NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $23.5 million sale of a 122-unit apartment building located in Brooklyn’s Midwood neighborhood. The doorman- and elevator-served building at 1000 Ocean Parkway was constructed in 1964 and renovated in 2021. Information on floor plans and amenities was not disclosed. Matt Fotis of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local family, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Brooklyn-based FM Home Loans.
NEW YORK CITY — Ambassador Theatre Group has signed an office lease expansion and extension in Midtown Manhattan. The theater operator is essentially doubling its footprint to 19,380 square feet on the fifth floor of the 13-story building at 630 Ninth Ave., which is known locally as The Film Center Building. Rocco Laginestra of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Matthew Mandell of GFP Real Estate represented the landlord on an internal basis.
NEW YORK CITY — Centerbridge Partners has signed a 75,826-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The investment management firm will relocate from a nearby location to the entire 22nd and 23rd floors of 345 Park Avenue, a 1.9 million-square-foot building that was constructed in 1969, via a 15-year lease. Robert Steinman represented the landlord, Rudin, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Neil Goldmacher, Brian Goldman and Matthew Lorberbaum of Newmark represented Centerbridge.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based owner-operator Fetner Properties has completed the renovation of The Arbor, a 127-unit apartment complex in The Bronx. The Arbor, which was originally constructed in 2006 in the borough’s Riverdale neighborhood, consists of two nine-story buildings that house one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Post-renovation, residences feature stainless steel appliances and in-unit washers and dryers, as well as new kitchen counters, cabinets, backsplashes and fixtures. Fetner also reimagined the building’s lobby and upgraded amenity spaces, which include a fitness center, resident lounge, children’s playroom and a courtyard.
HORSEHEADS, N.Y. — New York-based investment firm United Properties Corp. has purchased Southern Tier Crossing, an 84,000-square-foot shopping center in Horseheads, located in the southern-central part of the state. The sales price was $13.5 million. According to information on the website of Nashville-based brokerage firm Matthews, the center was built in 2008 and is home to tenants such as Burlington, PetSmart, ULTA and Five Below. The seller was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Local brokerage firm TerraCRG has arranged the $8.6 million sale of a multi-level retail building in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. The building at 76 Ainslie St., which according to LoopNet Inc. was constructed in 1974, totals 9,084 square feet across three levels. Daniel Lebor, Dan Marks and Thomas Horrigan of TerraCRG brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7.3 million sale of two mixed-use buildings in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village area. Constructed in 1910 and recently renovated, the buildings at 18-20 Christopher St. consist of eight residential units and three commercial spaces. Peter Dodge, Joe Koicim and Paige DeMutis of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, Dalan Real Estate.
NEW YORK CITY — Versant Media Group (Nasdaq: VSNT) has signed a 84,509-square-foot office lease expansion and 18-year extension in Midtown Manhattan. The owner of networks like MS NOW, CNBC, USA Network, Golf Channel, E!, SYFY and Oxygen now occupies 249,054 square feet across six floors at 229 West 43rd Street, a 15-story building that was constructed in 1912 as the home of The New York Times. CBRE represented Versant in the lease negotiations. The landlord, Columbia Property Trust, was self-represented.
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — A partnership between Simone Development Cos. and Stagg Group is nearing completion of Qwest Towers, a $158 million workforce housing project in Mount Vernon, located north of New York City. Qwest Towers will consist of two buildings that will rise 15 and 12 stories and will house a combined 228 residences. The unit mix will comprise 58 studios, 91 one-bedroom units, 78 two-bedroom apartments and one three-bedroom unit, as well as a separate residence for the building superintendent. Information on income restrictions was not disclosed. The first building is scheduled to be complete before the end of the year, with the second to follow a few months later.
NEW YORK CITY — Affinius Capital has provided an $89 million acquisition loan for CitySpire, a 371,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan. Built in 1987 and renovated in 2004 and 2022, CitySpire features upgraded elevator systems, wellness lounges, conferencing facilities and coworking space. Christopher Kramer of Newmark arranged the loan. The borrower is a joint venture between A.M. Property Holding Corp., Delshah Capital and REALM.
