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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — TKF Burnside Real Estate Partners has purchased a 400,000-square-foot office building in White Plains, located north of New York City. The building at 360 Hamilton Ave. is located in the downtown area and is home to tenants such as Merrill Lynch, Heineken USA, Bank of America and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Kevin Welsh and Charles Han of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer, which plans to implement capital improvements, was self-represented.

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NEW YORK CITY — Local brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $25.5 million sale of commercial development site in the Mott Haven area of The Bronx. The site at 261 Walton Ave. spans 25,182 square feet and can support up to 181,000 square feet of buildable product. Jason Gold, Victor Sozio and Gabriel Elyaszadeh of Ariel represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was Zeta Charter Schools.

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NEW YORK CITY — Soloviev Group has received a $1.8 billion CMBS loan to refinance 9 West 57th Street, a 1.7 million-square-foot office tower located in Manhattan’s Plaza District. Bank of America, along with Wells Fargo and Citi Real Estate Funding, provided the loan, which carries a 4.9 percent interest rate. Proceeds of the five-year loan will retire a previous 10-year, $1.2 billion loan issued by JPMorgan Chase in 2016, with more than $500 million returning to Soloviev. “This refinancing is a clear validation of the strength of 9 West 57th Street and the collaborative success of lead lender Bank of America, and secondary leads Wells Fargo and Citibank,” says Stefan Soloviev, chairman of Soloviev Group. Soloviev Group’s 50-story flagship trophy tower, known as the Solow Building, is expected to achieve a market valuation of $3.9 billion upon stabilization, according to Soloviev Group. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and delivered in 1974, the building recently underwent capital improvements to the lobby, elevators and building system technology. Ownership has  also introduced a new 20,000-square foot amenity floor, that includes Central Park views, conference rooms, multi-functional meeting space, a grab-and-go coffee bar, executive dining and a hospitality area. The property’s long-term tenants …

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NYACK, N.Y. — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 557-unit self-storage facility located at 92 State Route 59 in Nyack, located near the New York-New Jersey border. The facility was built in 1996 and was 87 percent occupied at the time of sale. JLL represented the seller, Go Store It, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Storage Post Self Storage, which has since rebranded the property. The sales price was not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $16.5 million sale of a 25-unit apartment building in Upper Manhattan’s Yorkville neighborhood. The six-story building at 443 E. 88th St. exclusively offers market-rate units. Joe Koicim and Logan Markley of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The duo also worked with Marcus & Millichap’s Mark Zarrella to procure the buyer, Jade Century Properties.

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YONKERS, N.Y. — Marx Realty is underway on construction of a 58,000-square-foot retail expansion project in Yonkers, located just north of New York City. The project will add two new buildings totaling 14,000 and 44,000 square feet to Cross County Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot development that first opened in 1954. The project also includes construction of a 4-acre park. A tentative completion date was not announced.

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NEW YORK CITY — Betches Media has signed a 23,028-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The female-led producer of digital content is relocating from 43 W. 24th St. to the entire sixth floor at 360 Park Avenue South, a newly renovated, 440,000-square-foot building. Shay Bolton, Kirill Azovtsev and Jim Wenk of Savills represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — EPIC Insurance has signed an office lease expansion in Midtown Manhattan. The company now occupies 25,500 square feet at 1140 Avenue of the Americas, a 22-story building that was constructed in 1925. Josh Kuriloff, Matthias Li, Pierce Hance, Heather Thomas and Nicole Estevez of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Eric Deutsch and Jared Freede of CBRE represented EPIC.

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NEW YORK CITY — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $150 million loan for the refinancing of the Bay Terrace Shopping Center, a grocery-anchored retail property in the Bayside neighborhood of Queens. JLL secured the loan through New York Life Real Estate Investors on behalf of the locally based borrower, Cord Meyer Development. Located at the intersection of 26th Avenue and Bell Boulevard, Bay Terrace totals 326,445 square feet and was approximately 90 percent leased at the time of financing. Anchored by Stop & Shop, the property is also home to HomeGoods, AMC Theatres, Bank of America, Chase Bank, Sephora and LA Fitness. The center was originally developed in the 1960s. Cord Meyer has recently invested significant capital to enhance the asset, including façade upgrades, new signage, improved pedestrian circulation and a “Restaurant Row.” Additional improvements are planned to further modernize the property. According to JLL, the Northeast Queens submarket contains 23.8 million square feet of retail inventory with a vacancy rate of 2.5 percent. Current retail construction is significantly below historical averages, with 15,000 square feet underway, one-tenth of the 150,000-square-foot annual average. Founded in 1904, Cord Meyer is a developer, owner and operator of retail, commercial and residential …

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NEW YORK CITY — Cleary Gottlieb has signed a 475,000-square-foot office lease renewal in Lower Manhattan. The law firm has committed to the top 10 floors as the anchor tenant at One Liberty, a 53-story, 2.3 million-square-foot complex that was recently renovated, for 20 more years. Moshe Sukenik and Brian Cohen of Newmark, along with Mark Weiss and Josh Kuriloff of Cushman & Wakefield, represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Mikael Nahmias and Dan Roberts internally represented the landlord, Brookfield Properties.

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