NEW YORK CITY — Sagard Real Estate, the Denver-based firm formerly known as EverWest Real Estate Investors, has broken ground on 1 Nassau Place, a 332,000-square-foot warehouse on Staten Island. The site is located less than a mile from State Route 440, and the design calls for two points of ingress/egress. The building will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 60 dock doors, 175 car parking spaces, rooftop solar panels and an ESFR sprinkler system. Delivery is slated for late 2025.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $29 million sale of a portfolio of three multifamily buildings totaling 59 units in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood. The buildings at 129 Second Ave. and 36 Saint Marks Place all rise six stories and house 10 retail spaces between them. Joe Koicim, Logan Markley, Zan Colin and Matt Berger of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Jonis Realty, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Ryco Capital. Both parties are locally based.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated a 75,825-square-foot office lease at 245 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant, Tradeweb Markets (NASDAQ: TW), will occupy the entire 29th and 30th floors of the 1.8 million-square-foot building. David Kleiner, Michael Berg, Will McGarry and Finley Burger of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Patrick Murphy, Bruce Mosler, Tara Stacom, Harry Blair, Ron LoRusso, Justin Royce, Pierce Hance and Will Yeatman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, SL Green.
NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP (ECBAWM) has inked a 6,000-square-foot office lease expansion at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. The deal raises the firm’s footprint within the 34-story building at 1 Rockefeller Plaza from 16,000 to 22,000 square feet. Zev Holzman of Savills and Paul Revson of Emerald Realty represented ECBAWM in the lease negotiations. The landlord, Tishman Speyer, was represented internally.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — The Feil Organization has completed the renovation of Garden City Center, a 200,000-square-foot office building on Long Island. The building was originally constructed in 1990 and is leased to a mix of firms in the legal, insurance and professional services industries. Designed by MdeAS Architects, the project featured a full redevelopment of the common areas and entryways, as well as new landscaping, seating areas and art installations. Additional amenities include a fitness center, conference facility and a full-service restaurant.
NEW YORK CITY — Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has signed a 15-year, 144,312-square-foot office lease renewal in Midtown Manhattan. The law firm will continue to occupy six floors at 51W52, a 38-story, 900,000-square-foot building. Howard Fiddle, Scott Gottlieb, Andrew Sussman, Evan Haskell, Evan Fiddle and Caroline Merck of CBRE represented the landlord, Harbor Group International, in the lease negotiations. Mary Ann Tighe, Craig Reicher, Ramneek Rikhy and Elliot Bok, also with CBRE, represented the tenant.
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Time Equities Inc. (TEI) has purchased Big Flats Commons, a 44,635-square-foot shopping center located in the upstate New York community of Elmira. Target anchors the property, which was built in 2007. Other tenants include Best Buy, Maurice’s, Five Guys, Panera Bread, Vitamin Shoppe and Papa John’s. Ami Ziff, Jonathan Kim, Grant Scott and Eli Smith represented TEI in the transaction on an in-house basis. Kenneth Brownwell of Vanguard-Fine represented the seller, NNN REIT.
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Stop & Shop to Close 32 Stores in the Northeast
QUINCY, MASS. — Stop & Shop, a grocery store chain based in the Boston suburb of Quincy, has announced plans to close 32 locations by the end of this year. Situated throughout the Northeast, the stores — described in a press release as “underperforming” — are located in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. According to the grocer, the affected stores will shutter on or before Nov. 2. Associates at the locations will be offered other employment within the company. “As we announced in May, Stop & Shop has evaluated its overall store portfolio and made the difficult decision to close underperforming stores to create a healthy base for the future growth of our brand,” says Gordon Reid, president of Stop & Shop. The company has remodeled 190 stores since 2018, and Reid notes that the remodeled stores are performing better than the stores selected for closure. Accordingly, Stop & Shop plans to focus on “growth through price investments and store remodels.” Following the closures, Stop & Shop’s portfolio will comprise more than 350 stores across five states, with 81 stores in Connecticut, 115 in Massachusetts, 47 in New Jersey, 91 in New York and 25 in …
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the $36 million sale of a 112,000-square-foot mixed-use building located at 65 W. 55th St. in Midtown Manhattan. The sales price translates to a cap rate of 5.2 percent. The 13-story, elevator-served building was originally constructed in 1962 and consists of 70 apartments, 20 office suites and three retail spaces. Aaron Jungreis, Ben Khakshoor and Alex Fuchs of Rosewood represented both the seller, Sachs Cos., and the buyer, private investor John Choi, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — A developer doing business as Bronx 161 LLC has completed Bronx Vibe, a 155-unit mixed-income housing project in the borough’s Concourse Village area. Residences come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, with 30 percent of the units reserved as affordable housing. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, coworking lounge, game roof and a rooftop terrace. IMC Architecture designed the project. Classic Image handled interior design, and Ray Builders served as the general contractor. Information on starting rents was not disclosed.