NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an apartment building located at 252 Union Ave. in Brooklyn. The four-unit property sold for $1.4 million. Shaun Riney, Michael Salvatico and James Saros of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, a private investor, and the buyer, a developer, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — KZA Realty Group has brokered two sales transactions totaling $4.7 million in the Bronx. In the first purchase, The Transit Worker’s Union acquired a three-story, 34,456-square-foot building located at 2475 Westchester Ave. for $3 million. The buyer will use the property to provide counseling on affordable housing, healthcare services, representation and related service to Transit Worker’s Union members. Michael Gilbert of Gilco Realty represented the seller, 437 East 165th Street Realty Corp., in the transaction. In the second deal, Azimuth Development Group purchased a 6,691-square-foot licensed parking lot for $1.7 million. The buyer plans to use the lot as a development site. David Simone of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, 1164 Wheeler Avenue LLC, in the transaction. Kathy Zamechansky of KZA Realty Group represented the buyers in both deals.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a multifamily property located at 910 Prospect Place in Brooklyn. The eight-unit property sold for $2.5 million. Shaun Riney, Derek Bestreich and Lucien Sproviero of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, a private investor, and the buyer, a developer, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — HFF has arranged a $44 million refinancing loan for a fully leased retail condominium located at 611 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The company secured a 15-year, fixed-rate non-recourse loan through Allianz Real Estate of America Inc. on behalf of the US Allianz insurance companies for the borrower, The Parkland Group. Located at the base of a 10-story luxury residential property developed by The Parkland Group, the building features three retail spaces and 41 residences, which were not included in the financing. The 30,000 square feet of retail space is leased to Chase Bank, Duane Reade and Modell’s Sporting Goods. Rob Rizzi and Jennifer Keller of HFF arranged the financing for the borrower.
NEW YORK CITY — HAP Investments has broken ground on a multifamily property at the corner of Third Avenue and E. 121st Street in Manhattan’s East Harlem neighborhood. The company plans to develop a 17,500-square-foot vacant lot into a 120,000-square-foot residential property. The property will feature 78,000 square feet of residential space, 26,000 square feet of commercial space, 5,000 square feet of parking and 1,000 square feet of community facility space. The new project will be an 80/20 rental development with at least 20 percent of the units designated as affordable housing for low-income residents. Karl Fischer Architect PLLC is providing architectural services for the project.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based McGraw Hill Financial Inc. (NYSE: MHFI) has agreed to acquire Charlottesville, Va.-based SNL Financial from New Mountain Capital for $2.2 billion. SNL Financial will join McGraw Hill’s roster of subsidiaries, including Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, the S&P Dow Jones Indices and Platts. SNL provides data and analysis on the banking, insurance, energy and real estate industries. This acquisition comes two years after McGraw Hill staked its future on financial services by selling off its publishing business. According to the company, McGraw Hill will finance the transaction by issuing $1.7 billion of long-term debt, and the economic impact will be partly offset by tax benefits with an estimated present value of about $550 million. McGraw Hill Financial’s stock price dropped to $99.54 per share as of late morning Monday in intraday trading, down from $105.58 per share at the close of business on Friday, July 24.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has closed a $104 million loan in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. The loan is collateralized by a nine-parcel development site north of One Court Square. The site offers 780,000 buildable square feet potential for residential, office, retail and hotel use. Morris Betesh of Cushman & Wakefield handled the financing. The name of the borrower was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Silvershore Properties has completed the sale of a mixed-use building located at 19 Howard St. in Manhattan’s SoHo Cast Iron Historic District. The three-story, 4,415-square-foot property sold for $9.6 million, or $2,174 per square foot. The property features additional air rights and was delivered vacant to the undisclosed buyer. Robert Burton of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has brokered the lease of 76,000 square feet of loft space at 80 Hudson Ave. in Brooklyn’s Vinegar Hill section. The former Global Storage building features two interior loading docks, two exterior loading docks and eight parking spaces. The tenant, a local developer, has not disclosed plans for the property. Ofer Cohen, Dan Marks, Peter Schubert and Joey Terzi of TerraCRG represented the landlord and the tenant in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Stellar Management and CAMBA Housing Ventures has acquired Castleton Park, an affordable multifamily property located in St. George on Staten Island for an undisclosed sum. With the backing of NYC Housing Development Corp. tax-exempt bonds, the owner plans to launch a $30 million renovation and rehabilitation project for the 40-year-old development, which features 454 apartment units. In collaboration with the NYC Housing Development Corp., NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the development team will be able to maintain long-term affordability for tenants at the property. Construction work is scheduled to begin in August and includes the rehabilitation of the building façade, parking area, elevators and mechanicals, as well as renovations to common areas and each unit’s bathroom and kitchen. The renovation is scheduled to last two years.
