NEW YORK CITY — Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates has brokered the sale of two interconnecting warehouses at 33-33 and 33-35 11th St. on the border of Astoria and Long Island City in Queens. JPRG Holdings purchased the properties, which total 57,400 square feet, for $14 million. The property features 19-foot ceilings, frontage along three streets, multiple loading docks and heavy power. Additionally, there is 1,700 square feet of parking on the lot. Prior to the sale, the building was used as the main warehouse for Operative Cake, a baked goods wholesale business. Grant Dolgin and Dmitri Gourianov of Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates represented the seller in the transaction, 33-11 Associates Partnership and Jacobson Realty Corp. Hentze Dor Realty represented the buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sale of the Morrisania multifamily portfolio, a 17-building portfolio located in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. The 676-unit portfolio, which includes one vacant lot, sold for $85.5 million. The 17 buildings total 674,565 gross square feet and are clustered in an area between 165th and 169th streets and Sheridan and Clay avenues. Shimon Shkury, Victor Sozio, Michael Tortorici, Scot Hirschfield and Jason Gold of Ariel Advisors represented the seller, a developer and multifamily operator, and procured the buyer, an affordable housing operator, in the transaction. The new ownership plans to maintain the affordability of the portfolio, which consists of Project Based Section 8 buildings operating under HAP agreements.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an apartment building, located at 974 Saint Nicholas Ave. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. The asset sold for $15.5 million, or $330,000 per unit. Located between 159th and 160th streets, the six-story property features 33 market-rate units, 13 rent-stabilized apartments and one rent-controlled unit. Recent renovations to the building include new parapets, new elevator and mechanicals, new stone flooring through the common areas, new hallway lighting and a full roof replacement. Additionally, the units have been upgraded with new wood floors, new plumbing and electrical, stainless steel appliances and granite countertops. Peter Von Der Ahe, Scott Edelstein, Seth Glasser and Rafi Moskowitz of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented both the seller and the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Broad Street Development, along with investment partner Crow Holdings, has acquired a two-building residential portfolio for $178.5 million. The portfolio includes 298 and 304 Mulberry Street, which offer a total of 182 apartments and 11,825 square feet of ground-floor retail space with full frontage on both Houston and Mulberry streets and an on-site parking garage. The seller was Boston-based GID Investment Advisors LLC. The partnership will immediately begin a $3.5 million renovation campaign, including aesthetic and operational improvements. Planned improvements include the installation of new windows, new roof and roof decks, the redesign and renovation of the lobbies, modernization of interior areas and upgrades to individual homes, including kitchen and bathrooms.
RYE, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $29.6 million acquisition loan for International Corporate Center in Rye. Located at 555 Theodore Fremd Ave., the 168,499-square-foot office building was built in 1990. The 10-year, fixed-rate CMBS loan features five years of interest-only, a 30-year amortization schedule, a 4.32 percent rate and a 75% loan-to-value rate. Christopher Marks of MMCC arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
NEW YORK CITY — HFF has arranged $40 million in financing for the fee simple interest of 300 Lafayette, a development site located at the corner of Lafayette and Houston streets in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. The firm worked on behalf of the borrower, LargaVista Cos., to secure the 20-year, fixed-rate loan through a national life insurance company. The development site is an 11,622-square-foot site with 365 feet of frontage along Crosby, Lafayette and Houston streets. A joint venture between LargaVista Cos. and Related Cos. plans to construct a seven-story mixed-use, retail and office building on the property. Mike Tepedino and Michael Gigliotti of HFF negotiated the transaction.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — DLC Management Corp. has acquired The Shoppes at South Hills, a retail power center located in Poughkeepsie. The 518,000-square-foot center was purchased for an undisclosed price. The Shoppes at South Hills is occupied by a variety of tenants, including ShopRite, Burlington Coat Factory, Christmas Tree Shop, Hobby Lobby, Kmart, Ashley Furniture HomeStore, Bob’s Discount Furniture and Chuck E. Cheese. Jose Cruz and Marc Duvall of HFF represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates has brokered the sale of a warehouse and parking lot at 39 Ferris St. in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. Kobe Bussan USA purchased the 6,000-square-foot warehouse and 14,000-square-foot parking lot from 39 Ferris Street LLC for $5 million. The buyer, a Japanese supermarket and restaurant, plans to open a new location at the site. Jeffrey Unger of Kalmon Dolgin represented the seller, while Yoko Evans of Furumoto Realty represented the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has entered into an agreement to acquire Massey Knakal Realty Services. The acquisition will enhance Cushman & Wakefield’s global commercial real estate services with a more formidable capital markets presence in the New York Tri-State region. Massey Knakal was founded in 1988 and has more than 200 employees serving more than 200,000 property owners in New York City’s five boroughs, Westchester County, Long Island and New Jersey. The firm is best known for its work in the mid-sized office, retail and apartment building markets. Since its founding, Massey Knakal has closed more than 5,000 transactions, with a market value in excess of $21 billion. The acquisition has been approved by the parties’ respective governing bodies and is expected to close prior to year-end 2014, subject to customary closing conditions. Goldman, Sachs & Co. advised Cushman & Wakefield, while Perella Weinberg Partners LLC advised Massey Knakal in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has arranged the sale of United Cerebral Palsy of New York City’s (UCP of NYC) former program center at 122 East 23rd St in Manhattan. Toll Brothers purchased the property for $135 million, or $750 per square foot. The asset includes a land parcel and an existing four-story, 60,000-square-foot building. The property offers a total of 180,000 square feet of development rights with zoning that allows for residential, retail and community uses. Jon Epstein, Vincent Carrega, Neil Helman and Charles Kingsley of Avison Young’s New York City-based capital markets team represented UCP of NYC and identified the buyer in the transaction.