NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged an $18.5 million refinance loan for two contiguous mixed-use properties located in East Harlem for principals Shawn Vahdat and Saba Vahdat on behalf of K&V Realty Corp. and 2109 First Avenue Realty Corp. The five-year loan, provided by Suffolk County National Bank, features a 3.1 percent fixed rate and a five-year extension option. Located at 2105 and 2109 First Ave., the two properties feature a total of 66 apartment units and 7,500 square feet of retail space. Isaac Filler of Meridian’s New York City headquarters negotiated the financing.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has brokered the sales of two mixed-use properties in Brooklyn for a combined $10.5 million. In the first deal, a Manhattan ownership group acquired 3901 Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park area for $3.2 million, or $540 per square foot, from a Brooklyn family. The three-story, 6,000-square-foot property consists of four ground-floor retail spaces, three apartments and one office space. In the second transaction, a property located at 6901 Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge neighborhood sold for $7.3 million, or $455 per square foot. The 10,248-square-foot property is currently occupied by Bank of America and features more than 7,000 square feet of available air rights. Adam Hess, Sam Shalumov, Edward Setton, Kirill Galperin and Amanda Keller were the sole brokers in both transactions.
ISLANDIA, N.Y. — Starbucks Coffee has opened a new location at the northwest corner of Long Island Expressway North Service Road and Old Nichols Road in Islandia. The 1,860-square-foot location occupies the drive-thru end cap of a 7,773-square-foot building. Wilbur Breslin and Robert Delavale of Breslin Realty arranged and negotiated the transaction with the landlord. The Breslin team also negotiated the drive-thru approvals with the Village of Islandia.
NEW YORK CITY — Certes Partners, a New York City-based real estate development and investment firm, has acquired a development site at 214-218 W. 95th St. on the Upper West Side. The former Hertz parking garage sold for $26.5 million in an off-market transaction. While development plans for the site have not been released yet, the site is suitable for residential development or operations as a parking garage. Certes currently owns the adjacent property, 206 W. 95th St., which the firm is currently developing. The combined assemblage allows development of an 18-store, more than 85,000-square-foot property.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services Inc. has arranged the sale of a development site located at 695-705 6th Ave. in Brooklyn’s South Slope section. The corner lot, which has a maximum buildable area of 34,800 square feet, sold for $9.9 million. The buyer plans to demolish the existing commercial building and develop a multi-story residential condo building on the site. Erik Yankelovich of GFI Realty represented the seller and buyer in the transaction. The names of both parties were not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a residential building located at 441 W. 22nd St. in Manhattan’s Chelsea district. The 5,520-square-foot property sold for $8.7 million, or $1,585 per square foot, in an all-cash transaction. The five-story building is divided into a garden-level two-bedroom apartment, seven one-bedroom units and one studio unit. All apartment units are fair market and feature working fireplaces. Brock Emmetsberger of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller, while Matthew Lesser of Leslie J. Garfield represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Capital One served as joint lead arranger, joint bookrunner and administrative agent for a 10-year, $150 million syndicated loan to refinance an office building at 40 Worth St. in Tribeca. Owned by Newmark Holdings, the 16-story property features 761,000 net rentable square feet, including 106,000 square feet of retail space. The property is currently occupied by a variety of retail and commercial tenants, including several New York City agencies and a number of nonprofits. TD Bank also served as a lead arranger and bookrunner on the loan. Paul Verdi of Capital One represented the bank, while Paul Talbot of NGKF Capital Markets represented the borrower in the financing transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — The City of New York has acquired a two-story building located at 850 E. 138th St. in the Bronx’s Port Morris section from Aramark for $10.2 million. The city will use the 75,080-square-foot property to consolidate and house the operations of The Department of Parks & Recreation Five-Borough shops. Built in 1988 as a commercial laundry operation, the facility features open floor plates, attractive ceiling heights and a gated parking lot. Jim Panczykowski of Binswanger’s New Haven, Conn., office handled the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Thor Equities has acquired a residential and retail building located at 17 W. 125th St. in Central Harlem for an undisclosed sum. Constructed in 1900, the five-story, 46,200-square-foot elevator building features 50 rental units, including 32 one-bedroom apartments, 14 two-bedroom units and three three-bedroom units, and more than 9,000 square feet of retail space with 18-foot ceilings. The name of the seller was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $30 million mortgage for the refinancing of a multifamily property located at 15-17 Park Ave. in New York City. The seven-year loan, which was provided by a regional balance sheet lender, features a 3.5 percent fixed rate and interest-only payments for the full term. The borrower is Samson Management LLC. Built in 1924, the 16-story property features 97 apartment units and 2,810 square feet of office space. Avi Weinstock and Chaim Tessler of Meridian Capital Group negotiated the financing.