New York

Washington-Flats-Portfolio-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of the Washington Flats portfolio, a grouping of four contiguous apartment buildings in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood. The portfolio sold for $38 million, or $364 per square foot. Located at 425 and 435 Grand Ave., 29 Putnam Ave. and 90 Downing St., the 104,365-square-foot portfolio features 128 residential apartments, with 121 rent-stabilized, three rent-controlled and four free-market units. At the time of sale, the properties participated in the HPD Home Program, which provides housing for low-income tenants and 52 of the rent-stabilized units operate under the Home Program. Stephen Palmese of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Colliers International Student Housing Group has arranged the sale of a 28-acre development site near the State University of New York at Buffalo. A joint venture between Harrison Street Real Estate and University Student Living, a company of The Michaels Organization, acquired the property from Menorah Campus for an undisclosed price. The buyer is planning to build a Class A student housing property on the site with approximately 600 beds. The project is slated for delivery in 2016.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
194-Utica-Ave-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Alpha Realty has brokered the sale of a multifamily building located at 194 Utica Ave. in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. A local private investor acquired the property for $2.5 million, or $260 per square foot. Constructed in 1906, the 9,100-square-foot property features 14 apartments and two retail spaces. Jacob Aronov of Alpha Realty represented the buyer and the seller, a local private investor, in the transaction.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

NEW YORK CITY — Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates has brokered the sale of three properties, totaling 51,000 square feet, in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. ITF Corp + 735 Bedford Ave LLC sold the properties for $7.5 million to Moses Wertheimer. The properties are located at 11/13/15 Spencer St., 466 Flushing Ave. and 23/25/27 Spencer St. Aqua Best Inc., a seafood distributor, currently occupies 5,000 square feet of the space. Neil Dolgin of Kalmon Dolgin represented the seller in the transaction; the buyer was self-represented.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
2649-2651-Strang-Blvd-Yorktown-PA

YORKTOWN, N.Y. — GHP Office Realty LLC has launched a $6 million renovation program at Northern Westchester Executive Park, a 26-acre office park in Yorktown. The parks consists of the a 68,000-square-foot medical office property at 2649 Strang Blvd. and a 150,000-square-foot technology/medical/laboratory/call center at 2651 Strang Blvd. Renovations at 2649 Strang Blvd. will include a state-of-the-art fitness center, a café and upgraded common areas. Renovations at 2651 Strang Blvd. will include the interior demolition of 100,000 square feet of flex, office, medical, lab, technology and call center, and the installation of new windows and heating and ventilating systems. Current tenants at the park are ENT & Allergy Associates, Hudson Valley Hematology, North Shore-Long Island JHS, Northern Westchester County Dental, Hudson Valley Oral Surgery, Dialysis Clinic Inc. and Mercy College’s Yorktown Campus.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale the Ridge Street portfolio, three contiguous mixed-use buildings located on the Lower East Side. A partnership between Admiral Capital Group and Four Winds Realty purchased the properties for $50 million from Judah Klausner and Richard Freedman. Located at 198-200 Rivington St., 110-114 Ridge St. and 118 Ridge St., the portfolio includes 64,000 square feet featuring 61 residential units, three retail stores and one 6,250-square-foot community facility space. Deborah Gutoff of Eastern Consolidated procured the buyer, while Gutoff and Ronda Rogovin, also of Eastern Consolidated, represented the sellers in the transaction.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
140-Wadsworth-Ave-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Crest Realties has acquired a multifamily building in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood for $9 million. Located at 140 Wadsworth Ave., the six-story building features 31 apartments and four professional offices. The property is adjacent to 4240 Broadway and near 4300 Broadway, two multifamily properties that Crest Realties purchased in November 2013 for $23.7 million. Peter Vanderpool and Lazer Sternhell of Cignature Realty Associates represented the buyer and the seller, 140 Wadsworth (a local family estate), in the transaction.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

NEW YORK CITY AND GREENWICH, CONN. — Avant Capital Partners has originated $6.3 million in bridge loans for two properties in Manhattan and Greenwich. The project located in Manhattan’s Midtown West neighborhood comprises three contiguous mixed-use properties offering 20 apartments and three ground-floor retail units in a total of 16,916 square feet. In Greenwich, the asset consists of four under-construction condominium units. Each unit will feature three bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and high-end interior finishes, including hardwood floors and high ceilings. The average unit size for the condos is 3,650 square feet.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail

It’s no longer a secret that Brooklyn is booming, particularly the borough’s retail scene. Retail rents have climbed continuously over the last five years. Retail density has increased almost exponentially. A recent study by CPEX of Brooklyn’s notable retail corridors (meaning areas with rents averaging more than $35 per square foot) found the number of these corridors has increased 80 percent in just two years. But what’s driving Brooklyn’s record pace of retail growth? Several market factors have created a perfect storm for Brooklyn’s retail resurgence. Development in the borough has peaked over the past two years, with permits for new residential developments up 116 percent in that timespan. Nearly 20,000 new units are in the pipeline, almost twice the number of permits in Manhattan and 149 percent more than the other outer boroughs combined. The office vacancy rate has dropped to 4.2 percent in Brooklyn, the lowest in the United States. Tourism continues to spike thanks to the borough’s noteworthy parks, the year-round arts and cultural events in the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Cultural District, and the Barclays Center’s sporting and concert events. In the meantime, hotel developments are trying to keep pace with the influx of tourists …

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
The-Ambassador-Scarsdale-NY

SCARSDALE, N.Y. — Developer Amba P. Sharma has opened The Ambassador of Scarsdale, an assisted living community located at 9 Saxon Wood Road in Scarsdale. The 115-unit property features studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom residences, a secure on-site memory care program, a fitness center, fully equipped medical offices, a restaurant, fine arts studio, full-service beauty salon and spa, a living room and lounge with fireplaces, and a business center. The project team includes Stamford, Conn.-based Perkins Eastman Architects, Jasper Design and Solutions-Advisors.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail