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Largo Capital Arranges $26M Loan for Refinancing of Staten Island Shopping Center

Taylor Williams — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:05:00 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — Largo Capital, a financial intermediary based in upstate New York, has arranged a $26 million loan for the refinancing of a 99,897-square-foot shopping center in the Great Kills neighborhood of Staten Island. Regional grocer ShopRite anchors the center under a long-term lease. Kevin Coscia of Largo Capital arranged the financing through an undisclosed life insurance company. The borrower was also not disclosed.

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JLL Arranges $370M Loan for Refinancing of Brooklyn Apartment Complex

Taylor Williams — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:55:09 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $370 million bridge loan for the refinancing of Society Brooklyn, a 517-unit apartment complex in the borough’s Gowanus neighborhood. Society Brooklyn comprises 385 market-rate units and 132 affordable housing units, as well as 57,288 square feet of retail and commercial space, across two buildings. Residences are furnished with stainless steel appliances, Caesarstone countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include fitness centers, yoga studios, screening rooms, coworking spaces, rooftop terraces and pool decks with barbecue areas. Christopher Peck, Peter Rotchford and Nicco Lupo of JLL arranged the three-year loan through Brookfield Asset Management. The borrower is a partnership between Property Markets Group and The Carlyle Group.

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GFP Receives $86.5M Loan for Refinancing of Midtown Manhattan Office Building

Taylor Williams — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:02:47 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — Local owner-operator GFP Real Estate has received an $86.5 million loan for the refinancing of 515 Madison Avenue, a 42-story office building in Midtown Manhattan. Originally constructed in 1932, the 350,000-square-foot structure is known locally as the DuMont Building, a name that references the building’s role in the first television broadcasts of Allen DuMont’s experimental station W2XWV in 1938. Today, the building is home to tenants such as Encore Physical Therapy, Longacre Asset Management and GFP Real Estate itself. Paul Talbot of Newmark arranged the 10-year, floating-rate loan, which retires a $120 million loan that was originated in 2012 and had a balance of $81 million, through Apple Bank.

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Partnership Begins Leasing 187-Unit Multifamily Project in Brooklyn

Taylor Williams — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:24:38 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Ailanthus, BEB Capital and SK Development has begun leasing One Sunset, a 187-unit multifamily project in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. Designed by dencityworks | architecture with interiors by Alchemy Studio, the 14-story building offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, with 46 units reserved as affordable housing. Amenities include a fitness center, game/media room, coworking lounge, private dining/entertainment areas and a rooftop terrace. Corcoran New Development is leading the residential leasing efforts. Rents start at roughly $3,200 per month for a one-bedroom apartment.

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Emerson Hospitality Underway on Hotel Redevelopment Project in Esopus, New York

Taylor Williams — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:18:01 +0000

ESOPUS, N.Y. — Emerson Hospitality is underway on a hotel redevelopment project in Esopus, located roughly midway between New York City and Albany. The project will convert Black Creek Barns, a historic 153-acre estate, into a 70-room hotel and resort via the restoration of six historic structures and construction of new cabins and suites. Amenities will include a 7,000-square-foot indoor event hall, a 9,000-square-foot craft and design hall, a pool, wellness center and two dining venues. Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, arranged $38 million in construction financing, including $19 million in C-PACE debt, for the project, which is slated for a late-2027 completion.

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Newmark Brokers Sale of 32,400 SF Office, Retail Building in Manhattan’s SoHo District

Taylor Williams — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:13:17 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — Newmark has brokered the sale of a 32,400-square-foot office and retail building in Manhattan’s SoHo district. The landmark five-story building at 61–63 Crosby St. was fully leased at the time of sale to office users such as Comcast Ventures, Aptos Labs and SISTER Group. Patagonia’s New York City flagship store anchors the building’s retail component. The buyer was local investment firm Vertex, and the seller was undisclosed. Adam Spies, Adam Doneger, Josh King, Marcella Fasulo and Meaghan Philbin of Newmark brokered the deal.

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BLDG Management Begins Leasing 70-Story Apartment Tower in Queens

Taylor Williams — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:55:10 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — BLDG Management Co. has begun leasing The Orchard, a 70-story apartment tower located in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. The Orchard houses 824 units, including 576 market-rate apartments, 248 affordable housing units and a penthouse with a rooftop deck, as well as 13,000 square feet of above-grade retail space. The development also features 100,000 square feet of amenity space. Specific amenities include a fitness center, indoor and outdoor pools, a spa with a steam room and sauna, basketball court, multi-sport simulator, lounge areas, a children’s playroom, game room, movie screening rooms, work pods, a dog spa and a package room with refrigerated storage. The Orchard also features a “backyard” with an apple orchard, three pickleball courts, an outdoor screening area. Perkins Eastman designed The Orchard, and Triton Construction served as the general contractor. Construction began in summer 2023, and the first move-ins are now underway. Monthly rents start in the mid-$3000s for a one-bedroom apartment.

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GFI Realty Arranges $38M Sale of Manhattan Commercial Development Site

Taylor Williams — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:44:03 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — Local brokerage firm GFI Realty has arranged the $38 million sale of a commercial development site in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood. The site is an assemblage of parcels at 563–571 Second Ave. and 247–251 East 31st St., which can collectively support 88,000 square feet of buildable product. The Marchi Family sold the acreage to Empire Development. Leah Balkany and Michael Weiser of GFI Realty brokered the deal.

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Ariel Property Advisors Arranges $12M Loan for Refinancing of Queens Multifamily Portfolio

Taylor Williams — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:18:48 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged a $12 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of three multifamily buildings totaling 60 units in Queens. The addresses of the buildings, which are located in the borough’s Sunnyside neighborhood, were not disclosed. Matthew Dzbanek and Matt Swerdlow of Ariel arranged the five-year loan, which was structured with at 65 percent loan-to-value ratio and two years of interest-only payments. The undisclosed borrower will use a portion of the proceeds to complete renovations that are already underway.

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JLL Provides $125.5M Agency Loan for Refinancing of Brooklyn Apartment Building

Taylor Williams — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:39:09 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — JLL has provided a $125.5 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Union Channel, a 224-unit apartment building located in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn. Designed by Fogarty Finger Architecture, the building is the first of four within the Gowanus Wharf development and also houses 22,226 square feet of retail space. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, with 25 percent of residences reserved as affordable housing. Amenities include a rooftop pool and sundeck, fitness center with a yoga studio and a coworking lounge. Christopher Peck, Peter Rotchford, Nicco Lupo and Michael Shmuely of JLL originated the seven-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Charney Cos., Tavros and Canyon Partners Real Estate.

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Partnership Receives $48M Loan for Refinancing of Tri-State Seniors Housing Communities

Taylor Williams — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:33:55 +0000

NEW CITY, N.Y. AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A partnership between Bain Capital Real Estate and Capitol Seniors Housing has received a $48 million loan for the refinancing of two seniors housing communities in the Tri-State area. The communities include The Chelsea at New City, located about 40 miles north of New York City, and The Chelsea at Washington Township, about 75 miles west of New York City. The properties were built in 2021 and 2023, respectively, and both offer memory care and assisted living services, as well as various onsite amenities. JLL arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through an undisclosed regional bank on behalf of the partnership.

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JLL Arranges $16.4M Loan for Refinancing of Brooklyn Multifamily Property

Taylor Williams — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:49:42 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $16.4 million loan for the refinancing of CIRRUS, a 46-unit multifamily property in Brooklyn’s Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood that was completed in 2024. Designed by AB Architekten with interiors by SR Projects, CIRRUS offers studio and one-bedroom apartments and amenities such as a fitness studio, coworking lounge, package room and a sky lounge with grills, a wet bar and dining areas. Aaron Niedermayer, Robert Tonnessen and John Flynn of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of the owner, New York City-based developer Astral Weeks. The direct lender was not disclosed.

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Joint Venture Receives $111M Loan for Refinancing of Queens Apartment Building

Taylor Williams — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:27:55 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — American Lions, which is a joint venture between locally based developers Fetner Properties and Lions Group, has received a $111 million bridge loan for the refinancing of The Bold, a 164-unit apartment building in Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects, the 28-story building is located at 2701 Jackson Ave. in the borough’s Long Island City area and includes 50 affordable housing residences. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. The amenity package consists of a coworking lounge, gym with a climbing wall, party room with a bar and kitchen, clubhouse lounge, media room and a golf simulator room. Christopher Peck, Nicco Lupo, Michael Shmuely, Alex Staikos and Adam Dietrich of JLL arranged the loan through PGIM Real Estate.

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RillaVoice Signs 57,350 SF Office Lease in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg District

Taylor Williams — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:15:11 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — RillaVoice Inc. has signed a 57,350-square-foot office lease in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg district. The AI-powered communications firm has committed to the entire eighth floor at 25 Kent, a 500,000-square-foot building, for a 10-year term. Cooper Weisman and Ryan Gessin of Newmark represented RillaVoice in the lease negotiations. Jordan Gosin, Will Grover and Drew Wiley, also with Newmark, along with internal agents Craig Panzirer and Alex Radmin, represented the landlord, Global Holdings.

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Amazon Buys 143-Acre Industrial Development Site in Florida, New York

Taylor Williams — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:17:24 +0000

FLORIDA, N.Y. — Amazon has purchased a 143-acre industrial development site in Florida, located about 65 miles northwest of New York City near the New York-New Jersey border. The fully entitled site is located along State Highway 5 and has all major utilities already in place. Amazon did not announce specific development plans for the site, but the facility will be known as Mohawk Valley Industrial Center. Jim Panczykowski of JLL led a team that marketed the site on behalf of the seller, regional investment and development firm Winstanley Enterprises.

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Largo Capital Arranges $76M in Financing for Office-to-Residential Conversion in Lower Manhattan

Taylor Williams — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:57:40 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — Largo Capital, a financial intermediary based in upstate New York, has arranged $76 million in construction-to-permanent financing for an office-to-residential conversion project in Lower Manhattan. The project will redevelop the historic, 21-story office building at 2 Wall St. into a 211-unit apartment complex. Jack Phillips of Largo Capital structured the debt. The direct lender was not disclosed. The borrower was also not disclosed, but the building is listed on the website of local landlord George Comfort & Sons.

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Purple Signs 24,000 SF Office Lease in Manhattan’s NoMad District

Taylor Williams — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:50:21 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — Purple has signed a 24,000-square-foot office lease in Manhattan’s NoMad district. The global communications firm is relocating from 322 Eighth Avenue to the entire fourth floor of 16 Madison Square West, a 12-story building that was originally constructed in 1914. Jeff Buslik and Ben Levy represented the landlord, Adams & Co., in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Simon Landmann, Harrison Potter and Graham Jameson of JLL represented Purple.

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JLL Negotiates $53M Sale of Mixed-Use Development Site in Lower Manhattan

Taylor Williams — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:12:35 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated the $53 million sale of a mixed-use development site in Lower Manhattan’s Financial District. The site at 75–83 Nassau St. offers approximately 275,000 square feet of permitted zoning floor area, including 225,000 square feet of residential space that could yield as many as 265 units. Andrew Scandalios, Ethan Stanton, Jonathan Hageman and Michael Mazzara of JLL represented the seller, New York-based investment firm Lexin Capital, in the transaction. The buyer, a partnership between Fulltime Management and Montgomery Street Partners, plans to develop a residential building with ground-floor retail and second-floor commercial space.

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JLL Arranges $129M Sale of Multifamily Building in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards District

Taylor Williams — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:20:48 +0000

NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged the $129 million sale of Henry Hall, a 33-story multifamily building located at 515 W. 38th St. in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards district. Completed in 2017, Henry Hall houses 225 units in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, in addition to 12,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities include a fitness center, landscaped terrace and a “jam room” with professional music recording equipment. Jeffrey Julien, Rob Hinckley, Steven Binswanger, Steven Rutman and Devon Warren of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Shorenstein Investment Advisers and Dreamscape Cos., in the transaction. Geoff Goldstein and Christopher Pratt, also with JLL, arranged a $71 million acquisition loan for the deal through U.S. Bank on behalf of the buyer, Amstar Group.

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JLL Arranges $190M Sale of Multifamily Property in Farmingville, New York

Taylor Williams — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:45:23 +0000

FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. — JLL has arranged the $190 million sale of The Arboretum, a 292-unit, newly constructed multifamily property in Farmingville, located on Long Island. The site spans 62 acres, and the development features a mix of single-family homes and garden-style apartments. Residences come in two- and three-bedroom floor plans and have an average size of 1,682 square feet, with 30 units reserved for workforce housing. The amenity package comprises a fitness center with a yoga room, pool and cabana area, clubhouse with an entertainment kitchen, courts for tennis, pickleball and bocce ball, a putting green, playground, dog run and a business center with conference rooms. Jose Cruz, Steve Simonelli, Rob Hinckley and Austin Pierce of JLL represented the seller, BRP Cos., in the transaction. The buyer was an affiliate of The Inland Real Estate Group of Cos.

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