NEW YORK CITY — BHI, a full-service commercial bank that is the U.S. division of Israel’s Bank Hapoalim, has provided a $95 million construction loan for a 226-unit multifamily project in Brooklyn. The site at 2359 Bedford Ave. is located in the Flatbush neighborhood, and the development will house 72 studios, 86 one-bedroom units and 68 two-bedroom units, as well as 23,000 square feet of commercial and storage space. Thirty percent of residences will be set aside as affordable housing. Specific income restrictions on those units were not disclosed. A tentative completion date was also not disclosed. The borrower is a partnership between David Bistricer of Clipper Equity and Anshel Friedman of Nalcorp.
NEW YORK CITY — Boston-based developer The Davis Cos. has topped out a 97-unit multifamily project at 1975 Madison Ave. in Harlem. Designed by DXA Studio and built by Broadway Construction Group, the eight-story building will house one- and two-bedroom units, with 30 residences earmarked as affordable housing. Amenities will include a fitness center, resident lounge, coworking space, pet spa and a rooftop terrace. The building will also house a 2,500-square-foot community center. Construction began in late 2023. Completion is slated for late 2025.
NEW YORK CITY — Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, which owns and operates a majority of IKEA stores globally, has purchased a one-third stake in the development of a 1 million-square-foot mixed-use tower underway in Manhattan. As part of the arrangement, IKEA will open a two-level store at the base of 570 Fifth Avenue, which will include a corner entrance along Fifth Avenue. Extell Development Co. is the master developer of 570 Fifth Avenue, which will feature Class A retail space and offices at the intersection of Manhattan’s Plaza and Grand Central districts. The project marks the largest development on Fifth Avenue in more than 60 years, according to Ingka Investments. “We have been working on assembling this project for almost two decades, and Ingka Investments’ substantial commitment allows us to move forward with the construction and leasing of the best new office building in New York,” says Gary Barnett, founder and chairman of Extell Development, which will retain a two-thirds ownership stake in the development. Ingka Investments’ stake in the tower includes the planned IKEA store. IKEA will open a “customer meeting point,” the retailer’s small-format store prototype, within the tower’s 80,000 square feet of planned …
NEW YORK CITY — Global Net Lease (NYSE: GNL), a New York City-based REIT, has sold a national portfolio of nine cold storage properties for $170 million. The properties, the locations of which were not disclosed, are all leased to subsidiaries of operator Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD), with a weighted average of 3.3 years of remaining term on the leases. The deal traded at a cap rate of 7.88 percent. The buyer was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Invictus Real Estate Partners has provided a $69 million bridge loan for Mason Gray, a 158-unit apartment complex in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. The seven-story building houses 110 market-rate units, most of which are one-bedroom residences, and 48 affordable housing units as well as a 9,000-square-foot community facility space. Mike Diaz and Aaron Appel of Walker & Dunlop arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Hope Street Capital, which will use the proceeds to complete construction and fund leasing costs.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $56 million loan for the refinancing of a 138-unit apartment building located at 230 Classon Ave. in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood. The building houses one- and two-bedroom units and offers amenities such as a private landscaped park, coworking lounge, gaming terrace, fitness center and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Gideon Gil, Zach Kraft and Sebastian Sanchez of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the fixed-rate loan through QuadReal Property Group on behalf of the borrower, Quinlan Development Group.
NEW YORK CITY — The Hakimian Organization, a locally based development and investment firm, has begun leasing SOLA, a 364-unit apartment community in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens. Designed by Aufgang Architects with interiors by Durukan Design, the property features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units that range in size from 350 to 1,200 square feet. Amenities include a soundproof music room, art studio, children’s playroom, fitness center, coworking lounge, dog park, zen garden and a golf simulator. Rents start at approximately $3,000 per month for a studio apartment.
NEW YORK CITY — Hines will open a 63,000-square-foot flexible workspace in Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood under its proprietary coworking brand, The Square. The space at 205 Hudson St. formerly housed a WeWork facility and will be the brand’s first in New York City. The space will feature a variety of private suites, group meeting areas and amenity spaces. The opening is scheduled for later this summer.
NEW YORK CITY — XR Extreme Reach has signed a 13,400-square-foot office lease at The Spiral in Midtown Manhattan. The digital marketing firm is relocating its headquarters from 1633 Broadway to the 21st floor of the 66-story tower. Greg Conen and Sam Brodsky internally represented the landlord, Tishman Speyer, in the lease negotiations. Joe Messina and Seth Hecht of JLL represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based financial intermediary Ariel Property Advisors has arranged a $9.4 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Olga Mendez Apartments, a 77-unit multifamily complex in East Harlem. The two-building property is located at 1652 Park Ave. and 91 E. 116th St. Matt Swerdlow and Matt Dzbanek of Ariel Property Advisors placed the nonrecourse loan, which was structured with three years of interest-only payments and seven years of payments at a fixed interest rate of 5.56 percent, through PGIM. The borrower was not disclosed.