HAMBURG, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of two adjacent retail centers totaling 416,544 square feet in Hamburg, a southern suburb of Buffalo. The first center, BJ’s Plaza, is anchored by BJ’s Wholesale Club and was fully leased to 10 tenants at the time of sale. Home Depot anchors the second property, McKinley Milestrip, which was 94 percent leased to 20 tenants at the time of sale. The centers comprise 176,045 and 240,499 square feet, respectively. Gary Gabriel, David Bernhaut, Brian Whitmer, Frank DiTommaso and Max Helfman of Cushman & Wakefield, in association with Ben Borruso of Pyramid Brokerage Co., represented the seller, a joint venture between DRA Advisors and DLC Management Corp. New York City-based Northpath Investments acquired the properties for an undisclosed price.
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NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has signed a 119,000-square-foot office lease at 31 W. 52nd St., a 768,000-square-foot building in Midtown Manhattan. The lease term is 16.5 years. The firm will occupy floors five through nine, the first four of which are currently occupied by law firm Clifford Chance on a lease that expires in June 2024. The ninth floor is currently vacant. New York City-based Paramout Assets owns the building.
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $22 million sale of a two-story, 5,000-square-foot retail property in the Long Island community of East Hampton. Jordan Sutton, Robert Shapiro, Dan Abbondandolo and Victor Little of Cushman & Wakefield represented the two private investors who sold the asset in the transaction. Luxury retailer Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy acquired the property, which is currently leased to jewelry and accessories retailer Cartier.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Meeting House Lane Medical Practice has signed an 11,778-square-foot healthcare lease renewal in the Long Island community of Southampton. Dan Oliver of Newmark represented the landlord, New York-based BEB Capital, in the lease negotiations. David Leviton of JLL represented the tenant, which has committed to the space for an additional 10 years.
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York-based brokerage firm Jacobson Properties has negotiated the sale of a 17,380-square-foot medical office building in Albany. St. Peter’s Health Partners occupies the building and also operates a hospital about three miles away. A partnership of four limited liability companies sold the asset to a healthcare REIT for approximately $5.2 million, with all parties requesting anonymity. Lisa Menin of Jacobson Properties brokered the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Seedtag Advertising has signed a 5,909-square-foot office lease at 13-15 W. 27th St. in Manhattan’s NoMad district. Seedtag will move into the entire third floor of the 11-story building, which recently underwent a capital improvement progam, at an undisclosed date. Sebastian Infante and Jamie Katcher of Raise Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Michael Heaner, Elliot Warren and Grant Greenspan of Kaufman Organization represented the landlord.
SALT LAKE CITY AND BUFFALO, N.Y. — Extra Space Storage Inc. (NYSE: EXR), a Salt Lake City-based REIT, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Buffalo-based REIT Life Storage (NYSE: LSI) in an all-stock transaction. According to multiple news outlets including The Wall Street Journal and Reuters, the deal is valued at $12.7 billion. The combined portfolio will yield the largest self-storage operation in the country, with over 3,500 locations spanning over 264 million square feet that serve more than 2 million customers. In announcing the deal, executives of both REITs noted that combining their respective platforms creates opportunities to maximize value for shareholders via additional scaling of third-party management services and access to elevated levels of joint-venture equity and bridge-loan debt for future developments and acquisitions. Under the terms of the agreement, Life Storage shareholders will receive roughly nine-tenths of a share of Extra Space common stock for each share of Life Storage stock that they own. At closing, Extra Space and Life Storage shareholders are expected to own approximately 65 percent and 35 percent of the combined company, respectively. The boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction, and the deal is expected to …
NEW YORK CITY — The Durst Organization has completed the lease-up of SVEN, a 70-story apartment tower in Queens. Designed by Handel Architects, the building is the borough’s second tallest and houses 958 units, including 288 income-restricted residences, as well as 50,000 square feet of amenities. Leasing began in January 2021, and the building’s market-rate residences are now fully occupied. Finback Brewery will also open a microbrewery and taproom at SVEN later this year.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $22.5 million sale of a 19,437-square-foot mixed-use building at 150 Lawrence St. in Brooklyn. According to LoopNet Inc., the building was originally constructed in 1920 and features office and residential uses. Shaun Riney, Michael Salvatico and Robbie Ferman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, The Kao Family, in the transaction. The trio also procured the buyer, private investor and developer Solomon Schwimmer. Future plans for the parcel were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Manhattan Mini Storage is underway on a self-storage redevelopment project on the Upper West Side that will add 1,200 units to the local supply. The company, which is owned by Missouri-based developer and operator StorageMart, plans to redevelop the site of the former CMX Cinema into a six-story self-storage building that offers 65,000 net rentable square feet of space. The project, which is slated for a 2024 completion, will also function as an addition to Manhattan Mini Storage’s existing facility at 420 E. 62nd St.