NEW YORK CITY — IAC, a holding company of media and digital assets whose brands include The Daily Beast and Investopedia, has acquired the land on which its 10-story headquarters office at 555 West 18th St. in Manhattan is situated. The sales price was $80 million. Designed by architect Frank Gehry, the building was completed in 2007. Eric Michael Anton and Steven Siegel of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, brokered the deal. The name of the entity that sold the land was not disclosed.
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of The Shoppes at Jefferson Valley Mall, a 153,151-square-foot shopping center in Yorktown Heights. Built in 1983, the center is located about 40 miles north of Manhattan on a 12-acre site that is adjacent to Jefferson Valley Mall. Formerly anchored by Sears and now anchored by 24 Hour Fitness, the property was 24 percent leased at the time of sale. Joseph French Jr. and Kodi Traver of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, a New York-based private investor, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — New Jersey-based intermediary Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $47 million loan for the refinancing of Hyatt House New York, a 150-room hotel in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. Beau Williams of Cronheim’s hospitality capital markets group led a team that arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, locally based investment firm Lexin Capital. An undisclosed, New York-based bank provided the debt.
MEDFORD, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $4 million sale of a 552,341-square-foot commercial development site in the Long Island community of Medford. The 12.6-acre site comprises two lots that can support a range of uses, including industrial or storage. Daniel Abbondandolo and Rob Cullen of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, Mary Spina Realty Inc. & Philip Spina Realty Inc., in the transaction. David Pennetta and Stephen Cadorette, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented the buyer, Blue Sky Endeavors.
NEW YORK CITY — Golfzon Social, an entertainment concept that centers on golf simulation, will open an 18,000-square-foot center at 11 Hoyt, a 57-story residential development in Brooklyn by Tishman Speyer. The venue will offer 16 hitting bays, screens for watching live sports, a chef-driven menu, craft cocktails and beers and an onsite professional for private lessons. Don Cafero of JLL represented Golfzon Social in its site selection and lease negotiations. Tishman Speyer was self-represented. The opening is scheduled for the fall.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firms Stav Equities LLC and Invictus Property Advisors have arranged the $3.7 million sale of a multifamily development site at 48 Somers St. in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. The site is approved for the construction of a seven-story building that will house 24 apartments, a community center and a retail space. Jacob Stavsky of Stav Equities and Andrew Levine, Josh Lipton and Jax Hindmarch of Invictus, represented both undisclosed parties in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — VITAL, a full-service fitness and climbing gym, will open a 45,000-square-foot facility at Essex Crossing, a mixed-use development on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The three-story facility will offer bouldering, yoga, cycling, open weightlifting, fitness classes and climbing instruction. The opening is slated for spring 2024. A joint venture between Taconic Partners, L+M Development Partners, BFC Partners, The Prusik Group and Goldman Sachs Asset Management owns Essex Crossing.
NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Cohen Clair Lans Greifer & Simpson LLP has signed a 17,862-square-foot office lease at 919 Third Ave. in Midtown Manhattan. The lease term is 10 years. The 47-story, 1.5 million-square-foot building was originally constructed in 1970 and recently underwent a capital improvement program. Robert Alexander, Ryan Alexander, Emily Chabrier, Taylor Callaghan, Alex D’Amario and Nicole Marshall of CBRE represented the landlord, SL Green, in the lease negotiations. Craig Reicher and James Ackerson, also with CBRE, represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated the $20 million sale of a portfolio of three contiguous multifamily buildings totaling 36 units in Manhattan. The buildings, which are located across from the Port Authority bus terminal at 321-325 W. 42nd St. and include ground-floor retail space, were constructed in the 1920s. An undisclosed private investor who had owned the portfolio for 25 years sold the assets to Aya Acquisitions. Bob Knakal and Jonathan Hageman of JLL brokered the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — CBSK Development will redevelop the Jacob Riis Bathhouse, a historic building in the Rockaway Beach area of Queens that was originally constructed in 1932. The redevelopment will convert the 40,000-square-foot bathhouse into a 28-room boutique hotel with 1,247 square feet of retail and restaurant space and an outdoor concert venue that can accommodate up to 2,000 people. Procida Funding provided a $32.5 million construction loan for the project. A construction timeline was not disclosed.