capital, Lancaster Pollard and RED Capital Group. Hunt currently offers the full suite of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA financing packages, as well as proprietary bridge, term and subordinated product. Upon closing of the deal, which is expected to occur before year’s end, James Flynn, president and CIO of Hunt, will become CEO of the new entity. Branding of the new entity will be addressed after the close of the deal.

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NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $19 million sale of Perch Harlem, a 34-unit apartment building located at 542 West 153rd St. in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Eric Anton, Justin Natalizio and Christopher Warner of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a joint venture between Taurus Investment Holding and Synapse Development Group. The team also represented the buyer, the Olnick Organization.

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NEW YORK CITY — Agency for the Performing Arts (APA) has signed a 21,000-square-foot office lease for its New York headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. The talent agency will relocate from its current location at 135 West 50th Street to its new space on the 21st floor of 3 Columbus Circle in December. Marketing firm Young & Rubicam anchor the building and other tenants include office rental agency Emerge212, Nordstrom and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Savills represented APA in the lease negotiations. John Fanuzzai and Harley Dalton of JLL represented the landlord, The Moinian Group.

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NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated a 15,361-square-foot office lease for private investment firm Newlight Partners LP at the Mutual of America Building in Manhattan. Newlight Partners is relocating from 390 Park Avenue, also known as The Lever House, to the 25th floor of the 750,000-square-foot, Class A office building. The term of the new lease is 10 years. Alexander Chudnoff and Daniel Turkewitz of JLL represented Newlight Partners in the lease negotiations. Frank Doyle, David Kleiner and Betsy Buckley of JLL represented the landlord, Mutual of America Life Insurance Co.

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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — RXR Realty is underway on 26 South Division Street, a 352-unit multifamily development in New Rochelle, a northern suburb of New York City. The property will include approximately 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The multifamily component will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with a valet parking garage, lounge, co-working space and a speakeasy. The property is slated to open in late 2021.

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NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated the sale of 107 South Street, an 8,283-square-foot office building in the Seaport District of Manhattan. Dr. Michel Cohen, founder of New York-based medical practice Tribeca Pediatrics, acquired the property. The building was originally constructed in 1900 and sits across the street from the Pier 17 mixed-use development, which houses several dining and entertainment tenants. Will Suarez of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

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NEW YORK CITY — Investment firm Oak Hill Advisors has preleased 45,954 square feet of office space at One Vanderbilt Avenue, a 1.6 million-square-foot tower under development in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan. One Vanderbilt is now 64 percent preleased to tenants including investment firm The Carlyle Group, equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners, TD Bank Group and German financial firms DZ Bank and DVB Bank. One Vanderbilt will offer a 30,000-square-foot, tenant-only amenity floor with meeting spaces, lounge and an outdoor terrace. The building will also include an 11,000-square-foot restaurant concept from French chef Daniel Boulud. Lance Korman, Brian Waterman and Jared Horowitz of Newmark Knight Frank represented Oak Hill Advisors in the lease negotiations. Robert Alexander, Ryan Alexander, Emily Jones and Alex D’Amario of CBRE represented the landlord and developer of the building, SL Green Realty Corp. Construction is slated for completion in August 2020.

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