NEW YORK CITY — National general contractor JT Magen has completed The Paramount Club, a 32,000-square-foot hospitality project located on the concourse level of 1301 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. The Paramount Club features TVs, a pool table, fitness/wellness center, business lounge, classroom-style training room, 18-person boardroom and a variety of dining options, including an atrium restaurant, café, grab-and-go market and private dining spaces. Loffredo Brooks Architects designed the club, space for which was repurposed from existing lower levels at the property.
IPA Arranges $75M in Financing for Redevelopment of Former Pfizer Headquarters Building in Manhattan
NEW YORK CITY — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged $75 million in financing for the redevelopment of the former Pfizer headquarters building in Midtown Manhattan. The project will convert the 10-story, 290,000-square-foot office building at 219 E. 42nd St. into a multifamily complex with 660 units that will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. When combined with the adjacent building at 235 E. 42nd St., the development will feature more than 1,400 apartments. Max Herzog, Marko Kazanjian, Andrew Cohen and Max Hulsh of IPA arranged the financing through Northwind Group on behalf of the developer, a partnership between David Werner Real Estate Investments and Metro Loft Management. Alexandria Real Estate Equities bought the former Pfizer headquarters building in 2018 following the pharmaceutical giant’s announcement that it would be relocating its headquarters to The Spiral, Tishman Speyer’s 2.8 million-square-foot building in the Hudson Yards district.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) has signed a 15,000-square-foot office lease in the Long Island community of Garden City. The federation of more than 1,200 labor unions is taking space at the 200,000-square-foot building at 100 Quentin Roosevelt Blvd., which was originally built in 1990 and was recently renovated. Jerry Guerra and Jeff Nemshin of The Paragon Group represented NYSUT in the lease negotiations. The landlord, The Feil Organization, was self-represented.
NEW YORK CITY — Investment firm Gencom has acquired the 587-room Thompson Central Park Hotel in New York City. Ramsfield Hospitality Finance, funds managed by AB CarVal and Affinius Capital LLC provided a $230 million loan for the acquisition. Eastdil Secured represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and also represented Gencom in arranging the acquisition financing. Situated on Manhattan’s Billionaires’ Row just south of Central Park, the luxury hotel rises 42 stories on 56th Street. Formerly the Parker Hotel, the property underwent a $100 million renovation and rebranding beginning in 2021. The hotel features 4,500 square feet of meeting space and various food-and-beverage concepts. A 6,500-square-foot Exhale Spa and fitness center is slated to open later this year. The hotel’s “Upper Stories” experience includes a private arrival and departure process and an exclusive guest lounge. A collection of guestrooms and suites are perched on the property’s topmost floors. Restaurants at the Thompson include Burger Joint, a popular burger eatery that is open for lunch and dinner; Parker’s, a restaurant on the hotel’s main level that features live music and crafted cocktails named after famous jazz songs; and Indian Accent, an upscale dining experience by Chef Manish Mehrotra that offers …
NEW YORK CITY — SCALE Lending, the debt financing arm of Slate Property Group, has provided a $135 million construction loan for 261 Grand Concourse and 315 Grand Concourse, two adjacent multifamily projects that will be located in the Mott Haven area of The Bronx. The two buildings will rise 14 stories and house 405 units between them. Residences will come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and the development will also include 136 parking spaces and a 5,100-square-foot shared recreation space. Landstone Capital arranged the 24-month loan on behalf of the developer, Beitel Group, which acquired the sites in April 2022 and subsequently demolished existing structures. Completion is slated for late 2025.
NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has arranged a 22,530-square-foot office lease at 111 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The tenant, beverage provider Vita Coco (NASDAQ: COCO) will relocate its corporate headquarters from 250 Park Avenue to the entire second floor of the 13-story building, which was originally constructed in 1895. Jason Frazier and Jesse de la Rama of CBRE represented Vita Coco in the lease negotiations. The Winter Organization owns the building.
NEW YORK CITY — Philo TV has signed an 8,100-square-foot office lease in downtown Brooklyn. The San Francisco-based provider of streaming services is taking space on the 18th floor of One Willoughby Square, a 34-story building that is the tallest in the borough. Paul Amrich, Neil King, Zachary Price, Alex D’amario and James Ackerson of CBRE represented the landlord, JEMB Realty, in the lease negotiations. Catherine Vilar of The Kaufman Organization represented Philo TV.
NEW YORK CITY — Global investment management firm AllianceBernstein LP (NYSE: AB) has opened its new office at The Spiral, a 66-story office tower in New York City’s Hudson Yards district. The office spans 189,000 square feet across four floors and houses two business lines for the tenant: AllianceBernstein and Bernstein Private Wealth Management. Tishman Speyer delivered The Spiral last year at 66 Hudson Blvd. E, which is situated on the west side of Midtown Manhattan. The tower sits at the north end of the High Line trail and houses office, healthcare and retail locations for tenants including HSBC, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Pfizer, among others. AllianceBernstein’s new office features open floor plans, advanced technology, collaborative meeting and events spaces and outdoor terraces on every level. “This transition marks a special moment for our firm,” says Onur Erzan, head of AB Global Client Group and Bernstein Private Wealth Management. “Our brand-new, state-of-the-art space in the heart of New York City presents significant opportunities to our clients and colleagues.” AllianceBernstein struck the 20-year lease agreement with Tishman Speyer in 2019. The firm’s previous New York headquarters was located at the AllianceBernstein Building at 1345 Avenue of the Americas. The New York …
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between BEB Capital, Totem, Ofer Cohen and SK Development has topped out a 14-story, 187-unit mixed-income multifamily project at 737 Fourth Ave. in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. Valued at $143 million, the property will house one-, two- and three-bedroom units, with 46 residences to be reserved for households earning roughly 50 percent or less of the area median income. The building will also feature a fitness center, game and media lounge, coworking lounge, private dining and entertainment areas, tenant storage space and a rooftop garden, as well as 6,200 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Completion is slated for fall 2025. Financing for the project consisted of a $96 million construction loan that was co-originated by Canyon Partners and J.P. Morgan and a $25 million equity investment from Tribeca Investment Group.
NEW YORK CITY — Lee & Associates has brokered the $6.8 million sale of a 37-unit apartment building in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. The six-story, rent-stabilized building at 75 Pierrepont St. consists of 25 one-bedroom apartments and 12 studios that were fully occupied at the time of sale. Thomas Gammino and Patrick Donahue of Lee & Associates represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The deal traded at a cap rate of 6.2 percent. The deal traded at a cap rate of 6.2 percent.