NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the $5 million sale of a 38-unit apartment building in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. The 35,000-square-foot building at 575 Herkimer St. was originally constructed in 1965. Ben Khakshoor of Rosewood Realty represented the buyer, Gilman Management, in the transaction. Aaron Jungreis, also with Rosewood, represented the seller, a private family.
By Brent Glodowski, director, capital markets group, Avison Young Conditions are looking up for retail real estate investment in New York City. In one sense, “up” is the only way to go for a sector that has been bumping along the bottom of a trough. But with inflation tempering investors’ recent fascination with multifamily and industrial properties, retail also offers opportunities to acquire price-corrected assets when those other property types hover near cyclical peaks. Retail’s Head Start New York’s retail real estate market was already suffering from changing consumer tendencies when COVID-19 arrived and thrust many retailers and their landlords into a full-blown crisis. Even when government-ordered shutdowns eased, remote work policies drained office buildings of the customer bases that had supported swaths of restaurants, shops and entertainment businesses. Home-bound workers became a redistributed daytime population, shifting demand for meal delivery and other retail to new areas. Hundreds of small businesses went under, leaving vacant storefronts in their wake. Some retailers altered business plans to serve shifting customer bases that had developed new, pandemic-influenced consumption practices. Landlords with vacancies to fill turned to traditional strategies, such as relocating tenants from out-of-the-way spaces to fill their most visible storefronts. Property owners …
NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan (KBR) has signed a 27,117-square-foot office lease at 875 Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The lease term is 15 years. The tenant will relocate from 120 Broadway to occupy a full floor at the 29-story building, which was originally constructed in 1982. Paul Glickman, Diana Biasotti, Kristen Morgan and Harrison Potter of JLL represented the landlord, Global Holdings Management Group, in the lease negotiations. Howard Greenberg of Howard Properties and Barry Lewen of Cresa represented KBR.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $134 million construction loan for 15 Hanover Place, a mixed-income residential project that will be located in downtown Brooklyn. The 34-story building will house 314 units, 95 of which will be reserved as affordable housing, as well as 9,000 square feet of commercial space. Gideon Gil, Zachary Kraft and Sebastian Sanchez of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the loan through Santander Bank and City National Bank on behalf of the borrower, locally based developer Lonicera Partners. A tentative completion date has not yet been established.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated the $33.7 million sale of a portfolio of three commercial properties in Manhattan’s Lenox Hill neighborhood. The building at 1026 Third Ave. comprises a ground-level restaurant, second-floor office space, one duplex and one residential loft. The two buildings at 1020-1024 Third Ave. total 19,375 square feet and consist of 25 residential units and three commercial spaces. Clint Olsen and Stephen Godnick of JLL represented the buyer, Kahen Properties, in the transaction. JLL also represented the seller in the $24 million disposition of 1020-1024 Third Avenue. Nick Judson of Judson CRE represented the seller of 1026 Third Avenue, which fetched a price of $9.7 million.
NEW YORK CITY — Marriott has opened a 130-room hotel at 111 E. 24th St. in Midtown Manhattan under that will be operated under the hospitality giant’s SpringHill Suites brand. According to Crain’s New York, McSam Hotel Group developed the property. Gene Kaufman Architect designed the 12-story hotel, which offers amenities such as a breakfast dining room, laundry, fitness center and dry cleaning service.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment and advisory firm Vanbarton Group has sold a 23,339-square-foot retail assemblage in the Morrisania neighborhood of The Bronx for $22.7 million. The sites collectively span a full block and are located at 1031-1049 Westchester Ave. and 1057 Southern Blvd. Josh Neustadter and Jonathan Squires of Cushman & Wakefield represented Vanbarton Group in the transaction. Jason Gold, Victor Sozio and Daniel Mahfar of Ariel Property Advisors represented the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment firm Seavest Healthcare Properties has acquired a 57,000-square-foot medical office building located at 355 W. 52nd St. in Manhattan. NYU Langone Health anchors the eight-story building, which was fully leased at the time of sale to an array of specialty care practitioners. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. — Affiliates of Harbor Group International (HGI) and Azure Partners have purchased Avalon Green in Elmsford, a city in Westchester County, for $306 million. The garden-style apartment community features 617 units. The seller was AvalonBay Communities Inc. Built in three phases in 1995, 2012 and 2016, Avalon Green includes a mix of townhomes, apartments and stacked flats. Residents have access to a clubhouse, resident lounge, two saltwater pools and detached garages. The buyers plan to implement a $9.2 million capital improvement program to refresh amenities and common areas and upgrade select units. The property offers access to I-287 and is five miles from the Metro-North train station, which provides direct service to Manhattan and Stamford, Conn. Additionally, Westchester County is home to corporate campuses of IBM, PepsiCo, Mastercard, Morgan Stanley and Regeneron. “Avalon Green is an attractive fit for HGI’s multifamily portfolio given its strategic location between several employment centers and transportation options along with the significant value-add potential of the community,” says Richard Litton, president of HGI. “We see long-term demand fundamentals for the Westchester area as renters seek housing in suburban markets.” Jose Cruz, Steve Simonelli, Michael Oliver, Andrew Scandalios, Marion Jones and Josh Stein of …
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based development and investment firm Innovo Property Group (IPG) has received a $435 million loan for the refinancing of a 900,000-square-foot industrial project in the Long Island City area of Queens. IPG acquired the site, which previously housed the warehouse of online grocer FreshDirect, in January 2019 with Atalaya Capital Management and Nan Fung Group for $75 million. Since then, the development has demolished the existing structures on the site and is targeting a 2024 completion for the new facility, which will feature elevated truck courts and a vertical parking structure. Starwood Property Trust and J.P Morgan provided the loan, and the former originally provided the $155 million in construction financing in early 2021. Eastdil Secured arranged the financing.