NEW YORK CITY — Jonathan Rose Cos. is purchasing Forest City Realty Trust’s affordable housing business in a deal valued at more than $500 million. The acquisition includes 48 affordable housing communities in seven states, totaling nearly 8,500 units; Forest City Capital, an MAP-designated FHA lender; and Forest City’s affordable housing property management group. The purchase will bring Jonathan Rose Cos.’s total unit count to more than 15,000 nationwide and expand its operations to 15 states and the District of Columbia. The properties, management company and mortgage company will be rebranded with the Rose Communities name. The management company will be renamed Rose Community Management and the finance company will become Rose Community Capital. The transactions are scheduled to close throughout the first and second quarter. The management company and Forest City Capital are slated to transfer on March 1. The acquisitions have been approved by Forest City’s board and the closings, which require HUD approvals, will continue through the spring.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Urstadt Biddle Properties has completed the disposition of its Westchester Pavilion property, a former power center mall in White Plains. Maple and Broadway Holdings, a subsidiary of Lennar Corp. through its Lennar Multi-Family Communities, acquired the site for $56.6 million. The buyer plans to raze the property and develop a high-end, mixed-used property with residential and retail space.
NEW YORK CITY — Hornig Capital Partners and Brickman Real Estate are redeveloping a former box manufacturing building into Box Factory, an office and retail property located at 1519 Decatur St. on the Queens-Brooklyn border of Ridgewood and Bushwick. Fogarty Finger Architecture is designing the $10 million renovation, which will bring 55,570 square feet of office space and 7,430 square feet of retail space to the area. Completion is slated for June 2017. ABS Partners Real Estate is marketing the office portion of the project, while Ripco Realty is marketing the retail portion.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of a development site located at 233 Butler St. in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn. Private investors sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $9.5 million, or $300 per buildable square foot. The development site is zoned M1-2, which allows for commercial development of 31,800 square feet. The site is currently improved by a two-story, 13,447-square-foot structure, which was once home to the Brooklyn headquarters for American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A majority of the land was vacant at the time of sale, while 5,400 square feet of building space will remain leased until September. Winfield Clifford of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of two contiguous, six-story multifamily buildings, located at 556-568 Lefferts Ave. and 570-582 Lefferts Ave. in the Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens section of Brooklyn. Treetop Development acquired the two-building package, totaling 105,000 square feet, from F&I Realty Corp. for $25 million. The properties offer a total of 105 apartment units. Matt Spark and Matthew Leist of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller, while Sparks also procured the buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a five-building multifamily portfolio located in the South Bronx. Gary Kassirer of Emerald Equity Group acquired the portfolio for $10 million, or $150 per square foot. Located on the south side of Crotona Park and Alexander Avenue in Mott Haven, the 28,865-square-foot portfolio features 68 residential and three commercial units. Robert Shapiro and David Simone of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Maplewood Manor, a skilled nursing facility located in Ballston Spa. At the time of sale, the 277-bed facility was 95 percent occupied. The facility was constructed in 1972, with additions in 1978 and 1979. Joshua Jandris, Mark Myers and Charles Hilding of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a New York county, and procured the buyer, a private investor with an operator tenant, in the deal. J.D. Parker of Marcus & Millichap is the broker of record in New York.
NEW YORK CITY — New York Residence Inc. has brokered the purchase of a multifamily and retail building located at 165-167 Williams St. in downtown Manhattan. A private European equity fund acquired the 31,000-square-foot property from an investor group led by Eli Tabak of Bluestone Group for an undisclosed price. Originally built in 1907 as an office building, the 10-story building features ground-floor retail space, leased to Downtown Pharmacy, and 12 apartments on the upper floors. Thomas Guss and Saul Lalic of New York Residence Inc. represented the buyer, while Victor Sozio and Jesse Greshin of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the sale of a portfolio of four contiguous multifamily buildings in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. 242-248 Bainbridge Partners acquired the portfolio from 242-248 Bainbridge Residences LLC for $10.2 million. Totaling 29,200 square feet, the properties offer 32 apartments, including 18 rent-stabilized units and 14 market-rate units. Michael Guttman of Rosewood represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Zar Property NY has acquired a 145,170-square-foot office building located at 250 W. 54th St. in Midtown Manhattan. Ascot Properties Limited Partnership sold the property for $83.1 million. Paul Davidson, Roy Lapidus and Chip Parker of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the seller in the deal.