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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
NEW YORK CITY AND DENVER — Global Net Lease Inc. (NYSE: GNL), a New York City-based net lease REIT, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Modiv Industrial Inc. (NYSE: MDV), an industrial REIT based in Denver. The acquisition, which has been approved by the boards of directors for both companies, is valued at $535 million. Modiv Industrial owns and operates single-tenant industrial properties that are occupied by manufacturers on long-term net leases. According to the company, it is the only publicly traded REIT that exclusively focuses on ownership of manufacturing facilities. Recently announced transactions include Modiv acquiring a Fujifilm-occupied facility in Santa Clara, Calif., and agreeing to sell a facility in Melbourne, Fla., that is leased to Northrop Grumman. The merger deal will grow Global Net Lease’s holdings of mission-critical industrial properties. Though the number of properties involved was not released, multiple media outlets report that Modiv owned 39 industrial facilities at the time of sale. For Modiv, the transaction is expected to increase annual dividend payments by 25 percent for the combined company. No senior level executive changes are expected to occur as a result of the merger. Under terms of the all-stock transaction, holders of …
NEW YORK CITY — An affiliate of Olshan Properties has received a $40 million loan for the refinancing of 99 Hudson Street, a 183,958-square-foot office building in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. Completed in 1930, the 17-story building was 97 percent leased at the time of the loan closing. Tenants include Chobani, plant-based meal delivery service Daily Harvest, consulting firm HR&A Advisors and ODA Architecture. Steven Klein led the JLL team that arranged the loan through an undisclosed life insurance company on behalf of ownership.
MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $28.2 million acquisition loan for a portfolio of six small-bay industrial buildings in Mamaroneck, located north of New York City in Westchester County. The square footage of the portfolio was not disclosed. John Alascio, T.J. Sullivan and Mitch Rothstein of Cushman & Wakefield originated the floating-rate loan through Sound Point Capital Management. The borrower was also not disclosed.
