NEW YORK CITY — Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates has brokered the sale of commercial building located at 5718 Second Ave. in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. NYU/Lutheran Medical Center acquired the 32,000-square-foot property from S.I.B.R. Realty LLC for $12.1 million. The two-story building features 20-foot ceilings, a 7,000-square-foot mezzanine and 12,500-square-foot floor plates. Jeffrey Unger and Robert Klein of Kalmon Dolgin represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic has selected Fradkin & McAlpin Architects, in collaboration with Czech firm A69 Architekti, to redesign the 35,000-square-foot Czech Mission to the United Nations, located at 1109 Madison Ave. in New York’s Carnegie Hill Historic District. The project will include a gut-renovation of the interior and the creation of new living spaces, offices and meeting space for the staff of the mission. Construction is slated to begin in the fall of 2017. The building was originally built in 1898 as luxury apartments and features a Beaux Arts exterior.
NEW YORK CITY — Ameriprise Financial Inc. has signed a full-floor lease for the 78th floor of One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. The company plans to move its New York-based executive office space from its current location to 37,704 square feet at One World Trade Center during the second quarter of 2017. Eric Engelhardt and Karen Kuznick provided in-house represented for the The Durst Organization, along with Tara Stacom, Justin Royce, Barry Zeller, Connor Daugstrup and Peter Trivelas of Cushman & Wakefield. Ameriprise was represented by Josh Kuriloff, Drew Braver and Frank Cento of Cushman & Wakefield. With this lease, the property is now 69 percent leased.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Easterly Government Properties has agreed to acquire FBI – Albany, a build-to-suit property located in Albany, for $20.2 million. Completed in 1998, the 98,184-square-foot facility is 100 percent leased through 2018 to the U.S. General Services Administration on behalf of the FBI. FBI – Albany is one of the two field offices located in New York with a territory encompassing 32 counties in Upstate New York and 14 counties in Vermont. The property offers a variety of security features, including 100-foot setbacks, reinforced security fencing and hydraulic vehicle barricades, blast resistant envelope and window features, and intrusion detection systems. The acquisition is slated to close in the fourth quarter. The name of the seller was not released.
NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES — NorthStar Asset Management Group Inc. (NYSE: NSAM), Colony Capital Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE: NRF) have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which the companies will combine in an all-stock merger to create a diversified global equity REIT with a total capitalization of $17 billion. NorthStar Asset Management Group (NSAM), which is currently publicly traded but not a REIT, will elect to be treated as a REIT beginning in 2017. Additionally, NRF and Colony, through a series of transactions, will merge with and into NSAM. The company, to be named Colony NorthStar Inc., will have $58 billion of assets under management, placing it in the top quartile of the REIT sector overall. Upon completion of the transaction NSAM shareholders will own approximately 32.85 percent, Colony shareholders will own approximately 33.25 percent and NRF shareholders will own approximately 33.90 percent of the combined company. “We are incredibly excited to merge with Colony to create a global real estate leader well positioned for long-term growth,” says David Hamamoto, executive chairman of NSAM and chairman of NRF. “This strategic combination is the next logical step for NSAM and NRF, creating substantial value for shareholders and …
NEW YORK CITY — Thor Equities is developing a waterfront office project located in Brooklyn’s Red Hook district. Designed by Foster + Partners, the 7.7-acre property will include two heavy timber frame buildings totaling more than 600,000 square feet of creative office space and 23,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Additionally, the design will feature 100,000-square-foot open floor plates. Surrounded by water on three sides, the campus will feature a public waterfront esplanade designed by SCAPE/Landscape Architecture and a central open courtyard and rooftop space for future tenants. The project is being built to fit the needs of a TAMI (technology, advertising, media and information) tenant or other appropriate user of the space.
NEW YORK CITY — ING Capital LLC, part of Dutch global financial institution ING Group (NYSE: ING), has originated a $570 million bridge loan for the acquisition a 37-story skyscraper located at 550 Madison Ave. in Manhattan. ING Capital provided the financing to Olayan America, the U.S. investment arm of The Olayan Group, an international real estate investor based in Saudi Arabia. Olayan America will purchase the office tower, also known as the Sony Building, from The Chetrit Group for $1.3 billion, according to The Real Deal. Ron Cohen of JLL represented Olayan America in the transaction, and Doug Harmon of Eastdil Secured represented The Chetrit Group. Located within the Plaza District of Manhattan, the tower features 852,830 square feet of rentable mixed-use space, including approximately 776,000 square feet of office space, retail frontage on Madison Avenue, and exhibition and museum space. One restaurant tenant currently occupies 5,000 square feet at the tower, which is nearly 100 percent vacant, according to ING Capital. “The property has been maintained to a high standard and has never previously been available to the open market for office leasing,” says Tony Fusco, head of real estate at Olayan America. According to The Real Deal, …
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a five-story residential building located at 240 E. 52nd St. in Manhattan. Coutinho Properties sold the asset for $10.5 million, or $1,122 per square foot. The 9,361-square-foot building features 15 one-bedroom units and a fully furnished basement. Hall Oster and Clint Olsen of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, while Stacy Gim of PD Properties represented the undisclosed buyer.
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Tremont Realty Capital has arranged a $6.6 million loan for the refinance of Oakland Ridge MHC, a 100-space manufactured housing community located on the north side of Long Island in Riverhead. The non-recourse loan was structured with a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule with two years of interest-only payments. John Chase of Tremont Realty Capital arranged the loan for the undisclosed borrower.
NEW YORK CITY — KZA Realty Group has arranged the acquisition of a 32,000-square-foot lot located at 857-859 Concourse Village West in the Bronx. 857-59 Hotel LLC purchased the property from Howard Jaffe of 857 Concourse Village and Nydia Valentin of 859 Concourse Village for $1.9 million. The buyer plans to develop a hotel on the site. Kathy Zamechansky and Dan McVeigh of KZA Realty represented the buyer and sellers in the transaction.