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.
SEATTLE — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has officially selected New York City and Arlington, Va., as the homes for its second headquarters, confirming reports last week of the e-commerce giant’s decision to split HQ2. Amazon will invest $5 billion and create more than 50,000 jobs across the two new headquarters locations, with more than 25,000 employees in each new headquarters. Both campuses will feature 4 million square feet of new office space, which is expandable up to 8 million square feet at each location. New York City and Arlington will join Seattle as the company’s three headquarters in North America. “These two locations will allow us to attract world-class talent that will help us to continue inventing for customers for years to come,” says Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon. “The team did a great job selecting these sites, and we look forward to becoming an even bigger part of these communities.” The New York location will be in Queens’ Long Island City neighborhood. The Arlington office will be in River Landing, a newly branded neighborhood encompassing parts of Pentagon City and Crystal City in Arlington and Potomac Yard in nearby Alexandria. Amazon estimates the incremental tax revenue to exceed $10 billion for the New York location …
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided an $8.2 million Fannie Mae loan to refinance a three-property multifamily portfolio in Queens. The portfolio consists of three, rent-stabilized properties totaling 52 units. The properties are located at 177-50 South Conduit Ave., 176-20 and 177-16 South Conduit Ave. Amenities at the properties include on-site laundry, covered parking and community rooms as well as video security. Terms of the financing included a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was undisclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — HREC Capital Markets Group has arranged the $7.4 million refinancing of the leasehold interest in the Look Hotel Red Hook in Brooklyn. Located at 17 Seabring St. in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, the property is adjacent to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. The hotel was recently renovated and upgraded to the Choice Hotels’ boutique Ascend Collection. Greg Porter and Mike Armstrong of HREC represented the borrower, Brooklyn Hotel Group, in securing a floating-rate, non-recourse loan from a private New York-based investment company.
NEW YORK CITY — Brax Realty has negotiated the $12.2 million sale of a two-building multifamily property on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Located at 432- 434 E. 89th St., the properties were built in 1910 and are comprised of 41 units. Alan Stenson of Brax Realty represented the buyer, S.W. Management, in the transaction. The seller was H.S. Realty Associates Inc.
CEDARHURST, N.Y. — Rosewood Realty has arranged the $3.2 million sale of a three-story apartment building in Cedarhurst, Long Island. Located at 488 Central Ave., the 12,000-square-foot property was built in 1924 and includes eight apartments as well as two ground-floor retail spaces. The retail spaces include a restaurant and a children’s clothing store. Michael Guttman of Rosewood Realty represented both the buyer, PD Central LLC, and the seller, 488 Central Avenue LLC, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Integra Real Estate Capital has secured a $28 million bridge loan for a two-building, mixed-use property in the Lincoln Square section of Manhattan. Located at 15 Central Park West, the property includes a 19-story building and a 36-story building with a total of 202 residential units and 80,000 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a three-lane saltwater pool, a 14,000-square-foot fitness center, outdoor garden, game room, conference rooms and a wine cellar. Arthur and William Zeckendorf developed the property in 2008. Igor Goldenberg of Integra arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower through a New York City-based debt-fund to refinance the existing debt on the property.
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $22 million loan to refinance Central Crossing, a 115,000-square-foot shopping center in Spring Valley. Located at 175 East Central Ave., the shopping center is currently 98 percent leased to a tenant roster that includes Food Fair, Planet Fitness and Popeyes. Eli Serebrowski of Meridian secured the financing for the undisclosed borrower through a balance sheet lender. The loan features 10-year term with a rate of 4.2 percent and a 30-year amortization schedule.