NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $5.5 million sale of an eight-unit apartment building located in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn. According to StreetEasy.com, the four-story building was originally built in 1920. Benjamin Vago, Stephen Vorvolakos and Sean Kelly of Ariel Property Advisors brokered the deal. Both the buyer and seller requested anonymity. The deal traded at a cap rate of 4.8 percent.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged the $252 million sale of the former AIG global headquarters to 99c LLC, a real estate firm specializing in adaptive reuse development in urban markets. The 31-story property is located at 175 Water St. in Lower Manhattan’s Seaport submarket and comprises 684,500 square feet of rentable space. Vanbarton Group was the seller. The purchase represents 99c’s entry into the New York market following a focus on London, where it acquired millions of square feet of commercial office space. The firm is currently one year into a four-year plan to do the same in New York. 175 Water St. features 12-foot ceilings, 24,000-square-foot floor plates, center-core configuration and an efficient design. The building’s flexibility also includes an unused ground floor, which is being primed for a reimagined lobby along with two usable rooftop terraces with amenities. The building is completely vacant, following AIG’s move to a new location in 2021. Andrew Scandalios, David Giancola, Vickram Jambu, Marion Jones, Steven Rutman and Alexander Riguardi led JLL’s capital markets investment sales advisory team representing the seller. “175 Water St. received a generous amount of investor interest given the nature of the building, which provided a blank canvas …
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment firm Regal Ventures has acquired a 37,165-square-foot retail and parking condo located at 897 Eighth Ave. in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. The sales price was $35.2 million. The property’s retail component is 15,893 square feet, and the parking space spans 21,272 square feet. Regal Ventures acquired the property in partnership with Morrison Street Capital from Prudential Financial.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $5.7 million sale of a 35-unit apartment building located in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn. The four-story building houses four studios, 30 one-bedroom units and one three-bedroom residence. Stephen Vorvolakos, Sean Kelly and Lawrence Sarn of Ariel Property Advisors brokered the deal. Both the buyer and seller requested anonymity.
NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has negotiated five office leases totaling 17,687 square feet at 424 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The new tenants are Japanese Medical Care, Alignage Fertility, Vaerstandig & Sons, Yehuda Diamond Co. and JKB2 Medical Management. Paul Walker and Jordan Donohue represented the landlord, BLDG Management, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representatives were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — The Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services Inc. has signed a 12,230-square-foot office sublease at 463 Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. The 22-story building was originally constructed in 1925. David Levy of Adams & Co. represented the landlord, The Arsenal Co., in the lease negotiations. David Lebenstein of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $5.5 million sale of a 25-room motel located at 1440 E. 222nd St. in The Bronx. Jonathan Squires, Josh Neustadter and Austin Weiner of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Bay Chester Motel Inc., in the transaction. An entity doing business as Bay Plaza 1440 LLC purchased the motel, which includes 35 parking spaces and will be delivered vacant.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $40.6 million sale of a 142,500-square-foot multifamily development site in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. The buyer, an entity doing business as Tankhouse LLC, did not disclose specific development plans, but the site carries a mandatory inclusionary zoning requirement. Sean Kelly and Stephen Vorvolakos of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller, Pilot Real Estate Group, in the land deal.
NEW YORK CITY — New York Life Insurance Co. has signed a 47,000-square-foot office sublease at One World Trade Center in Manhattan. The company is subleasing the entire 39th floor of the 104-story skyscraper for 10 years from Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. One World Trade Center was built in 2013 and offers amenities such as a café, conference center and a sky lounge. Peter Riguardi, Steven Rotter, Joseph Messina, Jessica Berkey, Brett Harvey and Andrew Coe of JLL represented Advance Magazine Publishers in the sublease negotiations. Matthew Astrachan, Nicole Tiger, George Gemelos and Kristen Morgan, also with JLL, represented New York Life. The Port Authority of New York/New Jersey owns the building in partnership with The Durst Organization, whose internal agent Eric Engelhardt also worked on the deal. New York Life plans to relocate from 120 Broadway to the new space in May 2023.
NEW YORK CITY — Japanese alcoholic beverage supplier Suntory has signed a 100,000-square-foot office headquarters lease at 11 Madison Avenue in Manhattan. About 150 employees will work in the full-floor space, which includes two bar areas, a tasting room, interactive conference room, a digital art exhibit and flexible workstations. David Kleinhandler, Joe Cybulski, James Whalen and Maura Flanagan of CBRE represented Suntory, which is relocating from Chicago, in the lease negotiations. Zach Freeman, David Kaufman and Neil Kessner represented the landlord, SL Green, on an internal basis.