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.
NEW YORK CITY — Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) has announced formal plans to expand its office footprint within Hudson Yards, a mixed-use district on Manhattan’s west side. The San Francisco-based banking giant, which already occupies space within the $25 billion Hudson Yards campus, has purchased additional space from Related Cos., the master developer behind Hudson Yards along with Oxford Properties Group. Multiple media outlets have reported that Wells Fargo purchased the space at 20 Hudson Yards, which formally housed a Neiman Marcus store, for $550 million. The bank plans to convert the 400,000 square feet of space to offices in synergy with its current 500,000-square-foot footprint at 30 Hudson Yards, according to Bloomberg News. Forbes reported that the Neiman Marcus location closed in summer 2020. Wells Fargo plans to begin moving employees from its existing office space at 150 E. 42nd St. to the new Hudson Yards office beginning in late 2026. The property is expected to house 2,300 Wells Fargo employees at full operation. The 11-story building will also include a dedicated entrance on 10th Avenue and naming rights to Wells Fargo for signage on the exterior of the property. “This investment further solidifies our longstanding commitment …
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty Group has negotiated the $8.9 million sale of a portfolio of three multifamily buildings totaling 28 units in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. The four-story building at 313 S. Fourth St. was built in 1915 and totals 12 units, and the two-building complex at 431-433 Wythe Ave. was constructed in 1920 and totals 16 units. Ben Khakshoor, Reoven Elharar and Alex Fuchs of Rosewood Realty represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Edifice Management.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.4 million sale of an eight-unit apartment building located at 923 Bedford Ave. in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood. The four-story building was originally constructed in 1901 and offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Daniel Greenblatt and Shaun Riney of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a family office, in the transaction and procured the buyer, an individual/personal trust.
NEW YORK CITY — IMA New York, a division of insurance brokerage firm IMA Financial Group, has signed a 10,000-square-foot office lease at 1155 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. The lease term is 10 years. The tenant will occupy space on the 33rd floor of the 42-story building. Howard Hersch and Brett Harvey of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Tom Bow, Rocco Romeo and Nora Caliban internally represented the landlord, The Durst Organization, which recently completed a $130 million capital improvement program at the property.
MONTEBELLO, N.Y. — A partnership between owner-operator FilBen Group and Dallas-based private equity firm RSF Partners is nearing completion of Braemar at Montebello, a $54 million assisted living facility in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley region. The site is located near Good Samaritan Hospital — Suffern, as well as numerous commercial establishments. The property will span 133,675 square feet and will feature one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 500 square feet, as well as an array of entertainment- and wellness-based amenities. H2M Architects + Engineers designed the project, and McAlpine Contracting is handling construction. M&T Bank provided a $34.8 million construction loan for the project, completion of which is scheduled for next year.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Locally based financial intermediary Largo Capital has arranged an $11.1 million first mortgage loan for the refinancing of a 150,000-square-foot office building in Buffalo. Jack Phillips of Largo Capital arranged the financing on behalf of the undisclosed buyer. The direct lender was not disclosed. The building was fully leased at the time of the loan closing.
NEW YORK CITY — Bronx Community Health Network (BCHN) will open an 11,000-square-foot healthcare facility at 3763 White Plains Road. The two-story facility will offer outpatient medical, dental and behavioral health services. The opening is set for summer 2024. Project partners include DIGroupArchitecture, New York Engineers and Denham Wolf Real Estate Services.
NEW YORK CITY — Beechhurst Executive Suites has renewed its lease for 6,936 square feet on the second floor of Whitestone Plaza, a 62,000-square-foot urban community shopping center located on the north side of Queens. Randall Briskin represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. The tenant was self-represented. Other tenants at Whitestone Plaza include CVS and North Shore Farms supermarket.
NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone LLP signed a 5,835-square-foot office lease expansion at 70 E. 55th St. in Midtown Manhattan. The lease term is 10.5 years. The 27-story, 154,000-square-foot building is known as Heron Tower and was originally constructed in 1985. Diana Biasotti, Kristen Morgan and Thomas Swartz of JLL represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Nicholas Markel of Cresa represented the tenant.