NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an apartment building located at 469 Harman St. in Brooklyn. The six-unit apartment property sold for $1.3 million. Shaun Riley, Dan Greenblatt and Thomas Shihadeh of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller and the buyer, both private investors, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $40 million loan for the acquisition of an office property located at 145 West 45th St. in New York City. The five-year loan, provided by a regional balance sheet lender, features a 3.5 percent fixed-rate and interest-only payments for the full term. A partnership led by the Aini family acquired the 12-story, 90,000-square-foot office building from an undisclosed seller. Rael Gervis and David Hayum of Meridian’s New York City office arranged the financing.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has brokered the sale of two development sites at 406 Cornelia St. and 1536 Putnam Ave. in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn for $3.8 million, or $157 per buildable square foot. The properties are zoned for residential use and offer a combined total of 24,200 buildable square feet. The site at 406 Cornelia Street offers 13,200 buildable square feet and the site at 1536 Putnam Avenue offers 11,000 buildable square feet. Daniel Tropp, Michael Tortorici, Mark Spinelli and Jonathan Berman of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller, a private owner, and procured the buyer, a developer, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Dalan Management has purchased two 12-story office buildings located at 10 and 12 East 33rd St. in New York City’s Midtown South neighborhood. The assets, which feature 22 full-floor office lofts and ground-floor retail space, sold for $36 million as part of a 1031 exchange. Additionally, the properties, which total 61,100 square feet, are zoned for conversion to residential or hotel space. Timour Shafran and Phil Fierro of Citicore represented Dalan, while Pavan Uttam of UP Real Estate Advisors represented the seller, Adee Associates, in the transaction.
MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) has brokered the sale of Soundview Apartments, an apartment building overlooking Long Island Sound in Mamaroneck. Bayou Properties Inc. purchased the 86-unit property for $15.9 million, or $184,300 per unit. Located at 151 Fenimore Road and built in 1926, the property features eight studios, 36 one-bedroom units, 41 two-bedroom units and one three-bedroom unit. Additionally, the property features a 21-car parking garage, fitness room, on-site laundry and a private courtyard. Steve Witten, Victor Nolletti, Adam Mancinone and Blake Barbarisi of IPA represented the seller, Soundview Apartments Co., in the transaction. J.D. Parker of Marcus & Millichap is the broker of record in New York. IPA is a division of Marcus & Millichap that specializes in serving institutional and major private real estate investors.
SPENCERPORT, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Spencerport Village Plaza, a retail property located at 27 Slayton Ave. in Spencerport. A private institution purchased the 107,065-square-foot property for $8.8 million. Joseph French, Thomas Dalzell, Mike James and Nathan Barnes of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, and the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Jackson Heights Cardiovascular Associates has signed a long-term lease for space at Jackson Heights Shopping Center. The medical facility will accompany 13,780 square feet of the 142,274-square-foot retail center, which is located in the Queen’s Jackson Heights neighborhood. The tenant will occupy the entire second floor of the newly renovated portion of the shopping center. Jackson Heights Cardiovascular Associates is slated to move into the new space in the second quarter of 2015. Bill Bergman of Muss Development provided in-house representation for landlord, while Brian Jaffe of DY Realty Services represented the tenant in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Al Rayyan Tourism Investment Co. (ARTIC), the hospitality subsidiary of Al Faisal Holding Co., has purchased a 97 percent interest in The Manhattan at Times Square Hotel. Rockpoint Group, Highgate Hotels and a Goldman Sachs fund sold the interest for $535 million. Built in 1962, the 22-story hotel features 689 rooms and suites and commercial space. Situated at 790 Seventh Ave., the hotel covers an entire block and offers 900,000 square feet of potential development rights. Hodges Ward Elliott (HWE) represented the sellers in the deal. Additionally, HWE procured the acquisition financing, which was provided by Goldman Sachs, for ARTIC. Highgate Hotels will continue to manage the property.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has negotiated a $15.5 million mortgage for the refinancing of an office and retail property located in First Avenue in New York City. The borrower is First Broadway Acquisition LLC, an affiliate of Himmel + Meringoff Properties. The seven-year loan, provided by a local commercial bank, features a 3.75 percent fixed-rate and one year of interest-only payments. Allan Lieberman, Jeffrey Berkes and Asher Half of Meridian Capital Group arranged the financing. Located at 1114 First Ave., the 45,000-square-foot building is occupied by Hartstrings, a children’s apparel store, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
ISLIP, N.Y. — The town of Islip has sold an 18-acre land parcel on Carleton Avenue in Central Islip for a total of $3.5 million. The property was divided and sold to InvaGen Pharmaceuticals and AlphaMed. The buyers plans to relocate and expand operations at the site with two separate facilities — one for manufacturing and distribution and one for bottling, packaging and distribution. The companies will receive substantial financial benefits from Islip’s Industrial Development Agency, enabling InvaGen to construct a 260,000-square-foot facility and AlphaMed to build a 80,000-square-foot facility. InvaGen plans to invest as much as $37 million in its project, which will result in the retention of 390 jobs and the creation of 100 more, while AlphaMed plans to spend nearly $10 million and retain 15 jobs and create an additional 20. InvaGen manufactures a variety of pharmaceuticals for the medical industry, including cardiovascular, anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic medicines. AlphaMed manufactures and distributes bottles for the pharmaceutical industry.
