NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm RFR Holding has debuted The Playground + Conference Center, a $25 million amenity complex within The Seagram Building, located at 375 Park Ave. in Midtown Manhattan. The 35,000-square-foot space is a restructuring of the 38-story building’s underground parking garage and features a 3,500-square-foot fitness center, an open multi-sport court, climbing wall, boardroom and a training room. The sport court can support basketball, volleyball or soccer and can also be converted into a 150-person theater for town hall meetings or large-screen presentations. The Playground also houses locker rooms and a hydration lounge and has an onsite fitness director.
CLAY AND BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of the Store Your Stuff Portfolio, a duo of self-storage facilities totaling 748 units in Upstate New York. The facilities, which comprise 83,550 net rentable square feet across 80 climate-controlled units and 668 non-climate-controlled units, are specifically located in Clay and Baldwinsville, both of which are northern suburbs of Syracuse. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an individual/personal trust, in the transaction. The trio also procured the buyer, a limited liability company. John Horowitz of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $176 million construction loan for a 360-unit multifamily project that will be located at 420 Carroll St. in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood. Designed by FX Collaborative and Studio Mainer, the transit-served, waterfront building will rise 20 stories and include roughly 27,500 square feet of retail and commercial space. In addition, 25 percent of the units will be reserved as affordable housing. Christopher Peck, Nicco Lupo, Jeff Julien, Rob Hinckley and Jonathan Faxon of JLL arranged the loan through Bank OZK on behalf of the developer, a joint venture led by The Domain Cos. Completion is slated for December 2024.
NEW YORK CITY — ACORE Capital has provided a $127.5 million loan for the refinancing of 77 Water Street, a 26-story office building in Manhattan’s Financial District. Grant Frankel, Ethan Pond and Tanner McNeil of Eastdil Secured arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Sage Realty and Principal Real Estate Investors that will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements. William Kaufman Co., the parent company of Sage Realty, originally constructed the 614,000-square-foot building in 1970.
NEW YORK CITY — Catholic Charities of Brooklyn & Queens has opened the doors on Pope Francis Apartments of Loreto, a 135-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by RKTB Architects, the development replaces a former Catholic church that closed in 2009. The new residence meets Enterprise Green Communities Criteria, a comprehensive green building framework specifically for affordable housing. The design and development team previously completed the adjacent Monsignor Anthony J. Baretta Apartments, which is considered Phase I of a larger set of redevelopment plans.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment firm DIB Development Group has acquired a roughly 100,000-square-foot industrial property in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood for $19.9 million. The four-story complex was originally constructed in 1917 and is located across the street from the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Gary Mayzlin of Real Estate Trade Co. Inc. represented the seller, Deitsch Realty, in the transaction.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — California-based brokerage group JRW Realty has negotiated the $24.5 million sale of a 61,916-square-foot retail property in the Long Island community of Uniondale. Grocer ShopRite occupies the property, which is also adjacent to a Walmart Supercenter. Aaron Bush of JRW Realty represented the undisclosed, institutional buyer in the transaction. Prodigy Real Estate Group represented the seller, New Jersey-based First National Realty Partners.
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — Northmarq has provided a $22 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Springvale Apartments, a 524-unit active adult community in Croton-on-Hudson, about 30 miles north of Manhattan. The 31-building property was built on a 35-acre site overlooking the Hudson River between 1956 and 1959 and is reserved for renters age 55 and above. Robert Ranieri of Northmarq originated the loan, which carried a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Los Angeles-based lender PCCP LLC has provided a $43.5 million senior construction loan for a 58,950-square-foot industrial project in The Bronx. The facility at 1100 Leggett Ave. in the Hunts Point neighborhood will be a build-to-suit for a subsidiary of Brambles, an Australian manufacturer of pallets, crates and containers. Chris Peck and Pete Rotchford of JLL placed the loan with PCCP on behalf of the borrower, Innovo Property Group.
NEW YORK CITY — Global communications firm Edelman has signed a 173,618-square-foot office lease renewal at 250 Hudson Street in Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood. The company will continue to occupy six floors, as well as a penthouse level that includes private outdoor space, at the 400,000-square-foot building for the next 15 years. Mary Ann Tighe, Ken Meyerson, Todd Lippman and Adele Huang of CBRE represented Edelman in the lease negotiations. Adam Rappaport and Brett Greenberg represented the locally based landlord, Jack Resnick & Sons, on an internal basis.