NEW YORK CITY — C-III Realty Services, an institutional commercial real estate capital markets firm, has combined operations with NAI Global, a global commercial real estate services firm with more than 375 brokerage offices and over 6,700 professionals globally. Through this combination, C-III Realty Services will become NAI Global Capital Markets and bring a growing team of 25 capital markets professionals in New York, Dallas and Nashville to the firm. “This combination is another step in our long-standing strategic objective to scale NAI Global and enhance our stature as an industry leader,” said Jay Olshonsky, president of NAI Global. “We are now even more strongly positioned to compete head-on in both size and full-service capabilities with the largest firms in commercial real estate services.” Including C-III Realty Services’ transactions, NAI Global will have completed more than 2,000 investment sales transactions, totaling approximately $16 billion, over the last five years.
NEW YORK CITY — Paramount Group Inc. has completed a $500 million refinancing of an office building located at 31 W. 52nd St. in Midtown Manhattan. The 10-year loan is interest only at a fixed rate of 3.8 percent. Eastdil Secured represented Paramount in the financing transaction. The loan was arranged with AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co., through its advisor Quadrant Real Estate Advisors LLC, and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. The company realized net proceeds of $65 million after the repayment of the existing loan, swap brokerage costs and closing costs. The 786,647-square-foot property was previously encumbered by a $413.5 million loan that was scheduled to mature in December 2017 and had a weighted average interest rate of 4.23 percent.
NEW YORK CITY — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors has placed a $30 million first mortgage on a 220,000-square-foot office condominium at 1775 Grand Concourse in the Bronx. The seven-year, non-recourse loan features a fixed rate with interest-only payments for two years and an option to extend. The mortgage covers a commercial condominium interest in the 300,000-square-foot building that shares ownership with Verizon, which owns the first two floors of the building. Current tenants of the property include Con Edison, Special Citizens Futures Unlimited, Inovalon SME Inc., Safe Horizon, The Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Public Health Solutions and Abbott House. Bryan Houlihan and James J. Houlihan of Houlihan-Parnes represented the undisclosed borrower in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a five-story loft building located at 51 White St. in Tribeca. 51 White Street LLC acquired the property from R.A Cohen & Associates for $22 million, or $1,064 per square foot. The 20,670-square-foot building features 12.5-foot ceiling heights, oversized windows and a sub-cellar, as well as a roof top with views of the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center. At the time of acquisition, the property was vacant. James Nelson, Will Suarez and David Shalom of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, while David Friedman of Vertex Realty Group represented the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — Besen & Associates has arranged the sale of an industrial warehouse building located at 780 E. 135th St. in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx. An undisclosed buyer acquired the six-story property for $14 million, or $165 per square foot. Built in 1912, the building features 84,650 square feet of industrial warehouse space. Ronnie Shaban of Besen & Associates represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer.
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — Cronheim Mortgage has secured $92.5 million in financing for Orange Plaza, a power center located at the corner of Route 211 and Dunning Road in Middletown. The borrower is National Realty and Development Corp. The 10-year loan features a 30-year amortization and was funded by American General Life Insurance Co., The United States Life Insurance Co., National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh and American Home Assurance Co. After acquiring the property in 2001, the borrower began a four-year repositioning program at the 807,000-square-foot center that included the demolition of approximately 600,000 square feet of enclosed mall space and the creation of a stacked layout and outparcels. Current tenants include Walmart, Kohl’s, Burlington Coat Factory and The Home Depot. Andrew Stewart and Dev Morris of Cronheim arranged the financing for the borrower.
NEW YORK CITY — NYU Langone Medical Center has signed a 30-year lease with Columbia Property Trust Inc. for an entire office property located at 222 E. 41st St. in Midtown Manhattan. The triple-net lease encompasses all 389,522 square feet of Class A office space at the building, including all 25 floors, the lobby, common areas and parking garage. NYU Langone is slated to take possession of the property at year end, following the expiration of the current tenant’s lease for 353,541 square feet. The new tenant plans to convert the property into a combination of medical office, ambulatory care facilities and other ancillary uses. Columbia recently upgraded the property, which it acquired in 2007. Paul Amrich, Neil King, James Ackerman and Jackie Marshall of CBRE represented the landlord, while Bruce Mosler and Mark Mandell of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant. Financial terms of the transaction were not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Equicap has arranged $8.1 million in financing for the acquisition of an office condo in the Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The 10-year loan features a competitive interest rate and will be used to fund the $10.8 million acquisition price. Additionally, the undisclosed borrower will use proceeds of the loan to build out the 13,000-square-foot office space. Daniel Hilpert of Equicap negotiated the financing.
NEW YORK — Gramercy Property Trust (NYSE: GPT) has acquired a 12-building industrial portfolio for $115.2 million. The seller in the deal was undisclosed. The portfolio consists of approximately 1.5 million square feet. The majority of the assets are located in major markets including New Jersey, Los Angeles, Chicago, Baltimore and Toronto. The aggregate net operating income for the first year is approximately $9.4 million with an 8.1 percent initial cap rate. The weighted average remaining lease term is 13 years. In addition to the acquisition, Gramercy assumed three mortgages totaling $37.3 million and one mortgage totaling approximately $10.9 million in Canadian dollars. Collectively, the loans have a remaining term of 5.5 years and a weighted average interest rate of 4.8 percent. Gramercy is a real estate investment trust specializing in acquiring and managing single-tenant, net-leased industrial and office properties. The company’s stock price closed Thursday, April 28 at $8.46 per share, up from $7.79 a year ago.
NEW YORK CITY — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of an apartment building located at 15 E. 36th St. in Manhattan’s Midtown South neighborhood. The eight-story property sold for $33 million, or just under $590,000 per unit. The building features 16 one-bedroom apartments, 39 studios and a basement apartment. The property features 34 free-market apartments and 21 rent-stabilized units. Peter Von Der Ahe, Joe Koicim, David Lloyd and Corey Isdaner of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.