NEW YORK CITY — MIC Capital Partners has signed an 18,214-square-foot office lease expansion in Midtown Manhattan. The division of Mubadala, a global investment firm and sovereign wealth fund of the government of Abu Dhabi, is renewing and doubling its footprint to 36,428 square feet at the Seagram Building at 375 Park Ave. Justin Aronson of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. A.J. Camhi and Paul Milunec represented the landlord, RFR, on an internal basis.
NEW YORK CITY — Charney Cos. and Tavros have unveiled plans to build 175 Third Street, a 1 million-square-foot apartment tower in Brooklyn’s Gowanus area. The 27-story building will feature more than 1,000 units, approximately 250 of which will be designated as affordable housing. The development cost, including the land purchase, is estimated at roughly $1 billion, according to the New York Post. The project marks the fifth building on four different sites in the new Gowanus Wharf development by Charney and Tavros. Catalyzed by the major Gowanus rezoning in 2021, the new development will feature a public park along the Gowanus Canal. According to a release, the project will contribute to the rehabilitation of the canal while supporting the continued evolution of the industrial Brooklyn neighborhood. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) designed the new tower along with dencityworks | architecture. BIG previously completed a design for the same site in 2023 for a different owner. Charney and Tavros purchased the site in May for $160 million. “Our design for 175 Third Street in Gowanus is conceived as a three-dimensional neighborhood of building blocks stacked to frame a central park cascading down toward the canal waterfront,” says Bjarke Ingels, founder and …
NEW YORK CITY — Tishman Speyer has purchased 148 Lafayette Street, a 12-story office building in Manhattan’s SoHo District, for $105.5 million. Constructed in 1913 and most recently renovated in 2017, the 153,000-square-foot building was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as venture capital firm General Catalyst and beauty and cosmetics firm Charlotte Tilbury. The building’s retail space is also fully leased to boxing gym Five Points Academy and clothing store 260 Sample. Adam Spies and Avery Silverstein of Newmark represented the seller, EPIC, an investment firm with offices in New York City and London, in the transaction. Blackstone provided $68.3 million in acquisition financing for the deal.
TROY, N.Y. — Regional brokerage firm Adirondack Capital Partners has arranged the $9.4 million sale of Overlook Apartments, a 74-unit multifamily complex in Troy, located just north of Albany. The property was built in 2016. According to Apartments.com, units come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a game room, lounge, picnic areas and onsite laundry facilities. Michael Hunter Coghill of Adirondack Capital Partners represented both the seller, an entity doing business as Overlook Revive LLC, and the buyer, Corridor Ventures, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage and financial advisory firm Ariel Property Advisors has arranged a $50 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of 13 multifamily properties in Manhattan. The names and addresses of the properties, which collectively total 330 residences and five commercial spaces, were not disclosed, but the locations are in the Chelsea, East Village, Kips Bay and Upper East and West Side neighborhoods. Matthew Dzbanek and Matt Swerdlow of Ariel originated the 10-year, nonrecourse loan, which carries a 5.38 percent fixed rate and 25-year amortization schedule. The borrower and direct lender were also not disclosed.
YONKERS, N.Y. — Online furniture retailer Wayfair will open a 114,000-square-foot store in Yonkers, located north of New York City. The store will be situated within Ridge Hill, a 1.3 million-square-foot mixed-use development, and is scheduled to open in early 2027. Adam Schwegman and Morgan Liesenfelt of Jamestown, which owns Ridge Hill in a joint venture with Nuveen Real Estate and Taconic Partners, represented ownership in the lease negotiations.
MONTEBELLO, N.Y. — A partnership between owner-operator FilBen Group and Dallas-based private equity firm RSF Partners has completed Braemar at Montebello, a $54 million assisted living facility in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley region. The property spans 133,675 square feet and features one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 500 square feet, as well as an array of entertainment- and wellness-based amenities. H2M Architects + Engineers designed the project, and McAlpine Contracting handled construction. Work on the project began in January 2023.
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The Storage Mall, a 548-unit self-storage facility in East Syracuse. The site spans 7.5 acres and is situated adjacent to Syracuse International Airport, and the facility totals 57,775 net rentable square feet of space. Matt Junkin, Kevin Bledsoe and Jared Houck of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. — Local financial intermediary Largo Capital has arranged a $17.3 million bridge loan for Culver Ridge Plaza, a 291,000-square-foot shopping center located outside of Rochester in Irondequoit. The center is home to tenants such as Marshalls, Burlington and Five Below. Kevin Ross and Michelle Colosimo of Largo Capital arranged the loan through Bank of America. The borrower, an undisclosed global investment firm, will use the proceeds to refinance existing debt and fund capital improvements.
By Taylor Williams The retail markets throughout the greater New York City area have been starving for more quality space in the post-pandemic era, with ground-up supply gains rarely hitting the market outside of obligatory inclusions within apartment buildings and highly curated clusters at mixed-use developments. According to JLL’s latest market report on New York City, as of the first quarter of 2025, there were approximately 200 availabilities across Manhattan’s “prime” retail submarkets — a record low. Average asking rents leapt 7.4 percent between the fourth quarter of 2024 and the ensuing period, settling at a rate of $577 per square foot. The report identified traditionally ritzy retail corridors and hotspots such as Fifth Avenue, Madison Avenue, SoHo and Times Square as recipients of the “prime” label, also designating the Williamsburg district in Brooklyn as one such area. So when well-located spaces formerly occupied by retailers that are now defunct or aggressively downsizing become available, they tend to draw major, immediate interest. “Expanding retailers have substantial opportunities to backfill big box and junior spaces vacated by bankrupt chains,” says Mitzi Flexer, managing director in the New York City office of national brokerage firm Bradford Allen. Flexer says that a notable …