NEW YORK CITY — RKF has brokered the sale of a 1,400-square-foot retail property located at 682 Broadway in Manhattan’s NoHo district. Premier Equities sold the property to Ascot Properties for $10 million. The property features ground-floor retail space, basement space and 50 feet of street frontage. GNC Holdings currently leases the space on a long-term basis. Brian Segall and Ariel Schuster of RKF represented the seller, while Matthew Marshall of Marshall Real Estate represented the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — IPsoft Inc. has renewed and expanded its lease at RFR Realty’s 17 State Street, a 42-story office tower located in Manhattan. The artificial intelligence company renewed its 97,955-square-foot lease and expanded to add 41,687 square feet of space on floors 16, 19 and 20. AJ Camhi of RFR Realty, along with Mitch Knosker of JLL, represented the landlord, while Rob Lowe of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in deal.
NEW YORK CITY — RM Capital has arranged $57.5 million in first mortgage and mezzanine construction financing for the redevelopment of the Tammany Hall building at 44 Union Square in New York City. The borrower, Reading International, will use the financing to renovate and repurpose the six-story 73,322-square-foot retail and office building. Upon completion, the building will feature three contiguous lower levels of retail space and three floors of office space. The historic property is the former headquarters for the Tammany Hall political organization and required a variance and Landmarks Commission to move forward with the redevelopment. Tammany Hall was a New York City political organization founded in 1786 and planned a major role in controlling city and state politics and helping immigrants rise up in American politics. Bank of the Ozarks provided the $50 million senior construction loan, and an affiliate of Fisher Brothers provided the $7.5 million mezzanine loan. Marc Sznajderman, Romano Tio and Bo Diamond of RM Capital secured the financing for the borrower.
CARLE PLACE, N.Y. — TCJ Realty has acquired One Old Country Road, an office building located in Carle Place, from a private investor for $17.3 million. The five-story, 309,000-square-foot property serves as the headquarters for 1-800-Flowers and is 63 percent occupied by 27 tenants. Jacklene Chesler, Jonathan Schlussel and Darren Leiderman of Colliers International advised the seller and secured the buyer in the deal. Additionally, TCJ Realty appointed Colliers as leasing and managing agent for the property.
AUBURN, N.Y. — Binswanger has arranged the sale of an industrial facility located at 4900 Technology Park Blvd. in Auburn. AAF-McQuay Real Property Inc., a subsidiary of Daikin Applied, sold the property to Tessy Plastics for $8 million. Situated on 30.7 acres, the 435,000-square-foot facility features 50-foot by 50-foot column spacing, 35-foot clear ceiling heights, 11 dock-high loading doors and parking for more than 400 vehicles. Additionally, the facility features a 35,000-square-foot office space. Jim Panczykowski of Binswanger brokered the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of two adjacent four-story multifamily buildings located at 2819-2821 33rd St. in the Astoria section of Queens. A private 1031 exchange investor acquired the buildings for $11 million, or $510 per square foot. The buildings offer a total of 38 apartment units. Matt Fotis, Lazarus Apostolidis and Zachary Golub of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, and procured the buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Gracious Home has retained A&G Realty Partners to manage the sale of the lease of its 17,000-square-foot retail property in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The retailer is selling the lease on the property due to its recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Located between Broadway and Sixth Avenue, the property features 8,500 square feet of street-level space and 8,500 square feet of lower level space.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has brokered the sale of a 13-buildng multifamily portfolio located in Manhattan’s Inwood section. A private real estate investor acquired the portfolio from the long-term private owner for $63.6 million. The portfolio consists of 13 five-story walk-up buildings located on Sherman, Post and Vermilyea avenues and Academy Street. The properties offer a total of two retail stores and 359 residential units in a mix of 93 one-bedroom, 210 two-bedroom, 51 three-bedroom and five superintendent units. Ron Solarz and Matthew Sparks of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller and procured the buyer. Gary Meese, also of Eastern Consolidated, was the analyst for the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of four buildings in Brooklyn. Robert Burton and Keegan Mehlhorn of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transactions, which totaled $27.5 million. The portfolio includes 975 Washington Avenue, a 36,732-square-foot, 44-unit multifamily property that sold for $10.5 million; 762 E. Third Street, 32,000-square-foot, 42-unit multifamily building that sold for $8.5 million; 1812 East 18th Street, a 29,500-square-foot, 34-unit multifamily property that sold for $7.6 million; and a 2,133-square-foot industrial property located at 5614 Third Ave., which sold for $850,000. The names of the buyers were not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Colony Capital Inc., NorthStar Asset Management Group and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. have received approval from shareholders for the previously announced merger of the three companies. Named Colony NorthStar Inc. (NYSE: CLNS), the combined company will have assets under management in excess of $58 billion, managing capital on behalf of its stockholders, institutional and retail investors in private funds and non-traded and traded real estate investment trusts and 1940 Act companies. Upon closing of the transaction, Thomas Barrack Jr. will be executive chairman of the board of directors, David Hamamoto will be executive vice chairman and Richard Saltzman will be chief executive officer of the new company. The companies expect to complete the merger in January 2017.