NEW YORK CITY — Weaver & Tidwell LLP has signed a 36,500-square-foot office lease expansion at PENN 1, a newly redeveloped office building in Midtown Manhattan. The accounting firm is expanding from an 8,000-square-foot space on the second floor to the entire 28th floor of the 55-story building. Neil Goldmacher and Michael Horn of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Josh Glick, Jared Silverman and Anthony Cugini represented the landlord, Vornado Realty Trust, on an internal basis.
NEW YORK CITY — Lyceum Kennedy School has renewed its lease in Midtown Manhattan and also expanded its footprint. The international and bilingual academic institution now occupies 21,950 square feet at 815 Second Ave. between its existing space on the second floor and its new expansion onto the entire third floor. David Hoffman and Sam Hoffman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the school in the lease negotiations. Bill Savarese and Jamie DeJong of Parish Property Management represented the landlord.
FIRE ISLAND PINES, N.Y. — Brokerage firm Muroff Hospitality Group has arranged the $15.5 million sale of Fire Island Pines Resort on the southern tip of Long Island. The resort features The Blue Whale marina and restaurant, a hotel, pool, fitness center and pavilion. The sale, which also included a three-bedroom house and 16-bedroom house for employees, represents approximately 75 percent of the commercial property on Fire Island Pines. Mitch Muroff of Muroff Hospitality Group represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based developer TF Cornerstone has begun leasing Malt Drive, a 1,386-unit apartment complex in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. The site is located within the 30-acre Hunter’s Point South mixed-use development along a new city street that was named as a nod to the site’s history as a sugar cane processing facility that later became a beer distribution center. The two-building development houses studio, one- and two-bedroom units and includes 25,000 square feet of retail space and a 3.5-acre public park. The South building at 2-20 Malt Drive rises 33 stories and features 575 units. The adjacent North building comprises 811 apartments across two towers at 2-21 Malt Drive. Thirty percent of units at both buildings will be set aside as affordable housing and will be leased at 130 percent of the area median income. Amenities include coworking space, children’s playrooms, lounges, fitness centers, shared laundry rooms, roof decks with barbecue grills, sundecks and courtyards. SLCE Architects designed the project. Rents start at $3,600 per month for a studio apartment.
NEW YORK CITY — Healthcare provider NewYork-Presbyterian has signed a 10,189-square-foot lease in The Bronx. The space is located within the 60,000-square-foot building at 2510 Westchester Ave., which is also home to practitioners in specialty fields such as orthopedics and sports medicine, behavioral health and acupuncture. Both the tenant and the landlord, Simone Development, were self-represented in the lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between development and investment firm Olshan Properties and New York City-based O’Connor Capital Partners has completed Parkchester Gardens, a 221-unit affordable senior living project in The Bronx. Units are reserved for renters earning 50 percent or less of the area median income. Wells Fargo financed the project in conjunction with the New York City Housing Development Corp. and the Department of Housing Preservation & Development. Construction began in spring 2021.
GREENLAWN, N.Y. — New York-based Nouvini Property Investments has purchased a retail property in the Long Island community of Greenlawn for $3 million. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 233-243 Broadway was built in 2012, totals 20,000 square feet and is home to multiple restaurants. Triple Net Brokers represented both Nouvini and the undisclosed seller in this transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — New York-based developer Goose Property Management has received a $68 million loan for the refinancing of Astor on Third II, a 137-unit apartment building located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. Astor on Third II is a newly built property that offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, as well as 17,900 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a rooftop deck, children’s playroom, fitness center, screening room, package room and resident’s lounge with a pool table, board games and kitchenette. Henry Bodek of Galaxy Capital originated the loan through Affinius Capital. Goose Management will use a portion of the proceeds to fund additional leasing costs to stabilize the property.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $16.5 million sale of two apartment buildings totaling 110 units that are located at 226 and 259 W. 144th St. in Harlem. The elevator-served buildings both rise six stories and include one ground-floor commercial space between them. Victor Sozio, Shimon Shkury, Gabriel Elyaszadeh and Remi Mandell of Ariel represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Shawmut Design & Construction has completed The St. Vincent Health Sciences Center, a $106 million academic project located on the campus of St. John’s University in Queens. The 70,000-square-foot facility functions as a pass-through from the Residence Village to the Great Lawn and the main academic hub of the campus. The building houses classrooms, laboratories, patient simulation spaces and private study rooms, as well as a multi-story “living room,” which functions as a social hub and collaborative space for students and faculty. CannonDesign served as the project architect.