NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $15.6 million sale of a quartet of contiguous multifamily buildings in Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights neighborhood. The buildings are located at 315-329 Lincoln Place and comprise 48 units that were recently renovated. Victor Sozio, Sean Kelly, Remi Mandell and Jake Brody of Ariel represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Slate Property Group and White Oak Real Estate Capital have provided a $70 million construction loan for a multifamily project in the Long Island City area of Queens. The building at 41-08 Crescent St. will rise 26 stories and house 184 units, 70 percent of which will be subject to income restrictions. In addition, the building will offer 9,000 square feet of retail space and a 41-space parking area. Skyline Capital arranged the 20-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the developer, Watermark Capital Group. Construction is roughly midway complete and scheduled for a spring 2026 completion.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged a $10.2 million acquisition loan for a four-unit apartment building in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The address of the 8,900-square-foot building was not disclosed. Ben Schlegel and Paul McCormick of Ariel Property Advisors arranged the nonrecourse loan, which was structured with an interest rate that is equivalent to 5.5 percent above the 30-day average SOFR rate and a 75 percent loan-to-cost ratio. The borrower and direct lender were also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged the $290 million recapitalization of 505 State Street, a 440-unit apartment building located in downtown Brooklyn. Completed earlier this year, the building offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with an average size of 659 square feet, as well as 28,752 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a fitness center, yoga studio, rooftop pool, communal lounges, a screening room and dedicated workspaces. Details on any changes in the equity component of the capital stack were not disclosed, but the transaction did include the origination of a five-year, fixed-rate senior loan through insurance giant New York Life. Christopher Peck, Peter Rotchford and Nicco Lupo of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Alloy Development.
NEW YORK CITY — Lincoln Market will open a 35,809-square-foot grocery store at 660 W. 42nd St. in Midtown Manhattan. The store will be located within the River Place apartment complex and will be the grocer’s ninth overall. Scott Sher of Katz & Associates represented Lincoln Market in the negotiations for the 20-year lease. Sean Moran, Steven Soutendijk, Alan Schmerzler, Michael O’Neill and Taylor Reynolds of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Silverstein Properties. The opening is slated for the fourth quarter.
LAKE GROVE, N.Y. — Regional grocer Wegmans Food Markets will open a 101,000-square-foot store in Lake Grove, a hamlet on Long Island. The store, which will be the grocer’s first on Long Island, will be located at 3270 Middle Country Road and has a grand opening date of Wednesday, Feb. 26. Wegmans expects to employ about 500 people at the store on full- and part-time bases.
SEAFORD, N.Y. — Regional brokerage firm Horvath & Tremblay has arranged the $8 million sale of a single-tenant retail building in Seaford, located on Long Island. CVS has occupied the property at 350 N. Broadway since 2004 and has nine years remaining on its current lease term. Bob Horvath and Todd Tremblay of Horvath & Tremblay represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The name and representative of the buyer were also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — William Grant & Sons has signed a 27,160-square-foot office lease in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The liquor distiller and distributor plans to take occupancy of the entire second and part of the third floor at 902 Broadway, a 20-story building that was originally constructed in 1911, in summer 2025. Joseph Messina and Charles Gerace of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Max Koeppel internally represented the owner, the Rosen Family.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $17 million sale of an 11,183-square-foot retail condominium located at 2688 Broadway in Manhattan. The space comprises 8,158 square feet on the ground floor and 3,025 square feet on the lower level and is leased to CVS Health Corp., which has 15 years remaining on the lease. Andrew Berry and Charlie Gravina of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, French investment firm Corum Asset Management, in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has provided a $204.9 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of a 584-unit apartment tower in the Long Island City area of Queens. The 26-story building at 46-10 Center Blvd. houses studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom residences and one ground-floor retail space totaling 7,733 square feet. Amenities at the property include a fitness center, multiple lounge areas, coworking space and a rooftop terrace. The building is LEED certified. Michael Casey of M&T Realty Capital originated the debt on behalf of the borrower, locally based investment and development firm TF Cornerstone. The loan features a 35-year amortization schedule and full-term, interest-only payments. According to Casey, the loan underwriting offered the borrower “a very competitive structure.” M&T Realty Capital Corp., a Fannie Mae DUS lender, is a wholly owned subsidiary of M&T Bank that provides financing for multifamily properties, commercial income properties and healthcare facilities. In addition to apartments, TF Cornerstone owns more than 1 million square feet of retail space throughout New York City and 2.5 million square feet of office properties in Washington, D.C., and New York City, including Carnegie Hall Tower. — Kristin Harlow and Taylor Williams