NEW YORK CITY — Delshah Capital has acquired a portfolio of five buildings, totaling 205,000 square feet, from Mount Sinai St. Luke’s for $111.5 million, or $543 per square foot. Eastern Consolidated arranged a $60 million first mortgage bridge loan to finance the acquisition of the portfolio. Bank of the Ozarks provided the $60 million loan to the borrower, which also received a $17.5 million mezzanine loan from Square Mile Capital. The properties are located at 401 West and 411 W. 113th St. and 400 West and 408 W. 114th Street in Manhattan’s Morningside Heights. The buildings formerly housed numerous hospital services that are in the process of being relocated to alternate space within the remainder of the Mount Sinai St. Luke’s campus. Paul Massey, Hall Oster, Teddy Galligan and Andrew Berry of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Adam Hakim, Sam Zabala and James Murad of Eastern Consolidated secured the bridge loan for the borrower.
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Cignature Realty Negotiates $45.5M Sale of Three-Property Multifamily Portfolio in Manhattan
by Amy Works
NEW YORK CITY — Cignature Realty Associates has brokered the sale of a three-property multifamily portfolio in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. Prana Investments acquired the portfolio from A&E Real Estate Holdings for $45.5 million. The five-story building are located at 29-45 Sickles St., 30 Sickles St. and 95 Thayer St. The properties total 148,850 square feet. Lazer Sternhell and Peter Vanderpool of Cignature Realty represented the buyer, while Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty Group represented the seller in the transaction.
Ivanhoé Cambridge, Callahan Capital Acquire Remaining Interest in 1211 Avenue of the Americas in NYC
by Amy Works
NEW YORK CITY — Ivanhoé Cambridge and its partner, Callahan Capital Properties, have acquired the remaining 49 percent interest in 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown New York City for an undisclosed price. Built in 1973, the 44-story tower features 2 million square feet of Class A office space. Additionally, the building has direct access to the Rockefeller Center Concourse amenities and subway.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Chelsea Pines Inn, located at 317 W. 14th St. in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood for $13.7 million. The five-story, 8,550-square-foot hotel features 23 rooms and an additional 8,625 buildable square feet of air rights. The hotel features movie-themed rooms, high-end luxury linens, bath amenities and WiFi. Brock Emmetsberger, Jonathan Hageman and Andy Posil of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, Jay Lesiger and Tom Klebba, in the deal. The name of the buyer was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Cape Advisors has launched sales at 30 Warren, a 12-story multifamily building in Tribeca. Designed by Post-Office Architectes, the 12-story development features 23 condominiums ranging from one- to three-bedroom homes, including three full-floor penthouses with direct elevator entry and library areas. Residences range from 1,000 square feet to more than 2,500 square feet, with prices ranging from $2 million to $8 million. On-site amenities include an attended lobby, fitness center, children’s playroom, bicycle storage and private storage. The project is slated for completion in the fall of 2017.
NEW YORK CITY — Besen & Associates has arranged the sale of two contiguous three-story residential buildings located at 316 and 318 E. 81st St. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. An undisclosed buyer acquired the assets for $9.2 million, or $750 per buildable square foot. With a total of 12,232 buildable square feet, the buyer plans to develop the properties in luxury residential housing. The asset at 316 E. 81st St. is a single-family property and the property at 318 E. 81st St. is a seven-unit multifamily building. Jess Cirolli-Quinones of Besen & Associates represented the buyer, while Rolfe Haas, also of Besen & Associates, represented the undisclosed seller.
NEW YORK CITY — Cogswell Lee Development, in partnership with architect/developer GLUCK+, has launched sales at 150 Rivington, a residential building located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The multifamily building features 45 one-, two- and three-bedroom condominiums ranging from 543 square feet to more than 1,600 square feet. One-bedroom units start at $995,000; two-bedroom condos at $1.6 million; three-bedrooms at $2.7 million; and three-bedroom penthouses at $3.8 million. Slated for completion in the first quarter of 2018, the property will feature a 24-hour attended lobby, superintendent and porter services, a package room, cold storage, bicycle storage, a fitness center, a 1,500-square-foot roof terrace and 12,000 square feet of retail space.
NEW YORK CITY — Kamber Management Co. has launched a $20 million capital investment plan for Tower 45, a 40-story Class A office building located at 120 W. 45th St. in Manhattan. Kohn Pederson Fox will redesign the entrance, façade, lobby and elevator cabs of the 458,446-square-foot property. Additionally, Milo Kleinberg Design Associates is creating new interior design concepts for common areas, including hallways, bathrooms and a new pre-built suite program. Current office tenants at the 26-year-old property include Procter & Gamble, TIBCO Software, Shrodinger, Lipsky Goodkind and Co., and Bobby Van’s Steakhouse.
NEW YORK CITY — NAI Long Island has announced its expansion with the formation of a new division, NAI Queens. The division will specialize in the sale of investment properties in the Queens market, as well as provide other real estate services to Queens clients. Brian Sarath has joined the new division as a senior director. Most recently, Sarath serviced as director of the capital markets group of Massey Knakal, subsequently Cushman & Wakefield, since 2000. To date, Sarath has sold more than 220 buildings and loans with an aggregate value of $620 million.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of three adjacent multifamily buildings, totaling 24 units, located at 308-312 W. 113th St. in New York City. The Meshberg Group acquired the eight-unit buildings from Yassky Properties for $8 million. Peter Von Der Ahe, Seth Glasser and Jacob Kahn of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.