MELVILLE, N.Y. — Investment banking firm Aegis Capital Corp. has signed a 9,134-square-foot office lease at 1305 Walt Whitman Road in Melville, located on Long Island. The three-story property was built in 1955. Joseph Lopresti of JLL represented Aegis Capital in the lease negotiations. Tim Parlante internally represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, which acquired the asset in 2015 and implemented a value-add program.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based development and investment firm Innovo Property Group (IPG) has received a $155 million construction loan for a 900,000-square-foot industrial project in the Long Island City area of Queens. The site previously housed the warehouse of online grocer FreshDirect. Innovo will redevelop the property to function as a last-mile distribution facility with elevated truck courts and a vertical parking structure. An affiliate of Starwood Property Trust provided the loan. IPG acquired the asset in January 2019 with Atalaya Capital Management and Nan Fung Group for $75 million. Since then, the partnership has demolished the existing warehouse.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based developer The Georgetown Co. has signed leases with two tenants to its 200,000-square-foot life sciences project at 787 11th Ave. on Manhattan’s Far West Side. The property is now fully preleased. Healthcare provider Mount Sinai signed a long-term lease for 165,000 square feet, and scientist and designer Neri Oxman inked a deal to operate a 36,000-square-foot space. The property houses space for lab, office, research and biomedical uses.
WEST HARRISON, N.Y. — Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL), in a joint venture with J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives, has completed Carraway, a 421-unit apartment community in West Harrison, about 30 miles north of New York City. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units that are furnished with quartz countertops, marble-style backsplashes and wood-style flooring. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, private workspaces, resident clubroom and a private dining room. Rents start at $1,275 per month for a studio unit, according to Apartments.com.
NEW YORK CITY — Los Angeles-based CIM Group has completed construction of 111 Montgomery, a 163-unit multifamily condominium building in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. The 12-story property is located adjacent to the 52-acre Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Prospect Park. Units feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, with select units offering private balconies/patios. Amenities include a resident lounge, fitness center and a children’s play area.
NEW YORK CITY — Mass media publisher Gannett Co. has signed a 24,195-square-foot office sublease at 1675 Broadway in Manhattan. Gregg Rothkin, John Maher, Paul Myers, Mike Wellen, Alex Bennisato and Cara Chayet of CBRE represented the sublandlord in the 10-year deal. Gordon Ogden and Nick Gilman of Byrnam Wood represented Gannett, which plans to take occupancy of the space this month. Rudin Management owns the 800,000-square-foot building.
ELLENVILLE, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $8.1 million sale of Shoprite Plaza, a 56,555-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center that is located on an 11.7-acre tract in Ellenville, about 100 miles north of New York City. The seller and buyer were both private investors that requested anonymity. Joseph French, Kodi Traver and John Krueger of Marcus & Millichap brokered the deal. Steve Rock of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged acquisition financing.
NEW YORK CITY — Urban Standard Capital has provided a $2.3 million acquisition loan for a multifamily and retail building located at the corner of Montague and Henry streets in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. The three-story building houses nine residential units and features retail space on the ground and second floors. The borrower, a partnership between Conway Capital and Davean Holdings, will use a portion of the proceeds to renovate the building.
NEW YORK CITY — Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) reported fourth-quarter results that exceeded the company’s expectations, thanks to 21 percent year-over-year growth in digital sales across all of its brands. In addition, the department store chain reported that comparable in-store sales during the period that included the holiday shopping season were down 17 percent. However, that performance beat the company’s projections, and contributed to Macy’s posting its first profitable quarter in a year, CNBC reported. Product categories such as home beauty and jewelry led the pronounced spike in digital sales, and Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette said that the company anticipates that within the next three years, it will reach $10 billion in annual online revenue. In February 2020, the company announced that it planned to close 125 underperforming stores, or about 20 percent of its total count, by early 2023. Macy’s stock price opened at $15.31 per share on Tuesday, Feb. 23, down slightly from $15.68 per share a year ago.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm Caspi Development has topped out the Hotel Barrière Le Fouquet’s New York, a 96-room hotel that is being developed at 456 Greenwich St. in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. Upon completion in mid-2022, the eight-story hotel will house several food and beverage concepts, as well as a pool, spa and a screening room. Construction of the hotel, which will be operated under the French luxury brand Group Barrière, began in 2017.