NEW YORK CITY — Mercor, which organizes human intelligence to power the AI economy, has signed a 25,550-square-foot office lease at One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. The space is located on the 77th floor. Harry Singer of CBRE represented Mercor in the lease negotiations. David Falk, Peter Shimkin, Hal Stein, Nathan Kropp and Paige Raisides of Newmark, along with internal agents Eric Engelhardt, Karen Rose and Sayo Kamara represented the landlord, The Durst Organization, which developed the building in partnership with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
MONTREAL AND NEW YORK CITY — The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), a pension fund investor based in Montreal, and Nuveen Real Estate, one of the largest investment managers in the world, have launched a joint venture with an initial investment of $790 million to acquire open-air shopping centers across the United States. To date, PSP and Nuveen have closed on 3 million square feet across 19 assets in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Texas, Virginia and Washington. The investment strategy is demographically driven, focusing on open-air shopping centers anchored by market or category dominant grocers, necessity-based retailers and essential services that demonstrate “durable performance and resilient foot traffic,” according to the press release. In particular, the joint venture targets U.S. metro areas with strong population growth, rising household incomes and high barriers to entry, where well-capitalized retailers are actively seeking to expand. “Necessity-based retail has demonstrated remarkable resilience through various cycles, underpinned by consistent consumer demand for essential goods and services,” says Brian Wallick, portfolio manager of U.S. cities retail strategy at Nuveen Real Estate. “We’re confident this combination of scale, relationships and local execution positions us strongly in one of the most stable and defensive segments …
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between The New York City Housing Authority, Fairstead, BRP Cos., Urbane and the Local Development Corp. of East New York has completed the $636 million rehabilitation of Reid Apartments and Park Rock, two affordable housing communities in Brooklyn. Located on the east side of the borough, Reid Apartments & Park Rock comprise 1,696 affordable housing units across 87 buildings that are home to roughly 3,000 people. Upgrades covered unit interiors and building exteriors, as well as mechanical and utility systems, security measures and resident services. The project also preserves the communities’ affordability status. Specific renovations included upgraded kitchens and bathrooms, new floors, appliances, fixtures and finishes, as well as modernized heating and ventilation systems, restored building facades, enhanced security infrastructure and elevator upgrades. The project also introduced upgraded lobbies and common areas, new storefronts, new community spaces, free community-wide Wi-Fi, fresh landscaping and improvements to outdoor amenity spaces. Lastly, residents now have access to expanded support services such as case management, healthy food programs, workforce development opportunities, youth programming and senior services.
NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $216 million bridge loan for the refinancing of 568 Broadway, a 390,745-square-foot office and retail building in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. The 12-story building’s retail component totals 70,870 square feet retail and was fully leased at the time of the loan closing to tenants such as Hugo Boss, Athletic Propulsion Labs, GU and Equinox. Office users include Zocdoc, The Farmer’s Dog and Milk Makeup. Aaron Appel, Dustin Stolly, Jonathan Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Adam Schwartz, Sean Reimer, Jordan Casella and Stanley Cayre of Walker & Dunlop arranged the loan through ACORE Capital. The borrower is a joint venture between Aurora Capital, Allied Partners and A&H Acquisitions.
NEW YORK CITY — Merchants Bank has provided $27.5 million in bridge financing for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Restore Housing Apartments, a 138-unit affordable housing complex in Brooklyn. The borrower is local owner-operator Tredway. The property offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments that are reserved for households earning 50 percent or less of the area median income. The capital improvements, which are valued at $10 million and will preserve the property’s affordability status for another 99 years, will include new lobbies, kitchens, bathrooms, energy-efficient appliances and a rooftop solar installation. Merchants Capital arranged the financing.
NEW YORK CITY — HarbourVest Partners has signed a 19,752-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The Boston-based private equity firm is taking space on the 49th floor of 9 West 57th Street via a 10-year lease. Alexander Chudnoff and Ava Loughlin of JLL represented HarbourVest in the lease negotiations. Howard Fiddle, John Maher, Gregg Rothkin and Alex Leopold of CBRE represented the undisclosed landlord.
NEW YORK CITY — Local owner-operator The Sapir Organization has received a $105 million loan for the refinancing of 261 Madison Avenue, a 398,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan. The 28-story building was constructed in 1954 and is home to tenants such as printing company RR Donnelley, coworking concept Industrious, labor union SAG-AFTRA and Japanese restaurant Zuma. The Sapir Organization also houses its headquarters within the building. Anthony Orso, Ari Schwartzbard and Clifford Welden of Newmark arranged the loan through Genesis Credit, a New York-based private real estate credit and investment firm, on behalf of ownership.
NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $203 million construction loan for 50 Third Avenue, a 184-unit multifamily project that will be located in Manhattan’s East Village. The 17-story building will include 37 affordable housing units that will be reserved for households earning 80 percent or less of the area median income, as well as 12,529 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities will include a fitness center with a yoga studio, sauna and cold plunge, a golf simulator, coworking space, resident lounge and multiple terraces. Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Dustin Stolly, Sean Reimer and Sean Bastian of Walker & Dunlop arranged the floating-rate, interest-only loan through Ironsand. The borrower is a joint venture between SK Development and Kinsmen Property Group.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — CrownGuard Capital, a Los Angeles-based commercial lender, has provided $15.5 million in bridge and construction financing for a 95-unit multifamily repositioning project in Rochester. The address of the property was not disclosed, but the redevelopment will cover unit interiors, utility and mechanical systems, building exteriors and common areas. Larkin Cody and Robert Miller of CrownGuard originated the financing, which included an $8 million Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) component. The sponsor was also not disclosed.
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A subsidiary of Dallas-based Leon Capital Group has provided an equity investment for The Marshall Binghamton, a 516-unit student housing project in upstate New York. The amount was not disclosed, but Leon Capital provided the funds in conjunction with another equity investment in a multifamily property in Nashua, New Hampshire. Combined, the two equity investments total roughly $19 million. The project, which is under construction and slated for a May 2027 delivery, is adjacent to the State University of New York Binghamton campus. The sponsor is Aptitude Development.
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