NEW YORK CITY — JLL has secured a $210 million acquisition loan for 530 Broadway, a 200,000-square-foot mixed-use building in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan that was originally built in 1898. LoanCore Capital LLC provided the loan to a joint venture between local real estate developer SHVO, Deutsche Finance America and BLG Capital Ltd. The joint venture purchased the 11-story property from a partnership of Wharton Property Advisors and Thor Equities. Michael Tepedino, David Sitt and Robert Tonnessen of JLL arranged the financing.
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NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Knight Frank has brokered the $14 million sale of a 99-year leasehold interest at 250 Utica Avenue, a 61,230-square-foot retail building in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. At the time of sale, the four-story building was 95 percent leased to tenants including Blink Fitness, CityMD, Dollar Tree and Brooklyn Kids Academy. There are 91 years remaining on the recently restructured leasehold. Barry Fishbach, Brian Segall and Gary Meese represented the seller, L+M Development Partners. The buyer was undisclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Two retailers have signed leases to occupy a total of 5,000 square feet at the ground floor of Galerie, a 182-unit luxury condominium building in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. Fitness facility F45 Training signed a lease for 2,300 square feet, and Pediatric Associates of NYC signed a lease for 2,643 square feet. A development partnership between Adam America Real Estate and Vake US owns the building, which is located at 22-18 Jackson Ave. Thomas Galo and Steve Baker of Winick Realty Group represented ownership in both lease negotiations. Michael Azarian of Cushman & Wakefield represented F45 Training. Elliot Zelinger of Savitt Partners represented Pediatric Associates of NYC.
NEW YORK CITY — Investment advisory firm Neville, Rodie & Shaw Inc. (NRS) has signed a 10-year office lease extension for its 7,300-square-foot space at 200 Madison Avenue in the Grand Central neighborhood of Manhattan. NRS will remain in its space on the 20th floor of the 26-story building, which it has occupied for more than 30 years, through 2031. NRS was represented internally in the lease negotiations. Andrew Conrad and Matt Coudert represented the building owner, a partnership of George Comfort & Sons, Loeb Partners Realty and Jamestown, also on an internal basis.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.9 million sale of 397 East 49th Street, a 34-unit multifamily property in Brooklyn. The four-story building was completed in 1927 and offers studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floor plans. Shaun Riney, Daniel Greenblatt and Zalman Yarmush represented the buyer and seller in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. has entered into a 99-year ground lease with the owner of 126-132 Nassau Street, a construction site in Lower Manhattan. The developer plans to build a 215,000-square-foot residential building at the site after demolishing an existing 98,412-square-foot office building. Additional details of the construction plans were not disclosed. However, this land acquisition follows several recently completed SL Green mixed-use projects in New York City, including a student residence hall at 33 Beekman St.; a student residence hall at 180 Broadway in Brooklyn; and a multifamily building at 185 Broadway in Brooklyn.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A joint venture between Jack Sitt Real Estate LLC and GII LLC, a UAE-based financial service firm, has acquired Grand Street Plaza, an office property located northeast of New York City in White Plains. The sales price for the 217,628-square-foot, two-building property was $42.5 million. Located at 140 and 150 Grand St., the Class A property was 90 percent leased at the time of sale, primarily to government- and law-related tenants. Jeffrey Dunne, Steven Bardsley and Jeremy Neuer led a CBRE team that represented the seller, an a fund managed by Westport Capital Partners LLC, in the transaction. The team also procured the the joint venture as the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — StorQuest Self Storage has opened a 1,092-unit facility in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. Located at 507 Osborn St., the facility offers month-to-month rentals for climate-controlled units and business storage. StorQuest is a subsidiary of The William Warren Group Inc., an owner and operator of self-storage assets.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.9 million sale of 1065 Summit Avenue, a 26-unit multifamily building in the Highbridge neighborhood of The Bronx. Spanning 40,500 square feet, the building offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and close access to public transit lines. Peter Von Der Ahe, Seth Glasser, Michael Fusco and Isaac Lipton of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller in the transaction. Both parties were private investors that requested anonymity.
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. — Renaissance Management, a New York-based investment firm, has acquired La Bonne Vie, a 915-apartment community on Long Island for $232.5 million. The property features 626 market-rate apartments and 289 age-restricted (55-plus) apartments and amenities such as indoor and outdoor pools, a gym, libraries and tennis courts. The buildings were completed in the mid-1970s and 1980s and have been preserved in their original conditions. Jeffrey Dunne, Jeremy Neuer and Gene Pride led a CBRE team that represented the building owners, an undisclosed consortium of partnerships, in the transaction. Shawn Rosenthal, Jason Gaccione and Thomas Didio of the Midtown Manhattan Debt & Structure Finance group arranged the financing for Renaissance Management’s acquisition and future planned renovations of La Bonne Vie. The team secured a $200.7 million senior loan from TPG Real Estate Finance. The three-year loan includes the option for three one-year extensions.