NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has secured a 47,000-square-foot office lease at 277 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant, private equity firm Arsenal Capital Management, will occupy the entire 33rd and 34th floors of the 1.8 million-square-foot building. Mark Boisi, Bryan Boisi and Stephen Bellwood of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, The Stahl Organization, in the lease negotiations. Josh Friedman and Neil Goldmacher of Newmark represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — LIFT Inc. has signed a five-year, 3,500-square-foot office lease in The Bronx. The nonprofit organization will cut the ribbon on its custom-built space at the building at 412-424 E. 147th St. later this month. Alexander Smith and Kendall Elliott of OPEN Impact Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Jesse Rubens of JLR Realty Inc. represented the landlord.
NEW YORK CITY — Dwight Mortgage Trust, the affiliate REIT of locally based lender Dwight Capital, has provided a $108.1 million bridge loan for The Shoreline, a 248-unit multifamily project located near Brooklyn’s Bath Beach neighborhood. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by NY Developers & Management, the 31-story building houses studio, one- and two-bedroom units and 28,610 square feet of commercial space. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center and an outdoor lounge. The borrowers will use the proceeds to retire existing debt and fund additional construction and lease-up costs. Construction is slated for completion by the end of April.
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Locally based financial intermediary Largo Capital has arranged a $4 million loan for the refinancing of a 110-room Wingate by Wyndham hotel in Niagara Falls. An undisclosed life insurance company provided the loan, which was structured with a 10-year term, fixed interest rate and a 25-year amortization schedule. Katie Vivian of Largo Capital arranged the debt. The borrower was also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 50,000-square-foot office lease at 277 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant, global investment firm Sumitomo Corp. of the Americas, will occupy the entire 15th floor of the 1.8 million-square-foot building. Mark Boisi, Bryan Boisi and Stephen Bellwood of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, The Stahl Organization, in the lease negotiations. Marc Shapses and Eva Shih of Savills represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Chances for Children has signed a 10-year, 3,000-square-foot office lease in The Bronx. The nonprofit organization will relocate from 1178 Anderson Ave. to a custom-built space on the fourth floor of the building at 412-424 E. 147th St. Alexander Smith and Kate Whitman of OPEN Impact Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Jesse Rubens of JLR Realty Inc. represented the landlord.
NEW YORK CITY — SCALE Lending, the debt financing arm of Slate Property Group, has provided a $140 million construction loan for a 354-unit multifamily project that will be located at 2366 Bedford Ave. in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood. Designed by S. Wieder Architect PC, the seven-story building will feature ground-floor retail space, onsite parking and amenities such as a café/business lounge, wet and dry saunas, golf simulator and a cycling studio. Leah Paskus of Landstone Capital Group arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower and developer, Clipper Equity. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2025.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University will develop two new residence halls. The first community will be developed at 700 Ostrom Ave. and will offer 450 beds upon completion. An undisclosed architect has been selected for the project, with construction expected to begin this year. The university concurrently announced plans to demolish Marion Hall, Kimmel Hall and an existing dining center on the corner of Comstock and Waverly avenues to make way for a new residence hall. A timeline for the development was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $109 million construction loan for a 247-unit multifamily project that will be located at 1034-1042 Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights neighborhood. The borrower is locally based developer EMP Capital Group. The development will consist of two adjoining buildings that will create a cross-block lot between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Levels of income restrictions for the affordable housing component of the property have not yet been fully determined. More specifically, the unit mix will comprise 45 studios, 11 studio alcoves, 95 one-bedroom apartments, 44 one-bedroom residences with home offices, 49 two-bedroom units and three two-bedroom units with home offices. Amenities will include a tenant lounge, business center, screening room, karaoke room, golf simulator, game room, multiple party rooms, kids’ playrooms, social lounges and a nearly 2,000-square-foot fitness center. The property will also feature ground-floor retail space. Keith Kurland, Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Jordan Casella and William Herring of Walker & Dunlop arranged the five-year, interest-only loan through QuadReal Property Group. Completion is scheduled for 2025. “Meticulously designed with floor plans that optimize all available square footage, …
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between BEB Capital, Totem, Ofer Cohen and SK Development has received $121 million in financing for a 187-unit mixed-income housing project that will be located at 737 Fourth Ave. in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. The financing consists of a $96 million construction loan that was co-originated by Canyon Partners and J.P. Morgan and a $25 million equity investment from Tribeca Investment Group. The 14-story building will house one-, two- and three-bedroom units, with 46 residences to be reserved for households earning roughly 50 percent or less of the area median income. The building will also feature a fitness center, game and media lounge, coworking lounge, private dining and entertainment areas, tenant storage space and a rooftop garden, as well as 6,200 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Construction is slated for a fall 2025 completion. Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Keith Kurland and Michael Ianno of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing on behalf of the partnership.