NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based investment firm Time Equities Inc. has purchased a 38-unit apartment building in the Ditmas Park area of Brooklyn for $13.1 million. Built by Lightstone Management in 2018, the building at 323 E. 19th St. offers one- and two-bedroom units and was fully occupied at the time of sale. According to StreetEasy, amenities include a fitness center, package rooms, a rooftop deck and onsite laundry facilities. The seller was not disclosed. M&T Bank financed the acquisition.
NEW YORK CITY — Fisher Brothers and Blackstone Real Estate have received $850 million in CMBS debt for the refinancing of 1345 Avenue of the Americas, a 50-story office tower in Midtown Manhattan. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Chase and Citibank provided the debt to the locally based co-investors. The refinancing was executed as part of a larger recapitalization of the 2 million-square-foot building, which also saw funds backed by Blackstone acquire a 46 percent interest in the property at a valuation of $1.4 billion. Fisher Brothers also increased its majority ownership of the asset as part of the transaction. The building was 92 percent leased at the time of the loan closing, with nearly 1.1 million square feet of leases signed since 2023. Tenants include the Intercontinental Exchange, Equitable Financial, Fortress Investment Group and law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Fisher Brothers completed a $120 million capital improvement project at 1345 Avenue of the Americas in 2021. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the project upgraded the building’s exterior, redesigned the lobby with touchless elevators and added a new amenity floor with flexible meeting space, a tenant lounge, wellness center and an indoor terrarium. “The completion of …
BURLINGTON, N.J. — Newmark has secured a 154,000-square-foot industrial lease in Burlington, located outside of Philadelphia in Southern New Jersey. According to LoopNet Inc., the newly constructed building at 1804 River Road features a cross-dock configuration, a clear height of 36 feet, two drive-in bays, 50 exterior dock doors and 229 car parking spaces. Kyle Eaton, Robert Loderstedt, Michael Schipper and Haylee McCabe of Newmark represented the tenant, automotive parts supplier GMB North America, in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — MIC Capital Partners has signed an 18,214-square-foot office lease expansion in Midtown Manhattan. The division of Mubadala, a global investment firm and sovereign wealth fund of the government of Abu Dhabi, is renewing and doubling its footprint to 36,428 square feet at the Seagram Building at 375 Park Ave. Justin Aronson of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. A.J. Camhi and Paul Milunec represented the landlord, RFR, on an internal basis.
NEW YORK CITY — Charney Cos. and Tavros have unveiled plans to build 175 Third Street, a 1 million-square-foot apartment tower in Brooklyn’s Gowanus area. The 27-story building will feature more than 1,000 units, approximately 250 of which will be designated as affordable housing. The development cost, including the land purchase, is estimated at roughly $1 billion, according to the New York Post. The project marks the fifth building on four different sites in the new Gowanus Wharf development by Charney and Tavros. Catalyzed by the major Gowanus rezoning in 2021, the new development will feature a public park along the Gowanus Canal. According to a release, the project will contribute to the rehabilitation of the canal while supporting the continued evolution of the industrial Brooklyn neighborhood. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) designed the new tower along with dencityworks | architecture. BIG previously completed a design for the same site in 2023 for a different owner. Charney and Tavros purchased the site in May for $160 million. “Our design for 175 Third Street in Gowanus is conceived as a three-dimensional neighborhood of building blocks stacked to frame a central park cascading down toward the canal waterfront,” says Bjarke Ingels, founder and …
NEW YORK CITY — Tishman Speyer has purchased 148 Lafayette Street, a 12-story office building in Manhattan’s SoHo District, for $105.5 million. Constructed in 1913 and most recently renovated in 2017, the 153,000-square-foot building was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as venture capital firm General Catalyst and beauty and cosmetics firm Charlotte Tilbury. The building’s retail space is also fully leased to boxing gym Five Points Academy and clothing store 260 Sample. Adam Spies and Avery Silverstein of Newmark represented the seller, EPIC, an investment firm with offices in New York City and London, in the transaction. Blackstone provided $68.3 million in acquisition financing for the deal.
TROY, N.Y. — Regional brokerage firm Adirondack Capital Partners has arranged the $9.4 million sale of Overlook Apartments, a 74-unit multifamily complex in Troy, located just north of Albany. The property was built in 2016. According to Apartments.com, units come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a game room, lounge, picnic areas and onsite laundry facilities. Michael Hunter Coghill of Adirondack Capital Partners represented both the seller, an entity doing business as Overlook Revive LLC, and the buyer, Corridor Ventures, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage and financial advisory firm Ariel Property Advisors has arranged a $50 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of 13 multifamily properties in Manhattan. The names and addresses of the properties, which collectively total 330 residences and five commercial spaces, were not disclosed, but the locations are in the Chelsea, East Village, Kips Bay and Upper East and West Side neighborhoods. Matthew Dzbanek and Matt Swerdlow of Ariel originated the 10-year, nonrecourse loan, which carries a 5.38 percent fixed rate and 25-year amortization schedule. The borrower and direct lender were also not disclosed.
YONKERS, N.Y. — Online furniture retailer Wayfair will open a 114,000-square-foot store in Yonkers, located north of New York City. The store will be situated within Ridge Hill, a 1.3 million-square-foot mixed-use development, and is scheduled to open in early 2027. Adam Schwegman and Morgan Liesenfelt of Jamestown, which owns Ridge Hill in a joint venture with Nuveen Real Estate and Taconic Partners, represented ownership in the lease negotiations.
MONTEBELLO, N.Y. — A partnership between owner-operator FilBen Group and Dallas-based private equity firm RSF Partners has completed Braemar at Montebello, a $54 million assisted living facility in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley region. The property spans 133,675 square feet and features one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 500 square feet, as well as an array of entertainment- and wellness-based amenities. H2M Architects + Engineers designed the project, and McAlpine Contracting handled construction. Work on the project began in January 2023.