NEW YORK CITY — American Realty Capital New York City REIT has closed on the previously announced $180 million acquisition of 1140 Avenue of the Americas, an institutional-quality office property in Midtown Manhattan. The seller was an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI LP. The 22-story building features 250,000 rentable square feet of office space. The acquisition was funded by a combination of cash and mortgage financing.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has brokered the sale of a vacant commercial lot located in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood. Located at 84 14th St., the site sold for $2.6 million, or $163 per buildable square foot. Zoned M2-1, the vacant 7,996-square-foot lot offers 15,992 buildable square feet. The site is surrounded by a mix of residential and commercial buildings. Dan Marks and Mike Hernandez of TerraCRG brokered the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
SL Green Taps AECOM’s Tishman Construction to Manage Construction of $1B Office Project in Manhattan
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. has chosen AECOM’s Tishman Construction unit to manage the construction of One Vanderbilt, a 58-story office development located adjacent to Grand Central Terminal in New York City’s East Midtown business district. The total value of construction for the project is approximately $1 billion. The skyscraper will contain 1.6 million square feet of Class A commercial space, a public transit hall and a 14,000-square-foot public plaza. The development will also include $220 million worth of public transit improvements to the Grand Central transit hub. When One Vanderbilt is complete, the building is expected to be the second tallest office tower in New York City, reaching heights of 1,401 square feet, according to Tishman. The tower will be second only to One World Trade Center, which Tishman also built. Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) designed the building to pay homage to the Grand Central Terminal and fit into the skyline alongside the Chrysler Building, located one block away from the development site. The developers plan to achieve LEED v4 Gold certification for the project. Primary construction is scheduled to begin in 2016, with completion expected in 2020. — Katie Sloan
ELMSFORD, N.Y. — GHP Office Realty LLC has acquired an 81,500-square-foot flex building located at 375 Executive Blvd. within Cross Westchester Executive Park in Elmsford. The building features 75,000 square feet of warehouse space with four loading docks and two drive-in doors, and 6,500 square feet of office space. Andrew Greenspan and Jamie Schwartz of GHP led the acquisition team. The buyer plans to upgrade the property to modernize it and make it more energy efficient. The County of Westchester sold the property for an undisclosed price.
NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has arranged the sale of a seven-story parking garage located at 19 W. 20th St. in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. Extell Development sold the property to 19-25 West 20th Street Property LLC for $32.2 million. The 52,000-square-foot property is under a long-term lease to Icon Parking. Vincent Carrega, Jon Epstein, Neil Helman and Charles Kingsley of Avison Young represented the seller.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property located at 524 Lorimer St. in Brooklyn. A limited liability company acquired the 3,384-square-foot building for $4 million. The purchaser was a 1031 exchange buyer from the Upper East Side. Shaun Riney, James Saros, Michael Salvatico and Matthew Steinberg of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Delshah Capital has acquired a portfolio of five buildings, totaling 205,000 square feet, from Mount Sinai St. Luke’s for $111.5 million, or $543 per square foot. Eastern Consolidated arranged a $60 million first mortgage bridge loan to finance the acquisition of the portfolio. Bank of the Ozarks provided the $60 million loan to the borrower, which also received a $17.5 million mezzanine loan from Square Mile Capital. The properties are located at 401 West and 411 W. 113th St. and 400 West and 408 W. 114th Street in Manhattan’s Morningside Heights. The buildings formerly housed numerous hospital services that are in the process of being relocated to alternate space within the remainder of the Mount Sinai St. Luke’s campus. Paul Massey, Hall Oster, Teddy Galligan and Andrew Berry of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Adam Hakim, Sam Zabala and James Murad of Eastern Consolidated secured the bridge loan for the borrower.
NEW YORK CITY — Cignature Realty Associates has brokered the sale of a three-property multifamily portfolio in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. Prana Investments acquired the portfolio from A&E Real Estate Holdings for $45.5 million. The five-story building are located at 29-45 Sickles St., 30 Sickles St. and 95 Thayer St. The properties total 148,850 square feet. Lazer Sternhell and Peter Vanderpool of Cignature Realty represented the buyer, while Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty Group represented the seller in the transaction.
Ivanhoé Cambridge, Callahan Capital Acquire Remaining Interest in 1211 Avenue of the Americas in NYC
NEW YORK CITY — Ivanhoé Cambridge and its partner, Callahan Capital Properties, have acquired the remaining 49 percent interest in 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown New York City for an undisclosed price. Built in 1973, the 44-story tower features 2 million square feet of Class A office space. Additionally, the building has direct access to the Rockefeller Center Concourse amenities and subway.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Chelsea Pines Inn, located at 317 W. 14th St. in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood for $13.7 million. The five-story, 8,550-square-foot hotel features 23 rooms and an additional 8,625 buildable square feet of air rights. The hotel features movie-themed rooms, high-end luxury linens, bath amenities and WiFi. Brock Emmetsberger, Jonathan Hageman and Andy Posil of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, Jay Lesiger and Tom Klebba, in the deal. The name of the buyer was not released.