NEW YORK CITY — Global investment bank Credit Agricole CIB has signed a 167,000-square-foot office lease at 1301 Avenue of the Americas, a 1.7 million-square-foot building located between 52nd and 53rd streets in Midtown Manhattan. New York City-based Paramount Group Inc. (NYSE: PGRE) owns the 45-story building, which features a newly renovated lobby, in-building access to Rockefeller Center and 30,000 square feet of ground-floor and concourse-level retail space.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based construction firm Eastman Cooke & Associates has completed an adaptive reuse project that converted a warehouse at 438 W. 51st St. into an ambulatory surgery center for Sovereign Medical Group. The five-story building was originally constructed in 1905. Designed by Stonehill Taylor, the project entailed a three-story roof extension, upgrades of vital operating systems and a complete installation of infrastructure systems. The development team also worked to preserve the façade and marry the cast iron beams supporting the building with structural steel. The new medical facility features examination and diagnostic areas, four operating rooms and pre- and post-surgical rooms.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based GAIA Real Estate has acquired a portfolio of three multifamily buildings totaling 71 units in Manhattan’s East Village for $49.5 million. The buildings are located at 50-58 E. Third St. and primarily feature two- and three-bedroom units. The seller was a locally based limited liability company that is affiliated with Anbau Enterprises. The portfolio, which includes about 15 rent-controlled units, was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. The property traded in an off-market transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm Ariel Property Advisors has brokered the $25.3 million sale of Johanna Apartments, a 60-unit Section 8 multifamily property located at 104-110 W. 144th St. in Central Harlem. The four-building complex spans 51,560 square feet and consists entirely of two-bedroom units. Victor Sozio and Courtney Lee of Ariel Property Advisors brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based lender Emerald Creek Capital has provided a $15 million first mortgage bridge loan for a 300,000-square-foot mixed-use building located in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens. The property consists of 22 floors of hotel space, 10 levels of medical office space and 50,000 square feet of retail and event space. The building also features 300 below-grade parking spaces. Dean Wang of Emerald Creek Capital originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, Fleet Financial Group.
WELLSVILLE, N.Y. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has negotiated the sale of Manor Hills Assisted Living for $8 million. Located in Wellsville, near the New York-Pennsylvania border, the asset features 89 assisted living and memory care units and was built in 1989. The seller was a private owner that previously divested its skilled nursing portfolio. The privately held buyer was an Albany, N.Y.-based seniors housing owner-operator. Dave Balow from SLIB handled the transaction.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. AND NEW YORK CITY — Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO) has entered into a definitive agreement with Columbia Property Trust (NYSE: CXP) to acquire the New York City-based office REIT. Funds managed by PIMCO will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Columbia’s common stock in a deal valued at $3.9 billion, including debt. Columbia owns 15 office properties spanning more than 6 million square feet in the gateway markets of New York City, Boston, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The firm’s portfolio also includes four office properties under development and 8 million square feet under management for private investors and third parties. The U.S. office sector has been severely impacted by the outbreak of COVID-19 and rise of the Delta variant as millions of office-using employees are currently working from home. According to The Wall Street Journal, New York City and San Francisco reported the lowest usage rates among the 10 major office markets tracked by Falls Church, Va.-based Kastle Systems, which monitors access swipes of office buildings. New York City had a usage rate of 22.3 percent and San Francisco had a 19.7 usage rate for the week ending Aug. 25. Despite the headwinds facing …
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Battery manufacturer Viridi Parente will increase its footprint at the former General Motors plant in Buffalo to 190,000 square feet. The company is working with St. Louis-based Alberici Construction to build 70,000 square feet of additional lab, assembly, office and production space at the 850,000-square-foot facility, which was originally built in 1923. Viridi Parente’s current 120,000-square-foot space comprises 60,000 square feet of battery assembly and manufacturing space, 20,000 square feet of office and lab space and a 40,000-square-foot shipping and receiving warehouse. American Axle & Manufacturing previously occupied the facility before vacating it in 2007.
NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has brokered the $61 million sale of a portfolio of 12 multifamily buildings totaling 261 units and two retail spaces on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. All properties in the portfolio are located between Second and York avenues and East 91st and East 73rd streets. James Nelson, Brandon Polakoff, David Shalom, Eric Karmitz and Bradley Rothschild of Avison Young represented the seller in addition to procuring the buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
NEW YORK CITY — Adyen, a Dutch provider of digital payment platforms, has signed a 30,415-square-foot office lease at 71 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan’s Union Square neighborhood. The tenant will occupy 15,177 square feet on the entire 10th floor and 15,238 square feet on the entire 11th floor of the building, which was originally constructed in 1907. Rory Murphy and Thomas Hines of Transwestern represented Adyen in the lease negotiations. Mitchell Konsker, Dan Turkewitz and Ben Bass of JLL, along with internal agents Joseph Jacobson, Jonathan Ratner and Cindy Chang, represented the landlord, Madison Capital.