NEW YORK CITY — Trevian Capital, a locally based direct lender, has provided a $6.4 million bridge loan for a 10-unit multifamily building located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. The funds will be used to pay off maturing construction debt and fund final cosmetic finishes. The name of the property and the borrower were not disclosed.
ORANGEBURG, N.Y. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Atlanta-based seniors housing and healthcare finance team has provided a $49.2 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Brightview Lake Tappan. The 143-unit seniors housing community is located in Orangeburg, approximately 15 miles north of New York City. Specific loan terms and the name of the borrower were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has brokered the $31.7 million sale of a 57,035-square-foot multifamily development site in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens. Stephen Palmese, Brendan Maddigan, Michael Mazzara, Winfield Clifford, Ethan Stanton and Patrick Madigan of JLL represented the seller, Jasper Venture Group, in the deal. The buyer, a partnership between Top Rock Holdings, RJ Capital Group and SYU Properties, plans to develop a 235,679-square-foot market-rate project and an 82,559-square-foot senior affordable living development on the site.
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — JLL has negotiated the $13.7 million sale of a 96,600-square-foot light industrial facility in Farmingdale, located on Long Island. The property sits on a four-acre site less than two miles from the Long Island Expressway and was 92 percent leased to multiple tenants at the time of sale. Jose Cruz, Jordan Avanzato, Marc Duval, Mike Kavanagh, Nick Stefans and Andrew Scandalios of JLL represented the undisclosed seller, which acquired the asset in 2004 and made multiple capital improvements, in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
By Jakub Nowak, senior vice president investments, Marcus & Millichap Last year’s COVID-19 lockdown took a major toll on parts of New York City’s real estate market. The city’s industrial sector, however, fared relatively well compared with other asset classes. Although dollar volume for outright industrial sales transactions over $1 million fell by almost 25 percent from $1.75 billion in 2019 to $1.35 billion in 2020, the average price per square foot over the same period held flat at about $445 per square foot. Meanwhile, capitalization rates for industrial properties in 2020 continued their steady downward trajectory, compressing further from 4.7 to 4.4 percent on a year-over-year basis. Importantly, these 2020 sales numbers do not account for the $800 million-plus of institutional capital that poured into local industrial real estate by way of partial interest sales. Notable transactions included a joint venture between Hackman Capital and Square Mile Capital deploying just under $375 million for a majority interest in Queen’s Silver Cup Studios; GIC obtaining a 25 percent stake in Sunset Park’s Industry City for $330 million; and a joint venture between Madison Realty Capital, Meadow Partners and Acadia Realty acquiring a share of Sunset Park’s Liberty View Plaza for …
NEW YORK CITY AND OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has entered into a definitive acquisition agreement with QTS Realty Trust (NYSE: QTS), a data center real estate investment trust, in an all-cash transaction valued at $10 billion. Upon completion of the transaction, the parties expect that QTS will continue to be led by its senior management team and maintain its corporate headquarters in Overland Park. QTS has a diverse footprint spanning more than 7 million square feet of owned data centers across 28 markets in North America and Europe, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Miami, the Netherlands, Northern Virginia, Overland Park, the Pacific Northwest, Phoenix and Southern California. The decision by Blackstone follows several high-profile acquisitions in other niche real estate property sectors. Since January 2020, the New York City-based firm’s dealings have included a joint venture with Starwood Capital to buy hotelier Extended Stay America for $6 billion; the $3.4 billion acquisition of a life sciences portfolio in metro Boston; a joint venture with Hudson Pacific to develop movie studios and creative offices in Hollywood, Calif.; and a $4.6 billion partnership with MGM Growth Properties to buy the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay casinos in Las Vegas. …
NEW YORK CITY — The Legal Aid Society, a social justice law firm, has signed a 198,900-square-foot office lease at 40 Worth Street in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. The lease term is 30 years. The property, also known as the Merchants Square Building, was originally constructed in 1929 and spans approximately 800,000 square feet. Craig Reicher, Christopher Mansfield, Greg Maurer-Hollaender and Peter Gamber of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Brian Steinwurtzel and Roy Lapidus of GFP Real Estate represented the landlord, 40 Worth Street Associates LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — BHI, the U.S. division of Israeli financial institution Bank Hapoalim, has provided a $102.7 million construction loan for the development of a multifamily project at 1165 Madison Ave. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Naftali Group is developing the 62,700-square-foot project, which will offer 12 for-sale condos and 3,750 square feet of retail space. Robert A.M. Stern Architects is designing the project. Completion is slated for May 2023.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Brax Realty has negotiated the $52.5 million sale of a 65,000-square-foot office building located at 260 Fifth Ave. in between 28th and 29th streets in Manhattan’s NoMad District. The 12-story building was mostly vacant at the time of sale. Michael Ferrara of Brax Realty represented the seller in the transaction. Andrew Zang and Greg Albert of Savills represented the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has brokered the $3.5 million sale of a 2,700-square-foot retail and residential building in the Kips Bay area of Manhattan that consists of one retail space leased to Dunkin’ and two residential units. Howard Raber, Sean Kelly and Jack Moran of Ariel Property Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.