NEW YORK CITY — Brax Realty has brokered the $4.7 million sale of a 15-unit apartment building in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. Located at 340 W. 48th St., the property consists of 14 studio and a single one-bedroom apartment. Of the 15 units, six were vacant at the time of sale. Alan Stenson of Brax Realty represented the seller, 340 W. 48th Street LLC, in the transaction. The seller had owned the property for 44 years. The buyer was undisclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Compass Commercial has arranged the sale of an 8,400-square-foot retail center in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The sales price was not disclosed. Located at 44-58 E. 8th St., the property is comprised of seven retail units. The tenant roster includes Dunkin’ Donuts, Verizon, uBreakiFix and a Chinese restaurant. Also included in the sale is an underground parking garage with 40 spaces. Adelaide Polsinelli and Mitchell Goldstick of Compass represented both the seller, Three Street Realty Co., and the buyer, a local investor, in the transaction.
Longtime New York City retail broker Faith Hope Consolo passed away Sunday, December 23 in her Upper East Side home. Consolo, the Chairman of Retail at Douglas Elliman Real Estate, was 73. Consolo, New York’s self-appointed “Queen of Retail,” was a powerhouse in the New York real estate community. She was well known for her larger-than-life personality and for her “You Need Faith” motto. In a companywide memo, Douglas Elliman’s President and CEO Steven James wrote: “Faith was a legend in New York commercial real estate, especially the New York City retail stores and businesses. Many of her clients were long term ones. They believed in her to get the job done! And she did! She was a high-voltage character but deep down there was a heart that just wanted to be loved.” Prior to joining Douglas Elliman in 2005, Consolo was a vice chairman at Garrick-Aug Worldwide for 20 years. Her clients included Cartier, Versace, Zara and Louis Vuitton. Consolo was a frequent contributor to several France Media publications, including Shopping Center Business and Northeast Real Estate Business.
NEW YORK CITY — Venture Capital Properties has arranged the $1.3M sale of a multifamily building in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. Located at 279-281 Evergreen Ave., the property contains six units, two of which were vacant at the time of sale. The remaining four units are rent stabilized. Jacob Stavsky, Kevin Darouvar & Roy Oskar of Venture Capital Properties represented the buyer, the Rosilio family, and the undisclosed seller in the off-market transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — SJP Properties and PGIM Real Estate, the real estate investment business of PGIM Inc., have acquired 470 Park Avenue South in Manhattan’s Midtown South neighborhood for $245 million. Norges Bank Real Estate Management and TH Real Estate sold the 301,178-square-foot office and retail building. New York City-based SJP Properties will lease and manage the property. The partners plan to transform the property to accommodate the modern workforce with a boutique-style hotel lobby, outdoor garden, a game room, café, bar and enhanced rooftop terraces on the 14th and 18th floors, totaling 7,670 square feet. The new owners plan to gear the renovated workspace toward technology and creative sector tenants. The building takes up a city block between 31st and 32nd streets. It was 82 percent leased at the time of the sale with tenants including Priceline.com and Dstillery Inc., a data science firm. “In recent years, the Park Avenue South submarket has seen a large influx of tenants across a variety of industries — technology, healthcare, media, hospitality and more — making it a vibrant live/work/play destination,” says Alfonso Munk, Americas chief investment officer for PGIM Real Estate. “We are pleased to collaborate again with our long-term …
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. — Metropolitan Realty Associates has sold a 246,000-square-foot industrial building in Long Island City for $72 million. Located at 48-49 35th St., the property was originally constructed in 1949. Tenants at the building include international shipping company AirSea Packing as well as Housing Works Thrift Shop. The buyer was North River Co. Metropolitan Realty Associates acquired the property with equity partner TH Real Estate in 2017 for $55 million.
NEW YORK CITY — Apparel manufacturer American Exchange Time has acquired an 18,000-square-foot office condominium in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan. The company purchased the entire 15th floor office condo, which benefits from an open layout, full height windows on all four sides and 13-foot ceilings slab-to-slab. Located at 420 Fifth Ave., the building includes a three-story atrium lobby and a large plaza entry. John Ciraulo, Craig Waggner and Doug Blankrot of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, AM Property Holding & Quality Capital USA, in the transaction. American Exchange Time was represented by Wayne Siegel of Advisors Commercial Real Estate.
NEW YORK CITY — Coworking company WeWork has signed a 236,000-square-foot lease at 1440 Broadway, a 25-story, 747,000-square-foot office building in Manhattan. WeWork’s space will consist of a newly constructed private entrance and lobby. The company will occupy floors 14 through 21 at the building. New York-based owner and developer CIM Group acquired 1449 Broadway in December 2017 and is currently executing a capital improvement plan at the building. The plan includes the renovation of the existing street entrance and lobby as well as a new roof deck amenity that will offer views of Bryant Park, Times Square and the Hudson River.
NEW YORK CITY — NKF has brokered the sale of a 349,274-square-foot mixed-use building in the Bryant Park neighborhood of Manhattan for $282 million. Located at 114 W. 41st St., the 22-story property is currently 91 percent leased to 13 office tenants and several street-level restaurants. Office tenants include Roku, Quartet Health, View the Space (VTS), Kensington Publishing, SpotCo and the New York headquarters of Guess?. The property recently underwent nearly $30 million in capital investment, including a dual-entrance lobby and tenant-only amenity center. James Kuhn, Edward Maher, David Colen and James Tribble of NKF’s New York Capital Markets team represented the seller, Blackstone, in the transaction. The buyer was Clarion Partners.
NEW YORK CITY — German bank Helaba has provided a $125 million loan to refinance The Paris, a 24-story multifamily tower on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Located at 752 West End Ave., the property was originally built in the 1930s as the Hotel Paris. The 191,500-square-foot property consists of 168 units. Amenities include a fitness center, children’s playroom, rooftop terrace, storage units and bike racks. A newly renovated pool is scheduled to open in early 2019. Helaba provided the financing to Stellar Management, a New York City-based owner-operator of commercial real estate. Nesenoff & Miltenberg LLP represented Stellar Management, while Dentons US LLP represented Helaba Bank.
