New York

150-Rivington-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Cogswell Lee Development, in partnership with architect/developer GLUCK+, has launched sales at 150 Rivington, a residential building located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The multifamily building features 45 one-, two- and three-bedroom condominiums ranging from 543 square feet to more than 1,600 square feet. One-bedroom units start at $995,000; two-bedroom condos at $1.6 million; three-bedrooms at $2.7 million; and three-bedroom penthouses at $3.8 million. Slated for completion in the first quarter of 2018, the property will feature a 24-hour attended lobby, superintendent and porter services, a package room, cold storage, bicycle storage, a fitness center, a 1,500-square-foot roof terrace and 12,000 square feet of retail space.

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Tower-45-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Kamber Management Co. has launched a $20 million capital investment plan for Tower 45, a 40-story Class A office building located at 120 W. 45th St. in Manhattan. Kohn Pederson Fox will redesign the entrance, façade, lobby and elevator cabs of the 458,446-square-foot property. Additionally, Milo Kleinberg Design Associates is creating new interior design concepts for common areas, including hallways, bathrooms and a new pre-built suite program. Current office tenants at the 26-year-old property include Procter & Gamble, TIBCO Software, Shrodinger, Lipsky Goodkind and Co., and Bobby Van’s Steakhouse.

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NEW YORK CITY — NAI Long Island has announced its expansion with the formation of a new division, NAI Queens. The division will specialize in the sale of investment properties in the Queens market, as well as provide other real estate services to Queens clients. Brian Sarath has joined the new division as a senior director. Most recently, Sarath serviced as director of the capital markets group of Massey Knakal, subsequently Cushman & Wakefield, since 2000. To date, Sarath has sold more than 220 buildings and loans with an aggregate value of $620 million.

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308-312-W-113th-St-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of three adjacent multifamily buildings, totaling 24 units, located at 308-312 W. 113th St. in New York City. The Meshberg Group acquired the eight-unit buildings from Yassky Properties for $8 million. Peter Von Der Ahe, Seth Glasser and Jacob Kahn of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — WinnDevelopment and GDD Properties, in a public-private partnership with New York State, have broken ground on the $200 million redevelopment of The Sibley Building, located at the intersection of East Avenue and East Main Street in downtown Rochester. The Sibley Building opened in 1868 as the city’s first department store, and earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The property will be rebranded as Sibley Square, with the name, logo and signage to be changed in the coming weeks. The phased redevelopment will begin with the $100 million construction of 96 modern apartments on the ninth through 12th floors of the building. Phase I will also include the addition of boutique retail, local artisan foodservice tenants, office space and active senior living apartments, as well as a complete rehabilitation of the façade and windows of the property. The residential components of the building will be named The Lofts at Sibley and The Residences at Sibley. Leases for active adult units at The Residences will be available by the end of this year. Redevelopment of the top floor of the building, once home to the Tea Room of the Sibley Department Store, is …

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NEW YORK CITY — Alchemy Properties Inc. has received $220 million in financing for the conversion of the upper floors of the landmark Woolworth Building into luxury condominiums called The Woolworth Tower Residences. Reed Smith LLP represented the lender, United Overseas Bank Limited, New York Agency, in the financing. The luxury condominium conversion will be designed by Thierry Despont. Built in 1913, the Neo-Gothic tower was commissioned by Frank W. Woolworth and designed by Cass Gilbert. The Reed Smith LLP team included Joseph Sarcinella, Gerard Hefner, Crystal Persaud, Konstantinos Melitsanopoulos and Rose Plager-Unger.

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605-W-151st-St-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Big City Realty has acquired an apartment building located at 605 W. 151st St. in Manhattan’s Hamilton Heights neighborhood. Waterbury Realty Management sold the six-story, 31,000-square-foot property for $7.6 million. Built in 1920, the property features 25 apartment units and 14,136 square feet of air rights. Peter Vanderpool and Lazer Sternhell of Cignature Realty Group represented the buyer and the seller in the deal.

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NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has arranged the sale of a pair of five-story, walk-up apartment buildings in Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights neighborhood. CSG Equities acquired the properties, which are located at 218-220 Park Place, for $6.6 million. The buyer plans to convert the buildings, which total 7,300 square feet, into luxury condominiums. Isaac Moskowitz and Yosef Katz of GFI Realty represented the seller, while Sasha Berg, also of GFI Realty, represented the buyer.

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310-E-Houston-St-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of net-leased property located at 310 E. Houston St. in Brooklyn as part of a 1031 exchange. An undisclosed New York-based purchaser acquired the 4,753-square-foot property, which is 15-year absolute net-leased to Manhattan AltSchool, for $6 million. Arthur Kaplan and Lisa Sickinger of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a developer. Barbara Dansker and Matt Fotis, also of Marcus & Millichap arranged the sale of property that was relinquished by the buyer.

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693 Fifth Ave., Manhattan

NEW YORK CITY — French billionaire Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière has purchased a 100,000-square-foot office and retail building in Manhattan for $525 million. The building is located at 693 Fifth Ave. in Midtown’s Plaza District. The 20-story property’s retail component houses the flagship store of international luxury brand Valentino. It includes four full levels of retail space with 50 feet of Fifth Avenue frontage. Notable office tenants include Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Louis Licari and Phillips Auctioneers. Thor Equities acquired the building in 2010 from Japanese department store Takashimaya for $142 million. Thor then restructured the interior to create a multi-level retail space, which Valentino occupied in 2013. The renovation included a modern floor-to-ceiling window façade from the ground level through the eighth floor. Thor also worked with designer David Chipperfield to create a new building lobby. Thor Equities owns a number of other properties on Fifth Avenue including 685 Fifth Ave., the future home of the new Coach global flagship store. “We continue to believe strongly in the retail and office market on Fifth Avenue and throughout New York City,” says Joe Sitt, Thor’s CEO. “However, after successfully implementing our business plan of improving this prime retail and office location …

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