NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has arranged the sale of a multifamily building located at 82 16th St. in the Park Slope/Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. The asset sold for $3.5 million, or $572 per square foot. The four-story, 6,240-square-foot property features 16 rent-stabilized apartment units. Adam Hess, Eddie Setton and Kirill Galperin of TerraCRG were the sole brokers in the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Anbau Enterprises has acquired three contiguous multifamily buildings located at 50-58 E. Third St. in Manhattan’s East Village for $58 million. The three-building portfolio features 71 rental units and totals more than 52,000 gross square feet. The name of the seller was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Fortis Property Group and Joy Construction Corp. have completed the disposition of Atelier Williamsburg, a newly developed residential property located at 239-261 N. Ninth St. in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, for an undisclosed sum. Completed in 2015, the 120-unit property features studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, a 24-hour doorman, rooftop deck with barbecues and skyline views, resident lounge with billiards table and entertaining kitchen, landscaped courtyard and a state-of-the-art fitness center. Andrew Scandalios, Jeff Julien and Rob Hinckley of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. The name of the buyer was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Equity Office is executing a $25 million capital improvement program at Park Avenue Tower, a 300,000-square-foot office tower in Midtown. The renovations include a reinvented lobby by Gonzalez Architects; new transom windows on every floor; and The Club, a 20,000-square-foot amenity space for all tenants. The new space will include a state-of-the-art fitness center with executive locker room facility, a business and recreation lounge, conference center, a curated grab-and-go food service and innovative building technology. Additional renovations include a building within a building design concept; an outdoor plaza with bar/café designed by Moed De Armas & Shannon; 12-foot 9-inch ceiling heights; three-story office penthouse with 360-degree views; and iVisitor lobby technology, including iPad-carrying security guards to greet guests. The renovations are slated for completion by fourth quarter 2016.
NEW YORK CITY — Westbridge Realty Group has brokered the sale of two vacant buildings, located at 1269-1271 Dekalb Ave. in Bushwick. A local developer acquired the two properties for $1.8 million, or $212 per buildable square foot. The parcel offers 8,736 buidable square feet of residential space, as of right. The buyer plans to demolish the existing structures and construct a luxury condominium on the site. Steven Westreich and Hen Vaknin of Westbridge Realty Group represented the buyer and undisclosed seller in the off-market transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $160 million in permanent financing for the refinancing of an office building located at 245 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan. The borrower was 245 Fifth Owner LLC. The seven-year loan, which was provided by a life insurance company, features three years of interest-only payments and a 3.99 percent fixed rate. Built in 1926, the 26-story, 314,000-square-foot Class A office property features 12,652 square feet of retail space. Drew Anderman and Alan Blank of Meridian Capital Group arranged the financing.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has provided $60 million in construction financing for the development of a mixed-use property located at 1399 Park Ave. in Manhattan. Being developed by Heritage Real Estate Partners, the 100,000-square-foot building will feature 72 condominiums on the upper floors and 19,000 square feet of community facility space on the lower floors. The residential units will be a mix of studio, one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom layouts, and on-site amenities will include a fitness center, lounge, children’s playroom and communal rooftop terrace.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sale of an investment retail property located at 2703 E. Tremont Ave. in the Westchester Square neighborhood of the Bronx. An affiliate of Rockfarmer Properties acquired the property, which is triple-net leased to Wendy’s, for $6.6 million. The 16,825-square-foot lot features a 2,772-square-foot restaurant, which is leased until 2035, and a 21-space parking lot. The lot offers future development potential as R6/C1-2 zoning allowing 50,475 buildable square feet, as-of-right, for a mixed-use structure and more than 80,000 buildable square feet by including a community facility. Scot Hirschfield, Jason Gold, Michael Tortorici, Victor Sozio and Marko Agbaba of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller, a private investor, and procured the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Tavros Development Partners and Charney Construction & Development have received $44.3 million in acquisition and pre-development financing for a 41,815-square-foot land assemblage located at 263-277 S. Fifth St. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section. The borrowers plan to develop a mixed-use asset featuring ground-level retail space, office and multifamily space on the fully entitled site. Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz and Mark Fisher of JLL arranged the financing.
NISKAYUNA, N.Y. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged $9.2 million in refinancing insured by the FHA Sec. 232/2223(f) program for Ingersoll Place Assisted Living, a 57-unit senior living facility located in Niskayuna. Proceeds of the financing paid off a tax-exempt bond obligation and terminated an interest rate swap liability. Additionally, the new FHA-insured loan generated more than $100,000 in annual cash flow savings for the assisted living provider. Tom Grywalski of Lancaster Pollard secured the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
