SENECA FALLS, N.Y. — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of an 81-room Hampton Inn located in Seneca Falls. The sales price was undisclosed. The buyer was SF Hotel Group. Seneca Falls, located between Syracuse and Rochester, is a popular tourist destination due to the close proximity of vineyards, outdoor recreation and the Finger Lakes. Ketan Patel, Mark von Dwingelo and Peter Dolan of HREC negotiated the deal for seller Seneca Hospitality.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of 151 Eighth Ave., a five-story mixed-use building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, for $18.3 million. Brock Emmetsberger, Billy Simons and Rachel Aschendorf of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was a partnership made up of Stone Street Properties and Greenwich Village Capital. The 15,260-square-foot building contains 16 residential units, two retail units and one cell tower. Of the 16 apartments, 11 are free market, four are rent stabilized and one is rent controlled. The building is located in close proximity to retail and dining options that include Chelsea Market and Barneys New York.
NEW YORK CITY — The Blumenfeld Development Group has acquired an 80,000-square-foot industrial building at 260 Spur Drive South in Bay Shore, Long Island for $6.15 million. The property currently serves as the North American headquarters of Tensator, a provider of electronic queuing solutions in several industries including the retail and healthcare sectors. Blumenfeld, in partnership with The Hampshire Companies, acquired the property and negotiated a lease extension for Tensator. Kyle Burkhart of Cushman & Wakefield represented Tensator and Jason Miller and Jeffrey Schwartzberg of Premier Commercial Real Estate represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Bay Shore is 50 miles east of Manhattan.
NEW YORK CITY — Jamestown LP has sold Chelsea Market in Manhattan to Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) for $2.4 billion. Formerly a Nabisco factory in the West Chelsea district, the nearly 1.2 million-square-foot complex features office and retail space, as well as a large food hall on the ground floor that serves more than 500,000 locals and tourists on a monthly basis. The property occupies an entire city block bounded by Ninth and Tenth avenues between 15th and 16th streets. Jamestown will continue to manage Chelsea Market’s food hall and retail component. “I don’t think we could think of a more appropriate buyer and better steward for the asset. We’ve been working with Google for 17 years and we’ve watched them grow from 30 people in an office to now being one of the largest tech employers in the city,” says Michael Phillips, president of Jamestown. “It’s a bittersweet day. We’ve spent a lot of time there, and we love all the tenants. We’ll continue to have our offices there, but I think it’s a good time for Google to step in.” In 2010, Jamestown and its partners sold 111 Eighth Avenue, a roughly 3 million-square-foot office building in Manhattan, …
NEW YORK CITY — Hersha Hospitality Trust has completed the disposition of its Hampton Inn Financial District hotel in Manhattan for $32.4 million. Virginia-based Shamin Hotels was the buyer. Located at 32 Pearl St. in the heart of the financial district, the 81-key hotel includes a business center, lounge and fitness center and is in close proximity to Wall Street, Battery Park and the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Hersha acquired the property in 2011 for $28 million and spent $4.5 million to convert and expand the 1930’s Art Deco apartment building into a hotel.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of a 10,000-square-foot mixed-use building at 168 Suffolk St. on the Lower East Side for $12.8 million. Peter Carillo of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller, 168 Suffolk St. Owners LLC. Elad Dror and Tony Parks of PD Properties represented the buyer, Eunhasu Corp. In addition to the leased ground-floor retail space, the building consists of nine, two-bedroom, free-market apartments. In 2016, the building was fully renovated which included the installation of a new roof and rear building extension on all floors. Amenities include a shared roof deck as well as bike and locker storage. Located between East Houston and Stanton streets, the property is two blocks from the F, J, M and Z trains on Delancey Street.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between investment and development firm HFZ Capital Group and an affiliate of New York-based Westbrook Partners is undertaking a multifamily conversion project involving a landmark building in Manhattan. The partnership will transform The Belnord, a 215-unit apartment building that was constructed in 1908, into a luxury condo community. Designed by Hiss and Weekes, an architecture firm active in New York between 1899 and 1933, the 14-story building is located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and was given landmark status in 1980. The cost of the project was not disclosed. However, The Real Deal reports that HFZ paid approximately $575 million to New York-based Extell Development Co. for the site in 2015. The New York real estate publication also reports that the conversion of all units into luxury condos is expected to generate sales proceeds of more than $1.3 billion. Robert A.M. Stern Architects is providing design services for the redevelopment of The Belnord. “We are thrilled to partner with Westbrook Partners as we carry out our vision to transform The Belnord into a luxury residential development that is unlike anything on the Manhattan market today,” says Ziel Feldman, chairman and founder of HFZ Capital. …
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has brokered the $97 million sale of a three-property multifamily portfolio in the Upper West Side. Located in the Manhattan Valley neighborhood, the portfolio consists of three adjacent six-story elevator apartment buildings at 210, 220 and 230 W. 107th St. with a total of 180 units spanning 153,786 square feet. The buildings, built in 1925, sold for 15.15 times the current rent roll at a 4.66 cap rate. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty Group represented both parties in the transaction. Brooklyn-based investor Isaac Kassirer was the buyer. Orbach Group, a New Jersey-based firm that acquired the three buildings in 2013 for $70 million, was the seller.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Square Realty has negotiated a 20,000-square-foot lease for Carver Federal Savings Bank at 1825 Park Ave. in Harlem following the $20 million sale of the bank’s historic headquarters at 125th St. in February. The building had been fully occupied by Carver since 1958. Carver leased the top floor of 1825 Park Ave., which offers views of Harlem and Manhattan. Madison Square Realty CEO Eric Yarbro facilitated both the building sale and the new lease on behalf of the bank. Savanna, the owner of the 12-story building at 1825 Park Ave., also known as the Lee Building, recently completed a capital improvement plan for the property that resulted in it becoming the first ever Wired Certified Gold building in Harlem. Mitch Arkin of Cushman & Wakefield and Ellen Israel of JRT Realty represented Savanna in the lease transaction. Carver was founded in 1946 and is the nation’s largest bank founded and run by African-Americans.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has facilitated the sale of Adam Clayton Powell Cluster, a mixed-use portfolio in Central Harlem. The portfolio, which includes four mixed-use buildings and a vacant lot between 133rd and 134th streets, sold for $16.4 million. The four walk-up buildings contain 41 residential and six retail units spanning 39,445 square feet. The vacant lot is zoned R7-2/C1-4, allowing for 7,500 buildable square feet of retail and residential development. Victor Sozio, Shimon Shkury, Michael A. Tortorici and Orry Michael of Ariel represented the undisclosed seller.
