NEW YORK CITY — Silvershore Properties has completed the sale of a mixed-use building located at 19 Howard St. in Manhattan’s SoHo Cast Iron Historic District. The three-story, 4,415-square-foot property sold for $9.6 million, or $2,174 per square foot. The property features additional air rights and was delivered vacant to the undisclosed buyer. Robert Burton of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
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NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has brokered the lease of 76,000 square feet of loft space at 80 Hudson Ave. in Brooklyn’s Vinegar Hill section. The former Global Storage building features two interior loading docks, two exterior loading docks and eight parking spaces. The tenant, a local developer, has not disclosed plans for the property. Ofer Cohen, Dan Marks, Peter Schubert and Joey Terzi of TerraCRG represented the landlord and the tenant in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Stellar Management and CAMBA Housing Ventures has acquired Castleton Park, an affordable multifamily property located in St. George on Staten Island for an undisclosed sum. With the backing of NYC Housing Development Corp. tax-exempt bonds, the owner plans to launch a $30 million renovation and rehabilitation project for the 40-year-old development, which features 454 apartment units. In collaboration with the NYC Housing Development Corp., NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the development team will be able to maintain long-term affordability for tenants at the property. Construction work is scheduled to begin in August and includes the rehabilitation of the building façade, parking area, elevators and mechanicals, as well as renovations to common areas and each unit’s bathroom and kitchen. The renovation is scheduled to last two years.
NEW YORK CITY — EagleBridge Capital has arranged $6 million in permanent mortgage financing for a retail building located at 7821 Third Ave. in Brooklyn. Rite Aid Pharmacy and Tutor Time occupy the 19,200-square-foot property. Brian Sheehan and Ted Sidel of EagleBridge secured the financing provided by a leading financial institution.
SMITHTOWN, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a Walgreens property located at 10 W. Main St. in Smithtown. Situated on the North Shore of Long Island, the property sold for $10.4 million, or $714 per square foot. Constructed in 2006, the 14,560-square-foot building sits on two acres. Simon Jonna and Raymond Jonna of Marcus & Millichap’s Detroit office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. J.D. Parker of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office is the broker of record for the deal. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates Arranges 50,000 SF Lease in Brooklyn for Koppers Specialty Chocolate Co.
by Amy Works
NEW YORK CITY — Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates has arranged a 50,000-square-foot lease at Liberty View Plaza in Brooklyn for Koppers Specialty Chocolate Co. The company is relocating from a 30,000-square-foot space in Greenwich Village to the space at 850 Third Ave. in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. As part of the deal, Empire State Development, New York State’s economic development agency, will provide Koppers with up to $556,000 in performance-based Excelsior Jobs Program Tax Credits, as the company agreed to create at least 27 new full-time jobs over the next five years and keep the position through at least 2025. Neil Dolgin and Jeffrey Unger of Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates, along with Howard Kesseler and Jordan Gosin of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, represented the landlord, Salmar Properties, in the transaction.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a multifamily property located at 34-27 37th St. in Long Island City. A private investor acquired the eight-unit apartment building for $2.4 million. Matthew Fotis, Zachary Golub and Lazarus Apostolidis of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, and the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — ARM Real Estate has brokered the sale of a 5,150-square-foot residential building located at 17-01 Stanhope St. in the Ridgewood neighborhood of Queens. The three-story, six-unit apartment building sold for $1.6 million in an off-market transaction. Anand Melwani and Harrison Zavala of ARM represented both the seller, a long-term owner, and the buyer, Stanhope Purchaser LLC, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Savanna, a New York-based real estate private equity and asset management firm, has completed the disposition of 100 Wall Street to Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, acting on behalf of a Cornerstone-managed fund. The 29-story, 520,000-square-foot office building is 97 percent occupied by tenants, including Lester Schwab Katz and Dwyer, Loeb Holding Corp., Crenshaw Associates and Pcubed. Savanna acquired the property in 2011 and completed $25 million in capital improvements during its ownership period, including a successful prebuild program and future resiliency improvements following Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Douglas Harmon, Adam Spies, Joshua King and Adam Doneger of Eastdil Secured represented Savanna, while Carl Schwartz, Laurie Grasso, Susan Saslow, Larissa Kravanja, Ian Group and Barbara Lau of Hunton & Williams served as legal counsel in the transaction. The sales price was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. has inked a 10-year lease with Adidas to occupy retail space at its 115 Spring St. property in Manhattan. The two-level, 5,218-square-foot space will be the new home of Adidas’s Originals boutique. SL Green acquired the retail property in 2014. Jeremy Ezra of RKF represented the tenant, while Ariel Schuster and Ross Berkowitz, also of RKF, represented the landlord in the transaction.