NEW YORK CITY — Loeb Enterprises has signed an 18,056-square-foot office lease renewal in Midtown Manhattan. The venture capital firm will continue to house its corporate headquarters across the sixth and seventh floors of 712 Fifth Avenue, a 52-story, 545,000-square-foot building. Anthony Dattoma of CBRE represented Loeb Enterprises in the lease negotiations. Paramount Group owns the building.
NEW YORK CITY — Affinius Capital has provided a $98 million loan for the refinancing of The Northern I and II, a 193-unit multifamily complex located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. Northern I is a nine-story structure with 64 units, and Northern II is a 10-story building with 129 units. Both properties offer a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, and the complex also houses 4,300 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a rooftop deck, fitness center with a yoga studio, private theater, onsite laundry facilities and a coworking lounge. Henry Bodek of Galaxy Capital arranged the loan through Affinius Capital on behalf of the borrower, Goose Property Management.
NEW YORK CITY — Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has purchased a portfolio of five industrial buildings totaling 435,000 square feet on Long Island. The buildings are scattered across the Suffolk County communities of Bayshore, Bayport and Ronkonkoma. Buildings range in size from 33,000 to 128,600 square feet and comprise single-story warehouse, cold storage and manufacturing facilities with clear heights ranging from 18 to 40 feet. Four of the buildings were fully leased to single tenants at the time of sale, and the fifth was recently vacated and will be redeveloped. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmitt, Ryan Larkin, Bill Baunack, Seth Zuidema and Tom DeLuca of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a partnership between Metropolitan Realty Associates and TPG Angelo Gordon, in the transaction.
KINGSTON, N.Y. — CBRE has negotiated the $36.5 million sale of two retail buildings in Kingston, about 100 miles north of New York City. The buildings are located within Hudson Valley Plaza and are leased to Lowe’s and Sam’s Club, both of which have been tenants at the 673,000-square-foot shopping center since 1996. Jeffrey Dunne, David Gavin and Travis Langer of CBRE represented the seller, United Hampshire REIT US, in the transaction and procured an undisclosed institutional investment firm as the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between locally based investment firm Alchemy Ventures and S & A Capital Group, which is a Hong Kong-based family office, has purchased a seven-unit apartment building in Manhattan for $12.5 million. The five-story building at 251 Church St. is located in the Tribeca neighborhood and consists of six four-bedroom units and one two-bedroom unit, as well as two ground-floor restaurant spaces. Maurice Suede, Eric Roth and Brett Seigel of Newmark represented the partnership and the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided a $10.1 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of The Count, a 27-unit apartment building located at 168 W. 136th St. in Harlem. The midrise building features a virtual doorman, rooftop terrace and a penthouse-level lounge/coworking space. Avi Kozlowski of Greystone originated the loan, which was structured with a fixed interest rate, 30-year amortization schedule and interest-only payments for the first two years of the five-year term. The borrower was Haussmann Development.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 10-year, 26,000-square-foot office lease expansion in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The tenant, e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE: ELF), will now occupy 39,000 square feet across three full floors at 16 West 22nd Street, where the cosmetics provider has been a tenant since 2020. Jonathan Schindler of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Barbara Yagoda of GFP Real Estate represented the landlord, Meysar Realty Corp.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — CBRE has negotiated the $34 million sale of Hudson Heritage, a 120,499-square-foot shopping center in Poughkeepsie, located north of New York City. Grocer ShopRite anchors the center, which was 92 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include CVS, Starbucks, Chipotle, AT&T, Jersey Mike’s, Burger King and PulseMD. Jeffrey Dunne, David Gavin and Travis Langer of CBRE represented the seller, an entity doing business as EFG/Saber Heritage SC LLC, in the transaction. The trio also procured the buyer, Tampa-based East Coast Acquisitions.
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided an $11.3 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of The Duke, a 28-unit apartment building located at 521 W. 134th St. in Harlem. The midrise building features a virtual doorman and a rooftop terrace. Avi Kozlowski of Greystone originated the loan, which was structured with a fixed interest rate, 30-year amortization schedule and interest-only payments for the first two years of the five-year term. The borrower was Haussmann Development.
NEW YORK CITY — Yeshiva University will open a 160,000-square-foot health sciences campus in Midtown Manhattan. The Jewish higher learning institution is entering into a 32-year leasehold condominium agreement to occupy the fifth through ninth floors, as well as partial mezzanine and ground-floor areas, at the 10-story Herald Center building. The building is located at the corner of 34th Street and Broadway and was built in 1902 as the original Saks department store. David Carlos led a Savills team that represented Yeshiva University in its site selection and lease negotiations. Jacob Jerome and Morris Bailey represented the landlord, JEMB Realty Corp., on an internal basis. A tentative opening date was not disclosed.