HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. — Whole Foods Market will open a 43,916-square-foot store in Huntington Station, a hamlet and census-designated area on Long Island, on July 17. The store will be located at 330 Walt Whitman Road and will offer more than 2,000 locally sourced items from more than 400 regional suppliers. The store will also feature full-service meat and seafood counters, a bakery, wellness and beauty section and a selection of more than 300 craft beers. The Austin-based grocer operates about 30 stores in New York, including more than half a dozen on Long Island.
NEW YORK CITY — HSBC Bank has signed a 35,400-square-foot office lease expansion at The Spiral, a 66-story tower located in Midtown Manhattan. The company initially signed a 20-year, 265,000-square-foot lease for its headquarters space in May 2022. Following the expansion, HSBC will occupy the entire 29th and 30th floors in addition to three podium floors and a recently opened wealth center at street level. Greg Conen and Sam Brodsky internally represented the landlord, Tishman Speyer, in the lease negotiations. Peter Riguardi, Matt Astrachan, Mitchell Konsker and Will McGarry of JLL represented HSBC.
NEW YORK CITY — Affinius Capital, which is a joint venture between San Antonio-based USAA Real Estate and New York-based Square Mile Capital Management, and global investment firm Kennedy Wilson have provided a $160 million construction loan for a multifamily project in Brooklyn. The site at 340 Nevins St. is located in the Gowanus neighborhood. The project will be a 22-story building that will house 320 units, 25 percent of which will be set aside as affordable housing, as well as 29,000 square feet of retail space. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities will include a pool, fitness center, coworking spaces and indoor and outdoor lounges. Dustin Stolly and Jordan Roeschlaub of Newmark arranged the debt on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Tavros Holdings and Charney Cos. Completion is slated for mid-2027.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 15,158-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant, deal-sourcing platform Grata Inc., will occupy the entire second floor at 1410 Broadway, which recently underwent a $20 million capital improvement program. David Hoffman and Sam Hoffman of Cushman & Wakefield represented Grata Inc. in the lease negotiations. Richard Doolittle, Michael Joseph, John Howard and Taylor Bell of Colliers represented the landlord, L.H. Charney Associates.
NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Meirowitz & Wasserberg has signed a 12,007-square-foot office lease expansion at 1040 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. The deal is part of a series of leases that brings the 24-story building to 97 percent occupancy. Billy Cohen, J.D. Cohen and Ariel Harwood of Newmark represented the owner, Skyline Developers, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $18.2 million sale of The Hudson River Hotel, a 15-story, 56-room hotel located at 442 W. 36th St. in Midtown Manhattan. According to LoopNet Inc., the hotel was originally constructed in 1999 and renovated in 2013. Jerry Swon, Robert Hunter and Leo Reilly of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed institutional investment firm, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Hudson West Hospitality.
NEW YORK CITY — Dice Career Solutions, which provides networking opportunities for the technology industry, has signed a 12,007-square-foot office lease extension in Midtown Manhattan. The company will remain at 1040 Avenue of the Americas, a 24-story building, for the next 10 years. Billy Cohen, J.D. Cohen and Ariel Harwood of Newmark represented the owner, Skyline Developers, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.
ARMONK, N.Y. — Basis Industrial has received $39.6 million in financing for 100 Business Park Drive, a mixed-use property in Armonk, located north of New York City in Westchester County. Proceeds will be used to refinance existing debt on a 60,000-square-foot warehouse building on the site and to fund construction of a 117,000-square-foot mixed-use building. The new building will house an 82,400-square-foot Extra Space Storage facility, a 26,550-square-foot Sportime pickleball complex and an additional 8,000 square foot of industrial space for Jan-Tile, the primary tenant at the existing warehouse. Basis originally purchased the site in spring 2023. Construction of the new building is slated to begin in July and to be complete in the third quarter of 2025. Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group arranged the debt through Beach Point Capital Management.
NEW YORK CITY — S3 Capital Partners, a locally based private lender, has provided a $32 million construction loan for the ground-up development of a mixed-use project that will be located in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood. The project at 2700 Church Ave. will consist of 69 residential rental units, 9,796 square feet of retail space and 13,446 square feet of community facility space. Pinchas Vogel and Leah Paskus of Landstone Capital Group arranged the debt through S3 Capital Partners on behalf of the sponsor, Triple C Builders.
NEW YORK CITY — Atlanta-based fast food chain Chick-fil-A and dog daycare concept Hounds Town USA have signed leases at 809 Atlantic Ave., a 60,000-square-foot mixed-use property in Brooklyn. Chick-fil-A will occupy 5,000 square feet within the building, while Hounds Town USA will occupy 6,000 square feet. The building also houses residential and healthcare space. David Alani and Michael Friedman of Inline Realty represented Chick-fil-A in the lease negotiations, and JLL represented the landlord, Hope Street Capital.