BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors has arranged the sale of a 13-property multifamily portfolio in Binghamton. The 113-unit asset sold for an undisclosed price. The properties are located at 97 Oak St.; 12 Grand Blvd.; 89, 93, 95, 126, 128, 157 and 162-164 Chapin St.; and 99, 101 and 103 Murray St. Ed Graf of Houlihan-Parnes brokered the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Fortuna Realty Group LLC has acquired a Wyndham-franchised hotel located at 37 W. 24th St. in Manhattan’s Flatiron District for $60 million. Fortuna plans to convert the 124-key hotel — built in 2008 — into a high-end boutique hotel. The investor bought the property out of bankruptcy at auction from an undisclosed seller. The hotel is situated directly off Fifth Avenue, and around the corner from Mario Batali’s acclaimed Italian marketplace Eataly and Madison Square Park. The hotel’s neighborhood has emerged as a popular location for New York’s technology, advertising, marketing and information technology sector, and is a hub for restaurants and nightlife. The new acquisition will join Fortuna’s portfolio of upscale “lifestyle hotels,” including Hotel Hugo and Hotel Indigo Chelsea, both in Manhattan, and The Garden City Hotel, located on Long Island. Wayne Cook and David Glanz of law firm Windels Marx LLP represented Fortuna in the transaction. U.S. Trust provided an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing. Based in New York City, Fortuna Realty Group LLC is a privately held real estate investment and development company with a focus in hospitality. — Katie Sloan
MELVILLE, N.Y. — RUI Credit Services has expanded its lease by 11,834 square feet at the Melville Square Corporate Center at 1305 Walt Whitman Road in Melville. The company will now occupy 30,845 square feet on the second floor of the 165,310-square-foot office building, which is owned by The Feil Organization. Richard Caputi of Cresa Long Island represented RUI, while Nicholas Forelli and David Turino provided in-house representation for landlord.
NEW YORK CITY — McSam Hotel Group, as developer, has broken ground for a 25,000-square-foot Choice Hotel at 337 W. 36th St. in Manhattan. Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect, the 23-story, 89-room hotel is rising on a site that is only 25 feet wide. The hotel will feature a stone base, brick façade and penthouse with an angled mirror-and-glass front.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of the FreshDirect facility, located at 23-30 Borden Ave. in Long Island City. Fresh Property I LLC sold the property to Atlas Capital for $48 million. The property totals approximately 276,705 square feet on a 654-foot by 329-foot irregular lot, 90 percent of which includes state-of-the-art material management and refrigeration/freezer systems. Since acquiring the property in 1999, Fresh Property I had completed substantial capital improvements and upgrades to a majority of the buildings systems. Bob Knakal, Jonathan Hageman and David Chkheidze of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, while Scott Rosen of Akron Trotter Property Group represented the buyer in the transaction.
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of a Comfort Inn located in Binghamton. Shree Hari Holdings LLC acquired the 104-room property for an undisclosed price. Ted Anka, Ketan Patel and Geoff David of HREC Investment Advisors represented the seller, Binghamton Hotel Partners, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Triangle Equities has broken ground on Lighthouse Point, a $200 million mixed-used project on the St. George waterfront in Staten Island. Triangle, along with its partner, Lubert Adler LLP, secured construction financing for the first phase of development. The project is being financed through a partnership of private and public sector groups, including $30 million of construction loans and tax credit equity from the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group, $29 million of construction loans from Citizens Bank, $16.5 million from Empire State Development, $6.2 million of capital from New York City, and joint venture equity from Triangle and Lubert Adler. The first phase, which is slated for completion in 2017, will feature 65,000 square feet of retail and office space, as well as restaurant space, entertainment space and a 12-story residential tower with 116 apartment units. Regus, a shared workspace provider, has signed a 15-year lease to occupy 30,000 square feet of space at the first phase. Following completion of the first phase, Triangle will rehabilitate and repurpose the four historic structures, historic wall and multiple underground vaults currently situated on the site. This repurposing will allow for additional restaurant, office and hospitality space, including a …
NEW YORK CITY — Treetop Development has acquired a development site located at 121-129 E. 144th St. in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx for an undisclosed sum. Situated in a special mixed-use district zoning area (MX-13), the property has 68,326 buildable square feet as-of-right, with the option to develop up to 91,000 square feet by utilizing the inclusionary housing bonus. Treetop, a multifamily owner and investor focused on renovating and developing market-rate properties in New York City, is in the process of determining the best use for the site. Jason Gold, Victor Sozio, Scot Hirschfield, Marko Agbaba and Michael Tortorici of Ariel Property Advisors represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Westbridge Realty Group has arranged four sales in New York City totaling $8.5 million. In the first transaction, Baycrest Management acquired a multifamily property with 27 apartments and one retail unit from Emritas Realty LLC for $3.9 million. The building is located at 633 E. 186th St. in the Belmont section of the Bronx. Steven Westreich represented the buyer and seller in the deal. In the second transaction, 2 Stanwix LLC purchased a 3,510-square-foot mixed-use property located at 2 Stanwic St. in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood for $2 million, or $570 per square foot. Adam Traub of Westbridge represented the buyer, while Hen Vaknim, also of Westbridge, represented the seller, 2S, in the transaction. In the third deal, East Williamsburg Powers LLC acquired a 3,750-square-foot apartment building, located at 280 Powers St. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section, for $1.4 million. Westreich represented the buyer, while Traub represented the undisclosed seller. In the final transaction, Westreich represented the buyer and seller in the $1.2 million exchange of 345 Montgomery Street in Brooklyn. The assets, which include eight unsold coop rent-stabilized units, sold for $158 per square foot. The names of the buyer and seller were not released.
BLAUVELT, N.Y. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sale of an industrial building located at 615 Route 303 in Blauvelt. Direct Invest LLC sold the property to the current tenant, Advanced Distributions Systems (ADS), for an undisclosed price. The 219,304-square-foot property features 20-foot ceilings, 12 loading docks with one drive-in door, 200 parking spaces and 14,311 square feet of office space. Scott Perkins, Andrew Somple and Christopher Todd of NAI James E. Hanson represented the seller in the transaction.