NEW YORK CITY — Forest City Realty Trust has completed the conversion of its common ownership interest to preferred interest in 10 specialty retail centers in the New York City metro area. The closing covers 10 of the 13 centers that are part of a joint venture between Forest City and Madison International Realty. Final closings on each of the individual centers are expected to occur as Forest City secures replacement assets into which to redeploy its preferred interest. The properties included in this round of closings are Shops at Gun Hill Road (Waring), Shops at Gun Hill Road (Ely) and Castle Center in the Bronx; Harlem Center in Manhattan; The Heights, Atlantic Terminal Mall and Atlantic Center in Brooklyn; Forest Avenue and Shops at Richmond Avenue in Staten Island; and Columbia Park Center in North Bergen, N.J. Closings on the conversions on the remaining two centers — Shops at Northern Boulevard and Queens Place — are expected by the end of the first quarter of 2018. The last center in the joint venture, a retail/entertainment complex on 42nd Street, is expected to transact at a later date upon resolution of the ground lease dispute with the city of New …
NEW YORK — New York REIT has completed the previously announced disposition of 1440 Broadway in New York for a total of $520 million to an unaffiliated third party. The office property was encumbered by a $305 million mortgage loan, which was fully satisfied at closing. Separately, New York REIT has entered into three separate contracts to sell its properties located at 306 E. 61st St., One Jackson Square and 350 W. 42nd St. in New York City to third-party buyers for an aggregate amount of $103.1 million. In the aggregate, the three properties are encumbered by approximately $43.4 million of mortgage debt, which will be satisfied in full at the respective closings. The closings are expected to occur in early 2018.
NEW YORK CITY — Broad Street Development and Invesco have completed a $235 million recapitalization of 80 Broad Street, a 423,000-square-foot office tower located in Manhattan’s Financial District. The recapitalization comprises a $102 million first mortgage assumption, plus an additional $30 million mezzanine proceeds from AIG. Broad Street Development formed a joint venture with Atlanta-based Invesco for 80 Broad Street, transferring a controlling stake in the office tower for $235 million, or $550 per square foot. The partnership recapitalized the tower, taking out previous mezzanine lenders RXR Realty and Colony Capital. Adam Spies and Josh King of Cushman & Wakefield represented Broad Street in the recapitalization.
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Capitol Seniors Housing has unveiled plans for Stonegate at Greenburgh, an assisted living and memory care community in the New York City suburb of Greenburgh. Northbridge Companies will operate the 101-unit property. Development costs are estimated at $35 million for the three-story, 90,651-square-foot community. Meyer Design of Ardmore, Pa., designed both the exterior and interior of the community, and will seek LEED designation. The property is located on the former site of Frank’s Nursery & Crafts, which was acquired by the town of Greenburgh in a 2011 tax foreclosure. The 6.9-acre community is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2019. The community will be Capitol’s first in New York State. The Washington, D.C.-based, private equity-backed real estate acquisition, development and investment management firm has successfully acquired or developed more than 90 senior housing communities since its founding in 2003. The company has nine additional communities currently under construction in Maryland, Illinois and New Jersey.
NEW YORK CITY — Acadia Realty Trust has completed the disposition of an office and retail building located at 260 E. 161st St. in the Bronx. Jamestown acquired the 276,622-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Originally built in 1930, the property was renovated in 2016 and features 245,470 square feet of office space and 20,572 square feet of retail space. The 10-story property is leased to office tenants, including The City of New York, The Legal Aid Society, and Montefiore Medical Center, as well as retail tenants, Walgreens, Starbucks Coffee and Chipotle Mexican Grill. Michael Tepedino, Andrew Scandalios, Graham Stephens, David Giancola and David Fowler of HFF represented the seller in the deal. Additionally, Christopher Peck and Peter Rotchford of HFF are working on behalf of the buyer to arrange financing for the asset.
NEW YORK CITY — J. Wasser & Co. has purchased two apartment buildings in the Fordham section of the Bronx for $10 million. Located at 2263 Morris Ave. and 2342 Ryer Ave., the buildings total 46,370 square feet and feature a total of 64 apartments. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty Group represented the buyer and sellers, 2342 Ryer Avenue Partners LLC and 2263 Morris Avenue Partners LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — The Domain Cos. has acquired a development site located at 545 Sackett St. in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn for $26.5 million. The site, which includes an existing 42,000-square-foot building, is zoned for up to 80,000 square feet of development. The site is a part of the area covered by the Bridging Gowanus community planning and land use process, an initiative to create a sustainable, livable and inclusive future for the Gowanus area. Dan Marks, Ofer Cohen and Mike Hernandez of TerraCRG represented the seller, ATS Realty Inc., in the deal.
DUNKIRK, N.Y. — Greystone has provided a $16.5 million HUD-insured permanent loan to refinance Chautauqua Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, a skilled nursing facility. Chautauqua Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a 216-bed skilled nursing facility located in the Western New York city of Dunkirk on Lake Erie in close proximity to State University of New York at Fredonia. The facility provides a range of services including rehabilitation services such as physical, occupational, and speech therapy, as well as memory care, music therapy, palliative care, respite and hospice services. The long-term FHA financing represents a permanent exit from a bridge loan provided by Greystone in 2015 for VestraCare’s acquisition of the property. The loan carries a 33-year term and amortization at a fixed rate. Fred Levine, managing director in Greystone’s Monsey, N.Y., office, originated the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has brokered the sale of two contiguous four-story apartment buildings in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens section of Brooklyn. The buyer, 558-566 Parkside LLC, acquired the properties from 566 Parkside LLC for $14.6 million. Located at 558-566 Parkside Ave. the buildings offer a total of 59 apartments. Michael Guttman of Rosewood represented the buyer, while Aaron Jungreis, also of Rosewood, represented the seller in the transaction.
TROY, N.Y. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged an $11.6 million Freddie Mac first mortgage loan for Summit Apartments in Troy. Situated on 10 acres, the property comprises four three-story apartment buildings offering a total of 108 units. Hayley Suminski of Key’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged the financing with a seven-year term, two-year interest-only period and 30-year amortization schedule. The undisclosed borrower used the loan to refinancing existing debt.