New York

Richter + Ratner Continues Renovation, Redevelopment of Bow Tie Building in Times Square

by Amy Works July 26, 2016

NEW YORK CITY — Richter + Ratner, serving as construction manager, is completing a core-and-shell renovation and structural redevelopment of the 160,000-square-foot Bow Tie Building, located at 1514 Broadway in Times Square. The multimillion-dollar renovation began in February 2016 and will continue through early 2017. The project will create 25,000 square feet of additional floor space for new retail tenants by infilling the atrium space of the former Toys R Us flagship store. The new anchor tenants, Gap and Old Navy, will each occupy 31,000 square feet of the three-story building with additional retail tenants filling the remaining space. Bow Tie Partners has owned the building since 1977. Project team members include Carlton Architecture, Jack Green Associates and GMS Engineering.

July 26, 2016

Multifamily New York Northeast

Bestreich Realty Group Brokers $9.2M Sale of Five-Building Multifamily Assemblage in Brooklyn

by Amy Works July 22, 2016

NEW YORK CITY — Bestreich Realty Group has arranged the sale of a five-building multifamily assemblage located at 255-265 Linden St. in Brooklyn. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $9.2 million. Totaling 34,900 square feet, the assets feature 39 apartment units. Derek Bestreich, Luke Sproviero and Steve Reynolds of Bestreick Realty Group represented the undisclosed seller and buyer in the deal.

July 22, 2016

New York Northeast Office

Madison Realty Signs Urban Soccer to 63,000 SF Lease at Whale Square in Brooklyn

by Amy Works July 22, 2016

NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has signed a lease with Urban Soccer, an operator of indoor and outdoor competitive and recreation leagues in Europe, at Whale Square in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park. Urban Soccer will occupy 63,000 square feet of space on the third floor of the 500,000-square-foot mixed-use property. Madison Realty Capital acquired the property last summer and is currently redesigning and repositioning the property into commercial space designed for innovative and creative tenants. David Falk, Eric Cagner, Whitten Morris and Joseph Sipala of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented Madison Realty in the deal.

July 22, 2016

Loans New York Northeast Office

Newmark Holdings Receives $120M in Refinancing for Three-Building Office Portfolio in New York City

by Amy Works July 21, 2016

NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Holdings has received a $120 million refinancing loan with BNY Mellon and TD Bank of a three-building, 390,000-square-foot office portfolio located at 740 Broadway, 2-20 Astor Place and 440 Lafayette in New York City. The properties are currently more than 93 percent leased with a roster of prominent tenants, including New York University, Walgreens and L2 Inc. The new loan replaces the existing financing held by Mid-First & Amalgamated Bank that was originated in April 2008 and totaled approximately $53 million. Paul Talbot provided in-house representation for Newmark Holdings in the deal.

July 21, 2016

Hospitality New York Northeast

CBCS Equities, Barone Management Open 202-Room EVEN Hotel Brooklyn

by Amy Works July 21, 2016

NEW YORK CITY — CBCS Equities and Barone Management have developed EVEN Hotel Brooklyn, a 13-story hotel located at 46 Nevins St. in downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect, the 83,000-square-foot hotel features 202 rooms, a 1,300-square-foot fitness center, in-room fitness zones with cork flooring and personal exercise equipment, and Cork & Kale Market and Bar. The project team included HVS Design, Andrew Myers Interior Design and Ambius. EVEN Hotel Brooklyn is an IHG hotel.

July 21, 2016

Industrial New York Northeast Top Stories

GFI Brokers $195M Sale of 656,000 SF Warehouse in Queens

by John Nelson July 21, 2016

NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services LLC has arranged the $195 million sale of 23-02 49th Ave., a seven-story, 656,000-square-foot warehouse in the Long Island City section of Queens. The property is fully occupied by three tenants whose leases are expiring in 2020: the New York City Housing Authority, Eagle Transfer Co. and Mayo Studios. The undisclosed buyers plan on converting the building into office space upon the termination of the current leases. According to Crain’s New York, the buyers are Westbrook Partners, a privately owned real estate investment management firm, and investor Andrew Chung, a former executive with the Carlyle Group. Crain’s reports the sellers are Ruby Schron and the Fruchthandler family. “Long Island City office is booming, and industrial conversion is bringing many new office properties to market,” says Yisroel Pershin, director of GFI Realty. “Once the property is converted to office use, the buyers anticipate strong leasing activity because of the unmet demand for creative office facilities and the ability to offer space at a 50 percent discount to Manhattan rates.” Pershin and Yosef Katz of GFI Realty brokered the sale of the warehouse, which traded at a capitalization rate below 3 percent. “The extremely low …

July 21, 2016

Healthcare New Jersey New York Northeast

NorthMarq Capital Arranges $91.5M in Refinancing for Medical Office Portfolio in New Jersey, New York

by Amy Works July 19, 2016

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — NorthMarq Capital’s Morristown office has arranged $91.5 million in refinancing for a 13-property medical office portfolio with 11 assets in Northern New Jersey, one in New York and one in Florida. Gregory Nalbandian of NorthMarq secured the financing for the borrower, Regent Medical Properties. The five-year, fixed-rate loan was bifurcated between a $81.5 million senior loan placed with Natixis Real Estate Capital and a $10 million mezzanine loan placed with Morrison Street Capital. The portfolio is a 353,000-square-foot core medical office portfolio with several buildings featuring on-site surgery centers within close proximity to major hospitals.

July 19, 2016

New York Northeast Office

Rand Commercial Brokers $9.2M Sale of Office Building in New York

by Amy Works July 19, 2016

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Rand Commercial has arranged the sale of an office building located at 10 County Center in White Plains. Ascot Properties NYC sold the 208,000-square-foot building to Bajraktari Realty Management Corp. for $9.2 million. Paul Adler, Ann Silver and Nick Spano of Rand Commercial represented the seller and buyer in the deal.

July 19, 2016

New York Northeast Office Retail

Tishman Speyer Moving Ahead with Construction of 1.1M SF Office, Retail Project in Long Island City

by Amy Works July 15, 2016

NEW YORK CITY — Tishman Speyer, in partnership with Qatar Diar, is moving ahead with the construction of a 1.1 million-square-foot office and retail project in Long Island City. The project concludes Tishman Speyer’s purchase of 1.8 million square feet of development rights from New York City, which included a 700,000-square-foot office building that the company completed in 2011. Designed by MdeAS Architects, the new commercial project will comprise two 27-story towers connected by a four-story podium featuring a mix of retail, food hall, restaurant and parking garage space. Construction is slated to begin in early 2017, with completion scheduled for 2019. More than 800,000 square feet of the available office space in the development has been preleased, including 250,000 square feet to WeWork, a shared office space provider. Fried Frank acted as counsel to Tishman Speyer in the closing of the company’s $770 million transaction to develop the two towers. The transaction included the acquisition of the site from the New York City Economic Development Corp., an equity investment by Qatari Diar, construction financing and tax benefits from the New York City Industrial Development Agency. The Fried Frank team included Jonathan Mechanic, Tal Golomb, Michael Barker, Michael Werner, Janice Mac …

July 15, 2016

Mixed-Use New York Northeast Office Retail

Triangle Equities Completes 88,000 SF Multi-Use Complex in the Bronx

by Amy Works July 15, 2016

NEW YORK CITY — Triangle Equities has completed Triangle Plaza Hub, a multi-use complex located in the South Bronx. The $35 million, 88,000-square-foot complex is occupied by Fine Fare Supermarket, Metropolitan College of New York, Brightpoint Health, DaVita Dialysis Center, Vistasite Eye Care, Boston Market and Dunkin’ Donuts. A 3,900-square-foot retail space on the ground floor and a 3,000-square-foot pad site adjacent to the public plaza are available for lease.

July 15, 2016

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