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NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Gamma Real Estate and JVP Management has completed Sutton Tower, an 80-story residential tower located at 430 E. 58th St. within the Sutton Place neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan. The building houses 120 for-sale condos and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, sports simulator room, screening room, private dining room, children’s play area and a sculpture garden. Thomas Juul-Hansen designed the building, and global development and investment firm Lendlease served as the general contractor. Construction began in 2018. Move-ins will begin over the summer.

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NEW YORK CITY — Savills has negotiated a 41,613-square-foot office sublease at 1345 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant, law firm Greenspoon Marder, plans to take occupancy of the entire 22nd floor of the building by the end of the year. Jeffrey Peck, Daniel Horowitz, Thomas Capocefalo and Jacob Stern of Savills represented Greenspoon Marder in the negotiations for the eight-year sublease. Bryan Boisi and Paul Ferraro from Cushman & Wakefield represented the sublandlord, CBS Broadcasting. Fisher Brothers owns the building.

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based social services organization Rising Ground has signed a 29,566-square-foot office headquarters lease at 1333 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan. Rising Ground will occupy the entire eighth floor of the 12-story, 295,530-square-foot building, which recently underwent a capital improvement program. Lindsay Ornstein, Stephen Powers, Arthur Skelskie, Alexander Smith and Kendall Elliott of OPEN Impact Real Estate represented Rising Ground, which will take occupancy next year, in the lease negotiations. Robert Lowe and Ron Lo Russo of Cushman & Wakefield, along with internal agent Shanae Ursini, represented the landlord, Empire State Realty Trust.

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $150 million sale of the Sea Park Affordable Housing Portfolio, a collection of three mixed-income residential properties totaling 818 units on Brooklyn’s Coney Island. Victor Sozio, Shimon Shkury, Benjamin Vago and Remi Mandell of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller, Arker Cos., in the transaction. The buyer was a partnership between Tredway, Gilbane Development Co. and ELH Management. The sale included a 89,357-square-foot parcel that can support 153 units of new development.

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NEW YORK CITY — Long Island-based investment firm Bayrock Capital has acquired a 381-room Holiday Inn hotel located in the Long Island City area of Queens for $76.5 million. The 114,000-square-foot hotel, which is located at 37-10 10th St., opened in 2022 and offers a business center, fitness center and a convenience mart. Jake Blatter of KFIR Capital represented Bayrock Capital in the off-market transaction. The seller was New York-based owner-operator McSam Hotel Group.

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NEW YORK CITY — Douglaston Development has started construction of a $320 million multifamily project in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The 474,000-square-foot development is located at 1057 Atlantic Ave. in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Upon completion, the community will rise 17 stories and offer 456 units of mixed-income housing. The units, 137 of which will be affordable housing, will be offered in one-, two- and three-bedroom configurations.  A partnership between BEB Capital and Totem began assembling the site in 2019. Douglaston recently acquired the site for $66 million from the partnership, retaining both parties as co-developers for the project. TerraCRG brokered the transaction. Shared amenities will include a fitness center, lounge, golf simulator, game room, screening room, children’s playroom and a landscaped rooftop deck with views of Brooklyn and the Manhattan skyline. In addition to the residential portion of the community, the development will also feature 31,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Greystone Capital Advisors arranged funding for the project, which includes $185 million in construction financing placed through Wells Fargo Bank, M&T Bank and BankUnited. Funds managed by Ares Real Estate have also acquired preferred interest in the development, which is slated for completion in late 2025.  New …

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NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between locally based investment firm Slate Property Group, KABR Group and Avenue Realty Capital has acquired 600 Columbus, a 166-unit apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The sales price was $120 million. The 14-story building, which occupies an entire city block between 89th and 90th streets, houses 27,500 square feet of retail space that is leased to ACE Hardware, Atmosphere Kitchen & Bath, Round Star Soccer and Columbus Pre-School. Apollo Global Management provided a $68 million acquisition loan for the deal. The name of the seller and original developer of the property was not disclosed. Bob Knakal of JLL brokered the deal. The new ownership plans to implement a capital improvement program.

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based developer LCOR has topped out 1515 Surf Avenue, a 463-unit multifamily project in Brooklyn’s Coney Island area. Designed by STUDIO V Architecture, the building will offer one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as an outdoor pool, landscaped courtyard, fitness center, an indoor basketball court, multiple tenant lounges and coworking spaces. Approximately 30 percent (139) of the residences will be reserved as affordable housing. The building will also house 11,000 square feet of retail space. LRC Construction is the general contractor for the project, completion of which is slated for early 2024.

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COMMACK, N.Y. — San Francisco-based developer Bristol Group is nearing completion of a 178,124-square-foot speculative industrial project in the Long Island community of Commack. The property features a clear height of 36 feet, 31 dock-high loading doors, two drive-in ramps, 205 car parking spaces and 16 trailer parking stalls. The site can also support future expansion or additional parking requirements. Full delivery is slated for June. JLL is marketing the property for lease.

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NEW YORK CITY — German discount grocer Lidl will open a 34,484-square-foot store at Glen Oaks Shopping Center in Queens. Ken Schuckman of Schuckman Realty represented Lidl in the lease negotiations. Randall Briskin represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, on an internal basis. The store, which is scheduled to open sometime next year, will be Lidl’s third in the borough.

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