NEW YORK CITY — Anthony Lawrence-Belfair has signed a 25,214-square-foot industrial lease in The Bronx. The furniture maker and distributor is relocating from the Long Island City area of Queens to the ground floor of the warehouse at 1200 Zerega Ave., with plans to open a new studio and showroom. Helen Paul of Cushman & Wakefield and Joseph Caputo of Exit Realty Premier represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Mat Diana of DY Realty represented the landlord, Simone Development Co.
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Standard Communities Acquires $1B Affordable Housing Portfolio Across Four States
LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK CITY — Standard Communities has acquired a portfolio of 60 affordable housing properties totaling approximately 6,000 units for $1 billion. The transaction is the largest affordable housing acquisition this year, according to the firm. The portfolio includes both traditional multifamily and seniors housing communities and locations across four states, growing the firm’s portfolio in California to 11,000 units and expanding its presence to three new states: Arizona, Colorado and Texas. Properties include the Oaks at Georgetown multifamily community in Georgetown, Texas; Harmony Court, an affordable seniors living community in Redondo Beach, Calif.; and Maroon Creek Apartments in Aspen, Colo. The undisclosed seller developed many of the properties around 2002. Standard plans to invest over $30 million in capital improvements and deferred maintenance across the portfolio. No residents will be displaced during renovations and the communities will remain within the affordable price point, according to the new ownership. An increasing number of households have been designated as “cost burdened” over the past year, leading to a push from policymakers to increase the amount of available affordable housing, according to a recent report by Yardi Matrix. In 2024, 69,600 units are expected to come on line with …
NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $110 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of multifamily properties in New York City. The portfolio comprises 18 properties totaling 112 units and 29 commercial spaces that are located in areas such as Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood and Brooklyn’s Park Slope district. Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Sean Reimer, Sean Bastian, Christopher de Raet, and Stanley Cayre of Walker & Dunlop arranged the loan, terms of which were not disclosed, through Hudson Bay Capital. The borrower was a partnership between Davean Holdings and Meadow Partners.
VESTAL, N.Y. — Georgia-based Landmark Properties will develop The Retreat at Bunn Hill, a 700-bed student housing project that will be located near the State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton campus in Vestal. The 314,300-square-foot, cottage-style property will offer 161 units in 15 configurations ranging from two- to five-bedrooms with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities will include a 12,000-square-foot clubhouse, heated outdoor pool, fire pits, a fitness center and access to an off-campus shuttle bus. Landmark Construction, the in-house general contractor for Landmark Properties, will manage construction of the community, which is slated for a summer 2026 completion.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated the $104.5 million sale of a 204-unit apartment building located in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park neighborhood. The seven-story building at 210-220 E. 22nd St. comprises 82 studios, 75 one-bedroom units, 39 two-bedroom residences and eight three-bedroom apartments. Amenities include a fitness center, resident lounge and onsite laundry facilities. Andrew Scandalios, Jeffrey Julien, Rob Hinckley and Steven Rutman of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a joint venture between New York-based Canvas Property Group, Declaration Partners and Tokyu Land US Corp. The property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale.
CARMEL, N.Y. — Diamond Point Development has broken ground on an 800-unit self-storage facility in Carmel, about 60 miles north of New York City in the Hudson Valley region. The multi-story facility will comprise 81,000 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. Diamond Point is developing the facility in partnership with Dallas-based Rosewood Property Co. Extra Space Storage will manage the property, which is expected to be complete in late 2025.
NEW YORK CITY — Mirae Asset Securities has signed a 34,640-square-foot office lease expansion and extension in Midtown Manhattan. The financial institution renewed its existing 17,320-square-foot lease that covers the entire 37th floor at 810 Seventh Avenue for an additional 10 years and took another 17,320 square feet across the entire 38th floor. Neil Goldmacher and John Moran of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Harry Blair, Tara Stacom, Barry Zeller, Justin Royce and Pierce Hance of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, SL Green.
NEW YORK CITY — Private equity firm Kriss Capital and New York-based investment group Corigin have provided $205 million in construction financing for a multifamily project that will be located at 26 E. 35th St. in Manhattan’s Nomad neighborhood. The building will rise 18 stories and house 137 condos. The financing consists of a $180 million senior loan from Kriss Capital and its Israeli partner, Klirmark Capital, and a $25 million mezzanine loan from Corigin. Max Hulsh, Max Herzog, Marko Kazanjian and Andrew Cohen of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, The Continuum Co. Completion is slated for 2027.
MELVILLE, N.Y. — Northwell Health, the state’s largest provider, has signed a 19,162- square-foot office and healthcare lease in the Long Island community of Melville. Northwell plans to operate a pharmacy center and administrative offices within the 55,686-square-foot building at 40 Melville Park Road, which is owned by locally based firm Simone Development Cos. Darren Leiderman of Colliers represented Northwell in the lease negotiations. Simone Development was self-represented.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between multifamily owner-operator Asland Capital Partners and locally based investment firm Pembroke Residential Holdings has completed Park Lane Senior Apartments in The Bronx. The 154-unit, age-restricted development is located in the borough’s Soundview neighborhood, and about a third (53) of the residences are reserved for households earning 50 percent or less of the area median income. In addition, 30 percent of the units are set aside for seniors who were formerly homeless. Amenities include a tenant lounge and indoor/outdoor recreational spaces.