NEW YORK CITY — Locally based financial intermediary ERG Commercial Real Estate has arranged an $8.5 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a 40,000-square-foot industrial building on Staten Island. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 501 Industry Road was completed in 1976 and features a clear height of 30 feet. The direct lender was a national bank, and the borrower was a local private investment group. Both parties requested anonymity. The building was fully leased at the time of the loan closing
NEW YORK CITY — Five Iron Golf will open a 15,856-square-foot entertainment venue in Brooklyn. The space spans the ground floor and lower level of 25 Kent, a 500,000-square-foot office building, and will include 13 simulators, a 7,000-square-foot gym and a bar and kitchen. Anthony Dattoma of CBRE represented Five Iron Golf, which plans to open in the second quarter of 2026, in the lease negotiations. Ben Birnbaum, Neal Ohm, Andrew Taub and Caleb Petersen of Newmark represented the landlord, Global Holdings.
NEW YORK CITY — Citymeals on Wheels has signed a 15,214-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The nonprofit organization will occupy the entire ninth floor of 360 Lexington Avenue, a 24-story building. Steven Soutendijk of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Mitchell Konsker, Barbara Winter and Thomas Swartz of JLL, along with internal agent Samuel Salberg, represented the landlord, AMTrustRE.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment and development firm AmTrustRE has entered into an agreement to buy 260 Madison Avenue, a 22-story office building in Midtown Manhattan, for roughly $217 million. The approximately 570,000-square-foot building was constructed in 1952 and was roughly 68 percent leased at the time of sale. Tenants include Hanesbrands, MGM, Regus, McLaughlin & Stern and Marcus & Millichap. AmTrust plans to invest between $60 million and $70 million in capital improvements to the building. The seller was The Sapir Organization.
MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Chicago-based brokerage firm Kiser Group has negotiated the $76 million sale of the 250-bed Sarah Neuman Skilled Nursing Facility in Mamaroneck, roughly 30 miles northeast of New York City. According to Kiser Group, the property was initially under contract for $84 million, but the first buyer had to withdraw from the transaction due to rising interest rates. Mark Myers led the Kiser Group team that arranged the sale. The seller was an undisclosed religious nonprofit organization. Myers also arranged interim financing on behalf of the buyer, including a $5 million loan, throughout the approval process.
NEW YORK CITY — Affordable housing owner-operator Tredway has completed the renovation of Greene Clermont Houses, a 97-unit affordable seniors housing complex in Brooklyn. Built in 1985, the seven-story complex is located in the borough’s Fort Greene neighborhood and houses units that are reserved for renters earning 50 percent or less of the area median income. Renovations upgraded units’ flooring, lighting, kitchens and bathrooms, and the community room has been enhanced to include a new kitchen, wellness room, nurse’s station and resident services coordinator office. Tredway partnered with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development on the project, which also served to preserve the property’s affordability status for another 40 years.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $17.5 million sale of a 26,624-square-foot retail building in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. The building at 321 Starr St. houses 10 units, and tenants include MetroRock, 48 Cypress and New York Film Lab. Shaun Riney, Michael Salvatico, Scott Plasky and Alexander Arustamanian of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the Canadian buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
VALLEY COTTAGE, N.Y. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $45 million bridge loan for the refinancing of Lincoln Logistics Center, a roughly 220,000-square-foot industrial property in Valley Cottage, about 30 miles north of New York City. The facility sits on a nearly 20-acre site and features a clear height of 36 feet, 34 loading dock doors, two drive-in doors and 123 car parking spaces foot clear heights. Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Adam Schwartz, Ari Hirt and Stanley Cayre of Walker & Dunlop arranged the loan on behalf of the owner, a joint venture between PCCP LLC and Lincoln Equities Group. Rialto Capital Management provided the financing.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $7.3 million sale of a 40-unit apartment building in Queens. The five-story building at 27-08 39th Ave. was originally constructed in 1929 and offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units, eight of which (20 percent) are subject to rent restrictions. Matt Fotis and Lazarus Apostolidis of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. Steve Filippo of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged acquisition financing for the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Infinite Global Real Estate Partners and Buttonwood Development has purchased an office building in Midtown Manhattan with plans to implement a residential conversion. The partnership plans to transform the building at 29 W. 35th St., which was previously foreclosed upon, into a 107-unit apartment complex in which 75 percent (80) of the units will be rented at market rates. The remaining 27 units will be reserved as affordable housing. Residences will exclusively come in studio formats and will range in size from 400 to 575 square feet. Ismael Leyva Architects is designing the conversion, and Archstone is serving as the general contractor. Allegiant is the lender, and additional equity partners include 400 Capital Management LLC, L&L Holding (also the project manager) and Terracotta Management.