YONKERS, N.Y. — AMS Acquisitions has purchased a 50,000-square-foot development site in Yonkers for $18.3 million. The property is located at 55 Buena Vista Ave. AMS plans to build a 400,000-square-foot, 24-story, 361-unit residential building at the site, which is the former Teutonia Music Hall. AMS acquired the property from seller Kohl Construction. The AMS portfolio includes approximately two million square feet of retail, residential and office space in the tri-state region.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $4.5 million sale of a 10,000-square-foot warehouse in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. Located at 19-57 Steinway St., the single-story property features 16-foot ceiling heights and four drive-in gates. A month-to-month tenant currently occupies the warehouse. Stephen R. Preuss of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, 19-57 Steinway ST RTY CP, in the transaction. The buyer was J&N Development.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $10.5 million sale of a three-story, mixed-use property in Long Island City. Located at 44-61 11th St., the 18,500-square-foot property includes retail and office space and is fully leased to four separate tenants. Stephen Preuss of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also undisclosed.
SAYVILLE, N.Y. — NAI Long Island has negotiated the $1.6 million sale of a medical office building in Sayville. Located at 160 Middle Road, the 7,300-square-foot property is currently occupied by Long Island Family Medical Group. Gary Pezza of NAI Long Island represented the seller, John A. Zimmerly, M.D., in the transaction. The buyer was 1449 Holdings LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — Youngwoo & Associates has broken ground on the Radio Tower & Hotel, a 235,000-square-foot, mixed-use property in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. The 22-story building will include 155,000 square feet of office space, a 221-room boutique hotel and 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. The property is located on Amsterdam Avenue between 180th and 181st Streets. Youngwoo & Associates acquired the site, which was formerly a gas station, in 2013.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $11.8 million sale of a two-building apartment community in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. Located at 439-441 Henry St., the property includes 73 feet of residential frontage on Henry Street. Matt Fotis and Dylan Renicker of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was also a private investor.
NEW YORK CITY — Jonathan Rose Cos., The NHP Foundation and Nuveen have acquired Shore Hill Housing, a two-building, 558-unit affordable seniors housing property in Brooklyn, for approximately $150 million. The seller was NYU Langone, a hospital system with many buildings located adjacent to the site. The property consists of two interconnected, 14-story towers in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn totaling 414,127 square feet. The property was built in 1977 and sits on 2.7 acres along Shore Road. The unit mix includes 325 studios and 233 one-bedrooms. The buyers financed the acquisition with a $102 million Freddie Mac loan arranged through PGIM Real Estate Finance. The Rose Affordable Housing Preservation Fund IV LP, along with joint-venture partner NHP and Nuveen, will invest $52 million of equity in the property. “We are making a long-term investment to preserve an important affordable housing property for seniors with a conventional debt and private equity execution,” says Joshua Plattner, who led the acquisition for Rose. The venture will invest in capital improvements to increase energy efficiency, reduce the carbon footprint and enhance the resident services at Shore Hill as part of Rose’s Communities of Opportunity programming. “We are excited about the opportunity to …
NEW YORK CITY — Landsea Homes and Leyton Properties have broken ground on a 14-story condominium tower on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Located at 212 W. 93rd St., the property will include 20 residences atop a new 9,350-square-foot synagogue that will occupy the first two floors. The developers purchased the site from Congregation Shaare Zedek. The building was designed by Eran Chen of ODA New York and draws inspiration from the neighborhood’s historic pre-war architecture. The completion date for the property was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between hotel owner-operator MCR and real estate developer and manager Building and Land Technology has secured a $647.5M refinancing for a 53-property hotel portfolio spanning 15 states and 31 markets. The 5,958-room portfolio includes 33 Marriot-branded properties and 20 Hilton-branded properties. The assets are 12 years old on average. Bank of America led the financing, which also included Wells Fargo and two mezzanine lenders. The proceeds will go towards repaying current loans as well as returning capital to the joint venture. Terms of the financing were not disclosed. MCR has offices in New York City and Dallas and is the sixth-largest hotel owner-operator in the United States. MCR’s hotels are operated under 11 different brands. Stamford, Connecticut-based BLT was founded in 1982 and has invested in more than 25 million square feet of commercial, hotel and residential properties across 26 states. — David Cohen
NEW YORK CITY — Seniors housing REIT giant Welltower Inc. (NYSE:HCN) and international real estate firm Hines have announced plans for a 17-story seniors housing community on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The project will be the second of its type for the partnership. A 16-story seniors housing community named The Welltower is currently under construction in Midtown. An undisclosed “passive institutional investor” is also involved in both projects. The companies acquired the development site, located at Broadway and 85thStreet. Plans call for a 140,000-square-foot “The Welltower West” building rising from the 9,100-square-foot plot. Existing commercial structures on the site will be demolished to make way for construction. SLCE Architects LLP will design the project. Sarah Hawkins and Bevin Littlehale of Hines and John Olympitis and Talal Khan of Welltower, both out of their respective New York regional offices, led the transaction teams on the land acquisition.
