NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has provided $34 million in financing for the acquisition and renovation of a mixed-use residential and retail building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The loan provides $29 million in immediate acquisition funding and $5 million for planned renovations. Located at 125 West 16th St., the 39,504-square-foot building features 40 residential units and two ground-floor retail units. The name of the borrower was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Sugar Hill Capital Partners has completed the disposition of a mixed-use building located in Manhattan’s Hamilton Heights neighborhood to Galil Management, formerly known as E&M Associates, for $25.5 million. Located at 3621 Broadway, the six-story 65,050-square-foot building features 47 apartments, eight stores and an art studio. Additionally, the building includes 31,175 square feet of air rights. Peter Vanderpool and Lazer Sternhell of Cignature Realty Associates represented both parties in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Prime Manhattan Residential has arranged the acquisition of a 10,000-square-foot multifamily property located at 52 East Seventh St. in New York City’s East Village. 1637 Abbot Kinney LLC purchased the property for $9.9 million from an undisclosed seller. Originally built in 1910, the 10,000-square-foot building features 17 free-market and three rent-stabilized one-bedroom apartments and 2,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The buyers plan to build out the retail space, which is currently vacant. Robert Dankner of Prime Manhattan Residential represented the buyer, while Keith Copley and Pascual Ortiz of Douglas Elliman represented the seller.
NEW YORK CITY — New York Life Real Estate Investors has originated $205 million in financing for an office tower, located at 757 Third Ave. in Midtown Manhattan. Multi-Employer Property Trust, as advised by Bentall Kennedy (U.S.) Limited Partnership, owns the 503,000-square-foot Class A office property. The loan has a term of 15 years. Eric Becher of New York Life Real Estate Investors’ New York regional office negotiated the transaction.
MINEOLA, N.Y. — Mill Creek Residential has completed vertical construction for Modera Mineola, a 275-unit apartment community located two blocks from the Mineola Long Island Rail Road transit center in Mineola. The property will feature a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units with wood plank-style flooring, wall-to-wall carpeting in the bedrooms, spa-like bathrooms with quartz countertops and under-mounted sinks, gourmet kitchens, stainless steel appliances, walk-in closets and full-size washers and dryers. Community amenities will include a clubroom, 24-hour fitness center, yoga room, business center, swimming pool with sundeck, outdoor kitchens with grills, a bocce court, and an outdoor fireplace. Online leasing for the property has started and move-in is expected for August.
NEW YORK CITY — RKF has brokered the sale of a 19,008-square-foot commercial condominium located at 100 West 93rd St. on the Upper West Side in New York City. Coltown Properties acquired the property for $16.5 million and subsequently leased the property to Manhattan Children’s Center, a school that provides scientifically based treatment and education to children with autism spectrum disorders. The two-story asset features 13,834 square feet on the ground floor and 5,174 square feet on the second floor. David Abrams and Marc Finkel of RKF represented the buyer, while Michael Dubin of Savvit Partners represented the seller, Starrett Development. Additionally, Abrams and Finkel represented both parties in the lease transaction.
NEWBURGH AND HYDE PARK, N.Y. — HFF has closed the sale of a two-property Ace Self-Storage portfolio totaling 630 units and 95,878 square feet in Upstate New York. Real Estate Technology sold the assets to World Class Capital Group LLC for an undisclosed price. The portfolio comprises a 388-unit property located at 735 and 765 South St. in Newburgh and a 241-unit facility at 1594 Route 9G in Hyde Park. The buyer plans to add additional units to both facilities, which include climate- and non-climate-controlled units and on-site management. Barbara Guffey led the HFF team that represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Admiral Capital Group and Four Winds Real Estate have acquired a three-building mixed-use portfolio in downtown Manhattan for an undisclosed price. The portfolio features 61 residential units and four commercial units at 106 Ridge St., 118 Ridge St. and 110 Ridge St. The acquisition is Admiral’s first investment in New York City, and it expands Four Winds’ existing multifamily portfolio on the Lower East Side. The seller was a private investor group that owned the properties for more than 30 years. Jarett Kaplus of Admiral and David Schneiderman and Joshua Landau of Four Winds led the transaction teams. The sale was brokered by Eastern Consolidated.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of a multifamily property located at 15-21 Crooke Ave. in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park South district. A local investor acquired the property for $14.2 million, or $264,000 per unit, in an off-market transaction from an undisclosed buyer. The six-story elevator building features 54 residential units. Erik Yankelovich of GFI Realty represented the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Colliers International has acquired Madison, Conn.-based Strategic Building Solutions (SBS), a project management firm. The company, which will rebrand to Colliers International, expands Colliers’ project management expertise in the Northeast and provides national best-in-class energy sustainability management, commissioning and retro-commissioning services. SBS currently manages $1 billion worth of projects and 10 million gross square feet of LEED-registered space within its commissioning and energy services group. The integration of SBS will add 70 multi-disciplined professionals to the Colliers team.