NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 156 Lawrence St. in Brooklyn. A private investor acquired the 1,612-square-foot property for $4.9 million, or more than $3,000 per square foot. Michael Cimino, Jakub Nowak and Matthew Rosenzweig of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, and the buyer in the sale.
NEW YORK CITY — Tahl Propp Equities, Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital and Enterprise Community Investment have announced the closing of a deal to finance the acquisition and renovation of five affordable housing communities in Harlem. The deal allows for the rehabilitation of all 18 buildings, totaling 549 units, keeping the apartments as affordable to low-income housing for the next 40 years. Additionally, all buildings have federal project-based Section 8 contracts, which will further preserve affordability through rental subsidies for the property owners. The five properties are Gladys Hampton Houses (2144 Frederick Douglas Blvd. and 400 St. Nicholas Ave.), New West I and II (8-56 W. 111th St.) and Riverside I and II (602-622 W. 135th St.). Costs, including acquisition and rehabilitation, total nearly $135 million. New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development provided a $15.2 million loan and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits resulting in $35.9 million in equity; and New York City Housing Development Corp. provided $62.3 million in Tax Exempt Bonds for construction financing through Bellwether Enterprise. Other sources of funding include a seller note, transfer of existing reserves, deferred developer fee and income from operations. Enterprise Community Investment syndicated the tax credit equity to finance the …
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Union Funding has arranged a $4.8 million loan for the refinancing of a five-story, mixed-use brownstone in Tribeca. The borrowers are two private owners. Located at 78 Franklin St., the property has undergone a $2 million renovation, which gutted the 2,000-square-foot apartments, upgraded the lobby, hallways and façade, and new stairs, elevator, HVAC and roof. The property’s commercial tenant is Aqua Studio, an underwater cycling studio. David Betesh and Ted Matalon of Eastern Union arranged the financing, which was provided by First American International Bank.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the sale of a four-story apartment building located at 83-05 34th Ave. in the Jackson Heights section of Queens. Pd 34th LLC sold the property to a private investor for $3.6 million. Built in 1928, the 13,179-square-foot building features 16 apartment units. Michael Guttman of Rosewood represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the sale of a six-story co-op apartment building located at 121-131 Fort George Ave. in the Hudson Heights section of Manhattan. Fort George Property LLC, Fort George Realty LLC and NY Tryon sold the building to Fort George Housing LLC and NYC Partnership Housing Development Fund for $9.5 million. All of the co-op shares were sold in the transaction. Built in 1960, the building features 44 apartment units. Michael Guttman of Rosewood represented the buyer, while Aaron Jungreis, also of Rosewood, represented the seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — EVO Real Estate Group has arranged the acquisition of an office condominium located at 633 Third Ave. in the Midtown section of New York City. Zionist Organization of America acquired the 10,105-square-foot property from Time Equities for $9.3 million. The buyer is relocating from 4 E. 34th St. and plans to take occupancy of the space in September. Jonata Dayan and Jonathan Ben-Dayan of EVO represented the buyer, while Brandon Medeiros provided in-house representation for the seller.
NEW YORK CITY — Equicap has secured a $7.5 million permanent loan for a six-story commercial property located in the Union Square section of New York City. Daniel Hilpert arranged the five-year refinancing loan for the undisclosed borrower. The property is occupied by a restaurant chain and various office tenants.
NEW YORK — Global Net Lease Inc. (NYSE: GNL) has approved a definitive merger agreement to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of American Realty Capital Global Trust II Inc., a non-traded REIT, for approximately $247 million. Both REITs focus on acquiring single-tenant net leased commercial properties in sale-leaseback transactions. The property types include office, retail and industrial. The combined companies create a larger global net lease REIT with an expected enterprise value of $3.3 billion. The transaction joins two complementary U.S. and European net lease portfolios with a combined asset base of 345 properties in seven countries spanning 23 million square feet. The portfolio is currently net leased to 99 tenants. “We are excited about GNL’s combination with Global II, which represents another positive step in the evolution of our company and reinforces our efforts to grow accretively, creating shareholder value,” says Scott Bowman, CEO and president of GNL. Under the terms of the agreement, Global II shareholders will receive 2.27 shares of GNL for each share of Global II common stock they own, which implies $19.59 per each share of Global II. Upon closing, Global II shareholders will own approximately 14 percent of the combined company. The …
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Holdings, in partnership with Olmstead Properties, has acquired an office building located at 43-01 22nd St. in the Courthouse Square section of Long Island City, for $61 million. The companies will now share equal ownership of the six-story, 225,000-square-foot building. The buyers plan to implement an extensive capital improvements program to renovate the building with improvements to the lobby, windows, elevators and restrooms. The seller was a private family, which had owned the property since the 1920s.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the sale of a single-story retail building located at 630 Forest Ave. in the West New Brighton section of Staten Island. 12 Franklin Realty Corp. purchased the 7,836-square-foot building from 630 Forest Avenue LLC for $4.9 million. Built in 1930, the building is currently leased to Duane Reade. Michael Guttman of Rosewood Realty represented the buyer and the seller in the deal.