NEW YORK CITY — The Hawthorne Country Day School Manhattan, which provides a range of educational and social services for individuals age 18 months to 21 years, will relocate its campus from 156 William Street to 233 Broadway. The new space spans 34,076 square feet within The Woolworth Building, a 28-story landmarked structure that was originally built in the 1920s. The space features classrooms, therapy rooms, a multipurpose room/gym and an expanded sensory gym. Howard Kesseler, Todd Hershman and Alex Kesseler of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — Fitness International has signed a 36,500-square-foot lease at 59 Maiden Lane in Manhattan. Fitness International will open a Club Studio facility, which offers boutique fitness classes and amenities, at the property. David Abrams, Eliot Goldschmidt, Jeff Jacobson and Brandon Miller of masonre represented the landlord, AmTrust RE, in the lease negotiations. Chase Welles of The Shopping Center Group and John Kalamaras of RealSource Group represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has negotiated a 132,000-square-foot office lease at 295 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant, global law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, will relocate to floors eight through 10 of the 17-story, 700,000-square-foot structure, which is known locally as The Textile Building. The owner, a partnership between Tribeca Investment Group, PGIM Real Estate and Meadow Partners, recently completed a $350 million capital improvement program at the property. David Hollander, Peter Turchin, Mary Ann Tighe, Brett Shannon, Liz Lash and Hayden Pascal of CBRE represented ownership in the lease negotiations. Lewis Miller, Greg Maurer-Hollaender and Cara Chayet, also with CBRE, represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty has arranged the $10.7 million sale of a portfolio of four multifamily buildings totaling 17 units in Brooklyn. The portfolio includes a five-unit building at 461 Lorimer St.; a four-unit building at 110 S. Second St.; a two-unit structure at 384 S. Second St.; and a six-unit property at 211 Johnson Ave. Each of the buildings rises three stories and was built between 1910 and 1920. Ben Khakshoor, Alex Fuchs, Aaron Jungreis and Eli Shayestehpour of Rosewood represented the buyer, Mendel Gold, and the seller, a private family, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Accounting firm Marcum Asia has signed an 8,851-square-foot office lease expansion at 7 Penn Plaza in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant now occupies a total of 14,870 square feet on the eighth floor at the 18-story, 357,000-square-foot building. Steve Kaplan of Norman Bobrow & Co. represented Marcum Asia in the lease negotiations. Andrew Wiener and David Turino represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, on an internal basis.
NEW YORK CITY — Capalino, a business development consulting firm, has signed an 8,424-square-foot office lease at 730 Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant will occupy the entire 24th floor of the 665,110-square-foot building. David Hoffman, Robert Billingsley and Sam Hoffman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Nuveen Real Estate owns the building.
By Pam Knudsen, senior director of tax compliance services, Avalara While the dust has scarcely settled from a landmark ruling in New York City resulting in a massive crackdown on short-term rentals (STRs), the full extent of the fallout from the decision has yet to be fully grasped by many — and perhaps even by the city itself. Under the terms of Local Law 18, a resolution that passed earlier this year, hosts and owners of short-term rentals, including Airbnb, are now subject to tighter and stricter regulations. These include limits on numbers of guests, requirements to register with the city and obligations to more closely monitor guest behavior, among other regulations. The effective ban on short-term rentals will have considerable consequences on local economies, and more than anyone, it’s small lodging businesses that stand to be impacted by the resulting wave. But to fully understand the major impact this ban has on small businesses, we must first acknowledge that STRs should rightly be considered small businesses themselves. Much like any other small business, STRs are required by most communities to be licensed, registered and compliant with tax collection and remittance. Furthermore, the hosts and managers behind STRs operate in …
NEW YORK CITY — Fifth Avenue in Manhattan has retained its No. 1 ranking as the world’s most expensive retail destination at approximately $2,000 per square foot, which is unchanged from last year. That’s according to the 33rd edition of the Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) Main Streets Across the World, an annual report that examines retail rental rates around the world in “high street” locations, referring to bustling, high-end retail districts. Fifth Avenue is world-renowned for its luxury offerings, including Bergdorf Goodman, Prada, Saks and Tiffany, among others. Additions to Fifth Avenue’s retail store count this year include a new store for Harry Winston and newcomers to the corridor Asics, Dyson, Skechers, Johnston & Murphy and Bandier, according to online directory Visit 5th Avenue. While on par with the rents charged last year, Fifth Avenue’s average retail rate is up 14 percent from pre-pandemic levels, making it only one of three high streets in the top 10 that have increased rates since that time span. The No. 2 retail destination in Main Streets Across the World is Milan’s Via Montenapoleone at $1,766 per square foot. The district jumped a spot into second from last year’s report by pushing rental …
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged the $10.2 million sale of a 62-unit apartment building located at 788 Riverside Drive in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan. The 11-story building primarily houses two- and three-bedroom units that have an average size of 1,025 square feet. Of the 62 apartments, 53 of which are rent-stabilized, five are rent-controlled and four are rented at market rates. The buyer and seller were both family offices that requested anonymity. Paul Smadbeck and Hall Oster of JLL brokered the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Scott + Scott LLP has signed a 21,365-square-foot office lease at 230 Park Avenue in Manhattan. The firm will relocate from a subleased space on the 17th floor to the entire 24th floor next summer. Erik Schmall and Scott Weiss of Savills represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Scott Klau, Brian Waterman, Erik Harris, Zach Weil and Cole Gendels of Newmark, along with internal agents William Elder, Andrew Ackerman and Walt Rooney, represented the landlord, RXR.