NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a mixed-use building located at 5008 Broadway in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood. The six-story property sold for $15.8 million, or approximately $325 per square foot, in an all-cash transaction. The 48,576-square-foot property features five retail units and 47 residential units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Robert Shapiro of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of 14 multifamily properties, with 176 residential units and eight retail stores, located in Upper Manhattan, in two separate transactions. Morningside Partners I LP and 9-11 CPN LLC sold the properties for $58 million to an undisclosed private investor. Thirteen of the walk-up apartment buildings are located on one city block between Manhattan Avenue, Frederick Douglass Boulevard, West 114th Street and West 115th Street in Morningside Heights. The 13 properties, which total more than 125,000 square feet, sold for $47 million, or $376 per square foot. In a separate transaction, a five-story, 23,640-square-foot property located at 9-11 Central Park North sold for $11 million, or $465 per square foot.
HARRISON, N.Y. — Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. has acquired The Harrison Shopping Center in Harrison. Located on Halstead Avenue, the 25,000-square-foot shopping center is anchored by an A&P Fresh Supermarket, which will be replaced by a prominent grocer. Additional tenants include a bakery, hair salon, florist, restaurants and A&T. Urstadt Biddle acquired the property, which was built in 1957, for an undisclosed price in an all-cash transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
JERSEY CITY, BRICK AND NEPTUNE, N.J., AND COBLESKILL, N.Y. — Cronheim Mortgage has secured $26.9 million in financing for four individual properties located in Jersey City, Brick, Neptune and Cobleskill. Each loan was structured on a 10/30 basis for affiliated entities of New York-based National Realty & Development Corp. The properties include Old Colony Square, a 100,073-square-foot retail center in Jersey City owned by Grand Street Realty; LHOP Holding LP’s 13-building Lions Head Office Park in Brick; two retail pads in Neptune owned by Red Baron Property Resources LP; and C.P. Plaza LP’s 24,500-square-foot retail center in Cobleskill. Andrew Stewart, Dev Morris and Allison Moravec of Cronheim Mortgage arranged the financing.
SMITHTOWN, N.Y. — Damianos Realty Group LLC has acquired an office building located at 50 Route 111 in Smithtown. The three-story, 50,000-square-foot property sold for $10.6 million. Built in 1984, the property is 96 percent occupied by a variety of corporate and medical tenants, including Merrill Lynch, New York Commercial Bank, Devitt Spellman Barrett LLP and State Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick. The buyer plans to renovate and upgrade portions of the property, and has engaged Mancini Architecture PLLC to redesign the building’s exterior and lobby. John LaRuffa of NAI Long Island represented the seller, while John Finn of Damianos Realty Group provided in-house representation for the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — Cignature Realty Associates has brokered the sale of an apartment building located at 718 W. 171st St. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. Heritage Realty Services acquired the 21,735-square-foot walk-up property for $7 million. The building contains 22 apartments, with an average rent of $1,490 per month. Lazer Sternhell and Peter Vanderpool of Cignature Realty represented the buyer and the seller, Haven Holding LLC, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $95 million mortgage for the refinancing of an office property located on lower Broadway in Manhattan’s Financial District. The 12-year loan, provided by a life insurance company, features a 3.78 percent fixed rate and six years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Constructed in 1983, the 32-story property offers 403,800 square feet of Class A office space. Abe Hirsch and Daniel Jacob Meridian negotiated the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged an $8.1 million construction/rehab loan for a corner retail property located in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park South. The loan features a three-year term, with extensions, at an interest rate of LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) plus 4.25 basis points. The loan will cover 100 percent of the project costs, which include significant renovations to the existing building. Preston Flammang of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The name of the borrower was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a land parcel located at 137 Frost St. in Brooklyn. The 7,500-square-foot parcel sold for $5.3 million. Shaun Riney, Michael Salvatico and James Saros of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller and buyer, both private investors, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Fisher Brothers, Witkoff and New Valley has broken ground on 111 Murray Street, an 800-foot residential tower in Tribeca. Designed by Kohn, Pederson Fox, the property will feature more than 300,000 square feet of condominiums, ranging from one-bedroom to five-bedroom units priced between $2 million and more than $17.5 million. The 157-residence tower will feature a 24/7 doorman and concierge, lobby, private dining room with fully equipped demonstration kitchen, landscaped private garden, 75-foot lap pool, children’s splash pool, fitness center, hair salon, teen arcade, children’s playroom and media room. Completion is slated for early 2018.