NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between The Domain Cos., LMXD, which is an affiliate of L&M Cos., and Park Tower Group will develop three apartment buildings totaling roughly 1,000 units in the Greenpoint area of Brooklyn. The project, which will include 300 affordable housing units and 20,000 square feet of retail space, will be part of Greenpoint Landing, a 22-acre waterfront development that will ultimately have 5,500 residential units. Handel Architects is designing the project, and Field Operations is handling landscape design. Bank OZK provided the partnership an $81 million senior loan for the acquisition of the land, and InterVest Capital Partners provided $33 million in mezzanine financing, as well as a structured equity solution for acquisition and pre-development costs. Christopher Peck, Nicco Lupo, Rob Hinckley, Scott Aiese and Jonathan Faxon of JLL arranged the financing. Vertical construction is expected to begin next summer.
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield and Pyramid Brokerage Co. have co-arranged the $82.4 million sale of Foxrun Apartments and North Pointe Apartments, two multifamily properties in the upstate New York community of Clifton Park. Spanning 41 acres, Foxrun Apartments offers 468 units. Spanning 12 acres, North Pointe Apartments totals 198 units. Affiliates of The Solomon Organization sold the properties to Merion Realty Partners, which partnered with Eastham Capital on the deal. Niko Nicolaou, Ryan Dowd, Peter Welch, J.P. Hohl and Alexandria Russo Ebers of Cushman & Wakefield, alongside Jonathan Weinstein, Robert Stewart and Joseph Mahoney of Pyramid Brokerage Co. represented both parties in the transaction. Both properties were more than 90 percent occupied at the time of sale.
NEW YORK CITY — Pickleball concept CityPickle will open a 37,000-square-foot venue at 1501 Broadway in the Times Square area of Midtown Manhattan. The space will be located on the eighth floor of the 885,000-square-foot tower, which is known locally as the Paramount Building due to its original construction as the home of Paramount Pictures. The venue will feature seven courts, a bar and restaurant, lounge and event space and locker rooms. The space will also serve as CityPickle’s new corporate headquarters office. The opening is scheduled for the fall.
NEW YORK CITY — Apparel retailer GMA Accessories has signed a 23,698-square-foot office lease extension in Midtown Manhattan. The lease term is approximately 12 years, and the space spans the seventh and 10th floors at 389 Fifth Avenue, a 12-story building that was originally constructed in 1922. Max Koeppel of Koeppel Rosen LLC represented the landlord, the Rosen Family, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Michael Joseph of Colliers represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based owner-operator BRP Cos. has completed 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. Leasing launched in May, at which time market-rate rents started at about $2,800 per month.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $20 million sale of a multifamily development site in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn. The site at 224-240 Clarkson Ave. is located within an Opportunity Zone and can support up to 150,000 buildable square feet of new development. Sean Kelly, Shimon Shkury and Lawrence Sarn of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller, private investor Albert Rabizadeh, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Apparel retailer Capelli Sales has signed a 39,081-square-foot office lease extension in Midtown Manhattan. The lease term is approximately 12 years, and the space spans the eighth, ninth and 10th floors at One East 33rd Street, a 12-story building that was originally constructed in 1913. Max Koeppel of Koeppel Rosen LLC represented the landlord, the Rosen Family, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Michael Joseph of Colliers represented the tenant.
RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — Greystone has provided a $166.2 million Freddie Mac permanent loan for The Core at Station Yards, a mixed-use property in Ronkonkoma, located on Long Island. The Core at Station Yards, which is situated within the 2 million-square-foot Station Yards development, comprises 388 apartments and roughly 83,500 square feet of retail and office space. Drew Fletcher, Jesse Kopecky and Bryan Grover of Greystone originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between TRITEC Real Estate Co. and The Olayan Group. The loan was structured with a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate.
BELLPORT, N.Y. — JLL has negotiated the sale of The Storage Vault, a 749-unit self-storage facility located at 73 Horseblock Road in the Long Island community of Bellport. Constructed on approximately 5 acres in 2020, The Storage Vault totals 54,750 net rentable square feet of predominantly climate-controlled space. The property also includes 73 RV, boat and trailer storage spaces and 33 drive-up spaces. JLL represented the seller, Storage Vault, in the transaction. The buyer was National Storage Affiliates. The sales price was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Steptoe LLP has signed a 57,988-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The international law firm will occupy three full floors at 1133 Avenue of the Americas, a 45-story, 1.1 million-square-foot building. Timothy Dempsey and Greg Maurer-Hollaender of CBRE represented Steptoe in the lease negotiations. Rocco Romeo and Nora Caliban represented the landlord, The Durst Organization, on an internal basis.