NEW YORK CITY — Sugar Hill Capital Partners has acquired a two-building multifamily community in Brooklyn for $5.6 million. Located at 932-938 Eastern Parkway, the 24,600-square-foot property consists of 24 units. The seller was real estate investor and film producer Joseph Scarpinito. Jacob Stavsky of Venture Capital Properties represented both the buyer and seller in the off-market transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Leviathan Capital has secured an $8 million refinancing for a 33,000-square-foot office building in the Bronx. The property is currently net leased to the NYC Department of Education. Leviathan secured a non-recourse loan for the undisclosed borrower with a fixed rate of 10 years at 4.9 percent. The loan provided the borrower with a $5 million cash-out.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $3.4 million sale of a development site located at 1408 Cromwell Ave. in the Bronx. The vacant lot is situated in the Jerome Avenue District, which was recently rezoned to residential under New York City’s affordable housing plan. The rezoning covers 92 blocks and is expected to generate approximately 4,600 new units of housing. Jason Gold, Michael Tortorici and Daniel Mahfar of Ariel Property Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also undisclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Progress Capital has secured a $4.1 million construction-to-permanent loan for the development of three attached, four-story mixed-use buildings in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. Located at 139-141 Alexander Ave., each building will consist of seven residential units and a ground-level retail space. Brad Domenico of Progress Capital represented the borrower, Maddd Equities, in securing the financing through an undisclosed lender. The loan includes an initial 18-month interest-only period followed by a seven-year permanent mortgage.
NEW YORK CITY — Creative workspace provider Spaces has signed a 15-year, 110,989-square-foot lease at the Chrysler Building in New York City. Jim Wenk and Kirill Azovtsev of JLL represented Spaces in the transaction. Building owner Tishman Speyer was represented in-house by Gregory Conen and Robert Weller. Spaces will occupy the seventh through the ninth floors at the 1.2 million-square-foot Chrysler Building, which is located at 405 Lexington Ave. in Midtown Manhattan. The company currently operates three workspaces in New York with three more set to open by the end of this year.
NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $27 million refinancing for a 504,875-square-foot industrial facility in Newburgh. The property is currently fully leased to wholesale grocery supply company C&S Corp. Features at the facility include ceiling heights of 40 feet, one drive-in dock and 89 tailgate loading docks. The building was constructed in 1990. The loan was placed with American General Life Insurance Co. and The United States Life Insurance Co. The borrower is an affiliate of Purchase, N.Y.-based National Realty & Development Corp.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield and Rudder Property Group have negotiated the $9.5 million sale of an 11,750-square-foot office cooperative in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards neighborhood. Located at 450 West 31st St., the property includes the entire 12th floor of the building as well as the penthouse. The cooperative also includes a 4,750-square-foot private terrace and a basement storage area. Carri Lyon of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Michael Rudder and Michael Heller of Rudder Property Group, represented the seller, Studio 450. Todd Korren of Avison Young represented the buyer, Melkonian Capital Management.
NEW YORK — Columbia Property Trust Inc. (NYSE: CXP) and Normandy Real Estate Partners LLC plan to form a joint venture to develop 799 Broadway, a 12-story boutique office building in Manhattan’s Midtown South neighborhood. The $300 million, ground-up project will be located at the corner of 11th Street and Broadway, at the convergence of Union Square and Greenwich Village. The loft-style building will total 182,000 square feet and will feature floor plates ranging from 3,600 to 22,000 square feet. Other features will include 15-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling glass and private terraces. “We look forward to working with Columbia to jointly develop a Class A, loft-style creative building in this ideal location,” said Jeffrey Gronning, founder and partner of Normandy Real Estate Partners. “With its high-end amenities and features, this unique building will be ideally suited for tenants seeking a creative and collaborative environment and should benefit from the limited supply of newly developed properties in this neighborhood.” Chicago-based architecture firm Perkins+Will is designing the building, which is slated for completion in the second half of 2020. Once completed, 799 Broadway will join Columbia’s existing Manhattan portfolio, which includes 218 W. 18th St., 249 W. 17th St., 114 5th Ave., 229 …
GLENVILLE, N.Y. — Axiom Capital Corp. has arranged a $21 million refinancing for a 360-unit multifamily community in Glenville. The property is approximately 31 miles northwest of Albany. Axiom Capital represented the borrower, a private investor, in securing financing through a bank. The community is located in close proximity to Union College and Schenectady Community College.
NEW YORK CITY — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital has arranged an $11.7 million construction loan for Bronxview at Serviam. The building will include 114 units with a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Equity for the approximately $61.3 million project was provided through the purchase of 9 percent low-income housing tax credits awarded by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). The property will feature 12 units for residents earning up to 30 percent of the area median income (AMI), 12 units at 50 percent AMI, 33 units at 60 percent AMI, 34 units at 80 percent the AMI and 22 units at 90 percent AMI. Jim Gillespie of Bellwether arranged the Freddie Mac loan for the Fordham Bedford Housing Corp. The financing features a 36-month forward period followed by a 30-year permanent mortgage and a fixed rate locked at the time of the construction loan closing.