NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment and development firm AmTrustRE has entered into an agreement to buy 260 Madison Avenue, a 22-story office building in Midtown Manhattan, for roughly $217 million. The approximately 570,000-square-foot building was constructed in 1952 and was roughly 68 percent leased at the time of sale. Tenants include Hanesbrands, MGM, Regus, McLaughlin & Stern and Marcus & Millichap. AmTrust plans to invest between $60 million and $70 million in capital improvements to the building. The seller was The Sapir Organization.
MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Chicago-based brokerage firm Kiser Group has negotiated the $76 million sale of the 250-bed Sarah Neuman Skilled Nursing Facility in Mamaroneck, roughly 30 miles northeast of New York City. According to Kiser Group, the property was initially under contract for $84 million, but the first buyer had to withdraw from the transaction due to rising interest rates. Mark Myers led the Kiser Group team that arranged the sale. The seller was an undisclosed religious nonprofit organization. Myers also arranged interim financing on behalf of the buyer, including a $5 million loan, throughout the approval process.
NEW YORK CITY — Affordable housing owner-operator Tredway has completed the renovation of Greene Clermont Houses, a 97-unit affordable seniors housing complex in Brooklyn. Built in 1985, the seven-story complex is located in the borough’s Fort Greene neighborhood and houses units that are reserved for renters earning 50 percent or less of the area median income. Renovations upgraded units’ flooring, lighting, kitchens and bathrooms, and the community room has been enhanced to include a new kitchen, wellness room, nurse’s station and resident services coordinator office. Tredway partnered with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development on the project, which also served to preserve the property’s affordability status for another 40 years.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $17.5 million sale of a 26,624-square-foot retail building in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. The building at 321 Starr St. houses 10 units, and tenants include MetroRock, 48 Cypress and New York Film Lab. Shaun Riney, Michael Salvatico, Scott Plasky and Alexander Arustamanian of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the Canadian buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
VALLEY COTTAGE, N.Y. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $45 million bridge loan for the refinancing of Lincoln Logistics Center, a roughly 220,000-square-foot industrial property in Valley Cottage, about 30 miles north of New York City. The facility sits on a nearly 20-acre site and features a clear height of 36 feet, 34 loading dock doors, two drive-in doors and 123 car parking spaces foot clear heights. Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Adam Schwartz, Ari Hirt and Stanley Cayre of Walker & Dunlop arranged the loan on behalf of the owner, a joint venture between PCCP LLC and Lincoln Equities Group. Rialto Capital Management provided the financing.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $7.3 million sale of a 40-unit apartment building in Queens. The five-story building at 27-08 39th Ave. was originally constructed in 1929 and offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units, eight of which (20 percent) are subject to rent restrictions. Matt Fotis and Lazarus Apostolidis of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. Steve Filippo of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged acquisition financing for the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Infinite Global Real Estate Partners and Buttonwood Development has purchased an office building in Midtown Manhattan with plans to implement a residential conversion. The partnership plans to transform the building at 29 W. 35th St., which was previously foreclosed upon, into a 107-unit apartment complex in which 75 percent (80) of the units will be rented at market rates. The remaining 27 units will be reserved as affordable housing. Residences will exclusively come in studio formats and will range in size from 400 to 575 square feet. Ismael Leyva Architects is designing the conversion, and Archstone is serving as the general contractor. Allegiant is the lender, and additional equity partners include 400 Capital Management LLC, L&L Holding (also the project manager) and Terracotta Management.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lee & Associates has brokered the $33.2 million sale of a 102,000-square-foot academic building located at 75 W. Huron St. in Buffalo. The Buffalo School of Culinary Arts & Hospitality Management occupies the entirety of the seven-story building, which was originally built in the late 19th century as a horse livery and was later used as a multi-story parking garage before being transformed into a school. Dave Carswell and Ben Tapper of Lee & Associates represented the seller, locally based firm McGuire Development Co., in the transaction. Carswell also assisted the buyer, Mercer Street Partners, in securing acquisition financing for the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — The New York State Office of General Services has signed a 15-year, 66,106-square-foot office lease expansion at 919 Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The space spans the entire 46th and 47th floors of the 1.5 million-square-foot building and brings the tenant’s footprint at the property to 117,390 square feet. Stephen Siegel, Liz Lash, Peter Larkin and Mark Bezold of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Robert Alexander, Ryan Alexander, Emily Chabrier, Taylor Callahan, Alex D’Amario and Nicole Marshal, also with CBRE, represented the landlord, SL Green.
NEW YORK CITY — Cammeby’s International Group, in partnership with Rybak Development, has unveiled Sky Three Residences Club, a 1 million-square-foot luxury apartment community located in Brooklyn’s Coney Island neighborhood. Leasing has begun for the development, with move-ins expected to begin on Saturday, Nov. 1. The three-tower community was constructed as part of the two-phase Neptune/Sixth development plan, which joins a new retail strip that was built during Phase I. Sky Three Residences Club now anchors South Brooklyn’s West Brighton district. “Cammeby’s and its partners have consistently maintained and reinvigorated the retail offerings to ensure a walkable and vibrant neighborhood,” says a company spokesperson for Cammeby’s International. “With leasing at Sky Three underway, we’re proud to welcome residents to a reimagined West Brighton and to a community setting exceptional standards.” Sky Three features 499 apartment units in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans, ranging in size from 500 to 1,000 square feet, according to Apartments.com. Monthly rental rates begin at $3,100. The project team included Zproekt Architecture and interior designer Durukan Design, as well as Tier 2 Landscape Architecture for the project’s exterior landscaping. The development offers more than 100,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities, including an Olympic-size swimming …