NEW YORK CITY — Ready Capital Structured Finance has arranged $6 million in financing for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a mixed-use property in SoHo. The financing is a non-recourse senior floating-rate bridge loan. The property features 7,500 square feet of retail, office and multifamily space.
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — SVN/Realty Three Advisors has arranged the sale of an industrial property located at 205 Express St. in Plainview. Robert Anton and Arthur Cerrone Jr. purchased the industrial property from 205 Express Street LLC for $2.8 million. Situated on 1.4 acres and built in 1995, the property features 20,200 square feet of industrial space. Lorraine O’Hara, Patricia Posillico and Aric Schachner of SVN/Realty Three Advisors represented the seller, while David Hunt of Hunt Corporate Services represented the buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has brokered the sale of two multifamily buildings located at 460-464 Prospect Ave. in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. An undisclosed buyer acquired the assets for $6.3 million. Adam Hess, Eddie Setton and Aaron Birns of TerraCRG facilitated the transaction. Totaling 15,120 square feet, the property features 16 two-bedroom apartments, with nine rent-stabilized and seven free-market units.
NEW YORK CITY — ATCO Properties & Management has closed a $72.7 million refinancing for an office building located at 240-246 W. 35th St. in Manhattan’s Garment District. MetLife Investment Management provided the five-year, fixed-rate loan. Jordan Roeschlaub and Dustin Stolly of Newmark Knight Frank arranged the financing. ATCO acquired the 165,000-square-foot building in 2016 and has executed new leases and implemented capital improvement projects at the 18-story property. The company executed 47,000 square feet of new leases and renewals during 2017 and completed several improvement projects, including a new lobby renovation, common corridor upgrades and sidewalk improvements. Newsday, Fidelus Technologies, Jason Wu, Carrier Enterprises Northeast, Nexguard Labs and Café Metro are tenants at the building.
NEW YORK CITY — Stonehill Taylor has designed HY36, a hotel in the Hudson Yards district, for owners LLR Holdings LLC and Intercontinental Hotel Group. Open in fall 2017, the hotel features 251 rooms; a business lounge; an outside patio with a full bar and retractable skylight roof; a full gym; two meeting rooms; and The Great American, a destination restaurant. The hotel features an industrial design that emulates the nearby transportation hubs, including Penn Station, Port Authority Bus Terminal, Lincoln Tunnel and Grand Central Station. The façade is composed of corrugated metal and glass panels arranged in a rhythmic vertical configuration. K & Co. designed the interior spaces, with Glen Cohen designing the guestrooms. Intercontinental Hotel Group operates the property.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the sale of three contiguous mixed-use buildings on Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights. A private investor, 2372-2376 Amsterdam Avenue NYC, acquired the properties from 2372-2376 Amsterdam Avenue LLC for $13.2 million. The buildings, located at 2372, 2374 and 2376 Amsterdam Ave., total 41,353 square feet. The properties consist of two five-story mixed-use walk-up buildings and one six-story mixed-use building with a total of 58 apartments and eight retail stores, including a barbershop and a grocery store. The properties were built between 1906 and 1908.
NEW YORK CITY — AMAC, a Midtown Manhattan-based real estate investment firm, has purchased 10 Rutgers Street, a mixed-use property located in downtown Manhattan. Hudson Cos. sold the property for $59 million. Located at the intersection of the Lower East Side and Two Bridges neighborhoods, the asset features 83 residential units and seven retail spaces. The eight-story property features a unit mix of studios, one- and two-bedroom units; amenities include a doorman, a gym, a landscaped garden and a bike room. AMAC plans to renovate the units, common areas and amenities.
NEW YORK CITY — StepStone Group Real Estate, a real estate investment firm, has entered into an agreement to acquire Cleveland, Ohio-based Courtland Partners, a real estate advisors group. The transaction is expected to close by the end of March, subject to customary closing conditions. Following the integration of Courtland, StepStone Real Estate (SRE) will be among the world’s largest and most active real estate solutions providers, managing approximately $100 billion of capital allocations from institutional investors, including more than $2 billion of assets under management and deploying over $10 billion per year to real estate investments through primary fund investments, co-investments, secondaries and recapitalizations. The combined real estate group will have more than 50 professionals working from offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. SRE is part of StepStone Group, a global private markets firm providing customized investment, portfolio monitoring and advisory solutions. StepStone is a global firm with 15 offices in 11 countries around the world, including New York City; Beijing; Dublin, Ireland; Hong Kong; La Jolla, Calif.; London; Luxembourg; Perth; San Francisco; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Seoul, South Korea; Sydney, Australia; Tokyo; Toronto; and Zurich, Switzerland.
NEW YORK CITY — Square Mile Capital Management has acquired a $31.8 million mezzanine loan in face value for financing the development of Moxy Hotel, located at 105-109 W. 28th St. in the Chelsea/NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan. A subsidiary of Marriott International, which originated the mezzanine debt in December 2016, was the seller. The completed property will consist of a 37-story building with 349 guest rooms and will be flagged under Marriott’s Moxy brand. The hotel will feature a ground-floor market restaurant, lobby bar, lounge and a rooftop sky bar with panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline. Designed by Stonehill Taylor, the hotel is slated to open this year. The Lightstone Group purchased the site in July 2014 and broke ground in April 2016. Bank of the Ozarks and a subsidiary of Marriott International provided $101.8 million in construction financing, including the mezzanine debt. Lightstone is an experienced hotel owner and developer, with two other Moxy projects under development in Manhattan.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Fort Schuyler Housing Development Co., Smith & Henzy Advisory Group Inc., MDG Design + Construction LLC, Concord Management of New York and partners has unveiled a $52.7 million renovation and refinancing plan for Fort Schuyler House, a 139-unit affordable seniors housing development in the Bronx. In addition to $15.5 million in capital repairs, the project will preserve the affordability of 138 of the units. The 139th unit is reserved for the property manager. Fort Schuyler House was built in 1973 to offer independent living opportunities for low-income seniors age 62 and over. The eight-story building features 118 studio units, 20 one-bedroom units and one two-bedroom unit. The project will provide apartment improvements including the conversion of antiquated Dwyer units to fully functioning kitchens. The apartments will also receive new flooring; new electrical risers and CB panels; new emergency pull cords; and energy-saving appliances, radiator control valves, bath and kitchen fixtures, and LED lighting throughout. The renovations will be done with tenants remaining in their homes to minimize the disturbance to residents. The shared spaces and overall property will also receive upgrades including new flooring and finishes; new security and energy efficiency measures; …