NEW YORK CITY — Whole Foods Market will open a 10,000-square-foot store in Manhattan’s East Village on Wednesday, May 14. The small-format store will be located within the StuyTown development at 409 E. 14th St. At the opening, Whole Foods will present Harlem-based supplier Uncle Waithley’s with a low-interest loan to help grow its operations and support expansion to more Whole Foods Market stores.
NEW YORK CITY — The Food Hall Co., a Dallas-based operator, has unveiled plans for Shaver Hall, a 35,000-square-foot culinary destination that will be located within the historic former Lord & Taylor building at 424 Fifth Ave. in Midtown Manhattan. Designed by ZGF Architects and ICRAVE, Shaver Hall will feature 11 curated food stalls, including an Omakase concept, a wine and cheese bar, a steakhouse and a modern bodega. Shaver Hall is scheduled to open before the end of the year.
MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF. AND NEW YORK CITY — Global investment firm 3G Capital has entered into an agreement to acquire footwear retailer Skechers USA Inc. (NYSE: SKX). The sales price is $9.4 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. Upon completion of the transaction, Skechers will become a privately held company. New York City-based private equity firm 3G will pay $63 per share in cash, representing a premium of 30 percent to Skechers’ 15-day, volume-weighted average stock price. The transaction also includes the option for existing shareholders of Skechers to instead receive $57 in cash and one unlisted, non-transferrable equity unit in the newly formed company. Founded more than 30 years ago in Manhattan Beach, Calif., Skechers maintains $9 billion in annual sales and is the third largest footwear company in the world. There are more than 5,300 Skechers retail stores worldwide that sell clothing, shoes and accessories at affordable prices. Skechers says the new private company will continue to execute its ongoing strategic initiatives, including the design of innovative products, international development, direct-to-consumer expansion, domestic wholesale growth and strategic investments in global distribution, infrastructure and technology. The Skechers board of directors unanimously approved the sale. Skechers will continue to be …
NEW YORK CITY — SCALE Lending, the debt financing arm of Slate Property Group, has provided a $166 million construction loan for a 367-unit multifamily project that will be located at 280 Bergen St. in the Boreum Hill area of Brooklyn. Designed by Fischer Rasmussen Whitfield Architects, the four-building development will consist of three 11-story buildings and one 12-story building in addition to 9,700 square feet of commercial space and 40 parking spaces. Residences will come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities will include a fitness center with a yoga studio, theater, game room, lounge and a children’s playroom. Galaxy Capital arranged the 30-month loan on behalf of the borrower, locally based developer Goose Property Management. Construction is expected to last about 28 months.
NEW YORK CITY — Ocean West Capital Partners has arranged the foreclosure of 285 Madison Avenue, a 511,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan. Ocean West represented the mezzanine lender, which was comprised of a consortium of insurance companies based in South Korea. The property owner was not disclosed, but multiple sources, including The New York Business Journal, report that that entity is RFR. The property’s loan fell into maturity default in late 2022 and was subsequently extended to provide time for recovery, but the debt came back into default in late 2024 when the extension expired. Ocean West was brought in at this time to serve as advisor to the mezzanine lenders and evaluate various debt recovery strategies. DLA Piper LLP provided legal representation to the mezzanine lender(s) throughout the process. Newmark managed the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) auction marketing process, and Daol Asset Management served as the Korean investment advisor for this transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based owner-operator BRP Cos. has begun leasing Ruby Square, a 614-unit mixed-income multifamily development in the Jamaica area of Queens. Ruby Square features a mix of studios (seven), one-bedroom units (454) and two-bedroom apartments (153). About a third (185) of the units are affordable for residents earning between 80 and 130 percent of the area median income. The property also offers 50,000 square feet of amenity space across a two-level private park, multiple rooftop lounges, a fitness center, coworking spaces, multiple resident lounges, an indoor basketball court, children’s playroom, pet grooming facilities and a 24/7 attended lobby. The first move-ins are now underway. Market-rate rents start at about $2,800 per month.
LIVERPOOL, N.Y. — Michigan-based brokerage firm Friedman Real Estate has arranged the sale of a 583,851-square-foot industrial property in Liverpool, located just outside of Syracuse. The property at 7245 Henry Clay Blvd. previously housed a distribution facility for convenience and drugstore chain Rite Aid. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built on 58 acres in 1978 and features a clear height of 24 feet, 35 exterior dock doors, five drive-in bays and 300 standard parking spaces. The buyer, seller and sales price were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Brax Realty has negotiated the $8.2 million sale of a portfolio of five mixed-use buildings in Harlem and Queens. The properties include nine apartments and 10 commercial spaces and are located at 1873 Lexington Ave., 149 E. 116th St., 151 E. 116th St., 175 E. 116th St. and 220-20 Merrick Blvd. Alan Stenson of Brax Realty represented the seller and procured the buyers, all of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Coworking concept ElevatedNY has signed a 26,000-square-foot lease expansion at The Hippodrome, a 620,000-square-foot building located at 1102 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. Designed by LB Architects, the expanded space features 18 fully furnished “team suites” that are designed to accommodate organizations of up to 12 people. ElevatedNY’s footprint within the 21-story building now encompasses 130,000 square feet across four floors. Edison Properties owns The Hippodrome.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based owner-operator The Feil Organization has received a $65 million construction loan for an office-to-residential conversion project in Midtown Manhattan. The project will convert the 14-story office building at 140 W. 57th St., which was originally constructed in 1908, into a 47-unit condo building. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and will range in size from 502 to 1,776 square feet. Amenities will include a landscaped rooftop deck, indoor resident lounge, fitness center and a tenant storage room. The existing lobby, entryway, elevators and common hallways will be upgraded as part of the conversion. Deutsche Bank provided the loan. Construction is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks and to be complete in late 2026. MdeAs Architects is designing the project, which Feil is developing in partnership with Lloyd Goldman and the Nakash Family.
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