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NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital and Steelpoint Property Group have acquired 78 Prospect Park West, a multifamily property located at Prospect Park West between Third and Fourth streets in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood. The long-term ownership sold the seven-story, 41,113-square-foot building for $28 million in an off-market transaction. Built in the 1920s, the property features 40 apartment units, 10 of which are currently vacant. The joint venture plans to renovate and reposition as many units as possible into high-end luxury apartments, as well as initiate a capital expenditure program to modernize the property and enhance operating efficiencies. Aaron Mazor of TOWN Residential and Jonathan Butwin and Scott Dweck of TOWN Commercial represented both parties in the transaction.

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NEW YORK CITY — An affiliate of Harbor Group International LLC has completed the disposition of an elevator apartment building, located at 334 E. 79th St. in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The 46-unit property sold for $25.5 million, or $940 per square foot, in an all-cash transaction. The eight-story building features four studio units, seven one-bedroom apartments, 31 two-bedroom units, two three-bedroom apartments and two four-bedroom units. Robert Shapiro and Thomas Gammino Jr. of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.

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NEW YORK CITY — Kolorbar, an upscale full-service beauty salon, has signed a lease for retail space at 306 E. 86th St. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The salon, which operates three additional stores in Manhattan, will occupy 1,500 square feet on the ground floor and 1,200 square feet in the basement of the building. The tenant is currently building out the space, including the installation of marble floors and an all-glass front, with occupancy expected in early November. Matthew Ball of Winick Realty Group represented the tenant, while Patty Holmstrom and Jeeun Elizabeth Kim, also of Winick Realty, represented the landlord, KMR Management, in the transaction.

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NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Jeff Sutton and Aurora Capital has entered into a 99-year triple net lease for 511 Fifth Avenue, a 160,000-square-foot Class A building on the southeast corner of 43rd Street in Midtown Manhattan. The 17-story building serves as the New York headquarters for Israel Discount Bank and offers 20,000 square feet of retail space. The partnership will operate the property during the lease term, as well as undertake renovations and assume responsibility for leasing. Bruce Mosler, David Green, Louis Wolfowitz, Peyton Horn, Josh Kuriloff and Nat Rockett of Cushman & Wakefield represented the building’s owner, a group of family trusts, in the transaction. Raymond Sanseverino and Richard Nardi of Loeb & Loeb LLP provided legal representation for the owners, while Chris Smith and Lisa Brill of Shearman & Sterling represented the lessee.

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NEW YORK CITY — A limited liability company has acquired an apartment property located at 2325 Foster Ave. in Brooklyn. The 27-unit property sold for $4.8 million. Derek Bestreich, Lucien Sproviero and Erik Rodriguez of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, a limited liability company, and the buyer in the transaction.

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NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged three multifamily property sales in the Bronx totaling $4.7 million. In the first transaction, a private investor acquired a four-story, 21-unit apartment building located at 868 Faile St. for $2.7 million, or $150 per square foot. The property consists of 15 two-bedroom units and six three-bedroom apartments. In the second deal, a 7,912-square-foot multifamily property located at 614 E. 168th St. sold for $1.2 million, or $160 per square foot. The building features eight two-bedroom apartment units. In the final transaction, a three-story, walk-up building located at 1744 Merrill St. sold for $830,000, or $165 per square foot. The building features three one-bedroom units, four two-bedroom units and a two-car garage. The names of the sellers and buyers in the transactions were not released. Jason Gold, Scot Hirschfield, Michael Tortorici and Marko Agbaba of Ariel Properties Advisors represented the buyers and sellers in the transactions.

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NEW YORK CITY — Alpha Realty has brokered the sales of two multifamily properties located in Brooklyn. In the first transaction, Glenn Raff and Jacob Aronov of Alpha Realty negotiated the sale of a property located at 105 Boerum Place in Boerum Hill. The 4,376-square-foot building sold for $2 million, or $457 per square foot. In the second deal, Lev Mavashev and Scott Schwartz of Alpha Realty represented the buyer and seller in the sale of a property located at 145 Somers St. in Ocean Hill. The 7,211-square-foot building sold for $1.1 million, or $208 per square foot.

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NEW YORK CITY — Carlton Group has closed a $125 million equity investment from three major Asian investors. The deal will facilitate an $800 million ground-up condominium project in Tribeca located near Goldman Sachs corporate headquarters. This transaction marks the first investment for an Asian insurance company, which is lead investor in the consortium. The investment enabled the closing of a major construction loan provided by one of the top commercial lenders in the United States. Additional terms of the transactions and involved parties were not released.

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NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has provided $107.2 million in first mortgage financing for the first phase of Fortis Property Group’s acquisition of the Long Island College Hospital (LICH) real estate portfolio in Brooklyn. Collateral for the loan is a mix of former LICH properties comprising 357,000 square feet of retail, medical office and residential space, as well development sites. The properties are located at 91-95 Pacific St., 350-352 Hicks St., 349 Henry St., 112 Pacific St., 82 Amity St., 84 Amity St., 124-134 Atlantic Ave., 113 Congress St., 336 Flatbush Ave. and 184 Sterling Place. Madison Realty provided Fortis with a flexible financing solution to facilitate the acquisition, which is the culmination of a complex, multi-party deal related to the LICH portfolio. David Harte of Ackman-Ziff represented Fortis in the transaction.

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NEW YORK CITY — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors has arranged a $1 million loan for a retail property located at 3600-3614 White Plains Road in the Bronx’s Gun Hill section. The 6,500-square-foot property features a 5,335-square-foot building consisting of five retail spaces. The loan was placed with a savings bank at a five-year interest rate of 3.2 percent on a 30-year amortization schedule. Jeremiah Houlihan of Houlihan-Parnes Realtors arranged the loan for the undisclosed borrower.

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