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MEDFORD, N.Y. — JLL has arranged $75 million in financing for Rechler Business District, a master-planned industrial business park in Medford, located on Long Island. Rechler Business District encompasses a newly constructed, 140,875-square-foot logistics facility that is fully leased, 9.8 acres of industrial outdoor storage (IOS) space that are also fully leased and approximately 45 acres of shovel-ready land. Peter Rotchford and Tyler Peck of JLL arranged the financing through AllianceBernstein on behalf of the owner, Rechler Equity Partners.

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $75 million sale of two Section 8 apartment buildings totaling 126 units in Manhattan. The properties are located at 200 Manhattan Ave. and 133 W. 104th St. in the Manhattan Valley area on the borough’s Upper West Side. Victor Sozio, Shimon Shkury and Remi Mandell of Ariel represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The name and representative of the buyer were also not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — Loeb & Loeb has signed an 18,908-square-foot office lease expansion and 16-year extension at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The law firm is taking partial space on the 13th floor of the 1.9 million-square-foot building, where it has been a tenant since 1993, bringing its total footprint to 178,959 square feet. Lewis Miller, Ken Rapp, Michael Wellen and Alex Kucera of CBRE represented Loeb & Loeb in the lease negotiations. Robert Steinman represented the landlord, Rudin, on an internal basis.

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JEFFERSON VALLEY, N.Y. — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 405-unit self-storage facility in Jefferson Valley, about 50 miles north of New York City. Built on 3.6 acres in 2022, Jefferson Valley Self Storage is a conversion of a former big box retail store that features 55,311 net rentable square feet of space. CubeSmart operates the facility, which was 87 percent occupied at the time of sale. JLL represented the seller, Columbia Pacific Advisors, in the transaction. Horizon Storage Group purchased the facility for an undisclosed price. Andover Lending, a joint venture between Andover Properties and TPG Angelo Gordon, provided acquisition financing for the deal.

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based owner-operator Benchmark Real Estate Group has received a $44.5 million loan for the refinancing of a 61-unit apartment building located at 194 E. Second St. in Manhattan’s East Village. The six-story building offers a fitness center, resident lounge and landscaped courtyard in addition to 15,450 square feet of retail space that is anchored by convenience store operator Duane Reade. Michael Zaremski, John Flynn and Clayton Ross of JLL arranged the loan through Citi on behalf of Benchmark, which purchased the building in 2024 and implemented capital improvements.

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NEW YORK CITY — Charney Cos. has purchased a 100,000-square-foot commercial building in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood for $20 million with plans to implement a redevelopment. The building at 143 Roebling St., which was vacant at the time of sale, was originally constructed in 1907 and has at times featured retail and residential uses. Ethan Stanton, Brendan Maddigan and Michael Mazzara of JLL represented the seller, Los Angeles-based Calmwater Capital, in the transaction. BH3 Fund Advisors provided acquisition financing for the deal. Charney Cos. did not disclose specific plans for the redevelopment.

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NEW YORK CITY — New York Life Insurance has provided a $386 million loan for the refinancing of 200 Madison Avenue, a 750,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan. The 26-story building was originally constructed in 1926. Havas Health is the building’s anchor tenant via a 15-year, 254,118-square-foot lease extension and expansion that was signed in August. Other tenants include architecture practice Spectorgroup and boutique law firm BraunHagey & Borden. Jonathan Estreich, Peter Duncan and Egor Petrov of Estreich & Co., along with Adam Spies, Adam Doneger and Willis Robbins of Newmark, arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan. The borrower, George Comfort & Sons, owns the building in partnership with Loeb Partners Realty and Jamestown.

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NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based Skyline Developers has completed a 97-unit apartment building at 18 W. 55th St. in Midtown Manhattan. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the 25-story building is known as 18W55 and features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, as well as 5,265 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a fitness and wellness center, coworking suite with private meeting rooms, a private cinema, golf simulator and entertainment suite and a social lounge. Construction began in mid-2023 and topped out in summer 2024. Leasing launched about nine months ago, and the building is now fully occupied.

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NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $16.2 million sale of a 28,819-square-foot retail building in The Bronx. The building at 2244 Westchester Ave. was constructed in 1970 and has housed the flagship branch and corporate headquarters of Ponce Bank for the past 25 years. Steven Siegel of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Arc Trust, in the transaction. Judson Kauffman of Surmount (formerly NNN Pro) represented the undisclosed buyer, which acquired the property via a 1031 exchange.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Locally based financial intermediary Largo Capital has placed a $24 million permanent loan for a 300,000-square-foot industrial property in Buffalo. The address of the property was not disclosed, but the site is located within an “established” industrial park just south of the downtown area. The property was fully leased to a single tenant at the time of the loan closing. Jack Phillips of Largo Capital arranged the nonrecourse loan through an undisclosed CMBS lender. The borrower was also not disclosed.

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