NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Baltimore-based MCB Real Estate and New York-based Osiris Ventures will undertake a $100 million retail redevelopment project in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn. The joint venture acquired the 14-lot assemblage at 458 86th St., which formerly housed a Century 21 department store that first opened in the 1960s, for $47.5 million. The redevelopment, which will be known as Century Marketplace, will involve reconstructing the multi-story structures facing 86th Street to create a two-story structure that aligns with the existing rear building on 87th Street. A new interior atrium fronting 86th Street will also be added, and the new development will ultimately feature 95,000 square feet of retail space with a grocery anchor. Ethan Stanton, Jeffrey Julien, Brendan Maddigan and Michael Mazzara of JLL represented the seller, ASG Equities, in the transaction. Construction is expected to begin before the end of the year.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC), Camber Property Group and the NYC Department of Social Services has completed a $100 million affordable housing project in the Far Rockaway area of Queens. The Robert C. Woods Apartments offers 147 permanently affordable residences and also houses the Wanda Patterson Women’s Residence, a 100-bed shelter reserved for single women. The units mix includes 125 studios, 88 of which are supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals, nine one-bedroom apartments and 13 two-bedroom residences. The other units are reserved for renters earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. Residents have access to social service programming space, a community room, outdoor recreational space, bike storage, building-wide Wi-Fi and a laundry room.
NEW YORK CITY — Five Iron Golf has signed a 4,000-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The entertainment concept will soon relocate its New York headquarters from 60 E. 42nd St. to the penthouse suite of the Central Plaza Building at 18 E. 41st St. Alex Redlus and Kirill Azovtsev of Savills represented Five Iron Golf in the lease negotiations. John Thompson and Justin Gentile of Resolute Real Estate represented the landlord.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Slate Property Group, nonprofit organization RiseBoro Community Partnership and Goldman Sachs has completed 326 Rockaway, an affordable housing development located in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. Of the property’s 216 units, 130 are supportive housing for tenants who formerly were homeless, and the remaining units are available for households earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. Amenities include an outdoor recreation area with play structures and landscaped areas, a community room, fitness center and children’s playroom. Aufgang Architects designed the project, and SD Builders & Construction served as the general contractor. Construction began in summer 2023.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based owner-operator Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. has purchased The Shops at Atlas Park, a 374,000-square-foot, open-air shopping center in Queens. The Shops at Atlas Park is situated on a 12-acre site at the intersection of Cooper Avenue and 80th Street. Anchored by Regal Cinemas, the center is home to a mix of both national and local operators, as well as an array of food-and-beverage users. Los Angeles-based owner-operator Macerich sold the property in conjunction with an unnamed partner. ACORE Capital provided acquisition financing for the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Douglaston Development has topped out Rialto West, a 158-unit affordable housing project in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. The eight-story building will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units that will be reserved for households earning up to 140 percent of the area median income. In addition, 15 percent of the units will be dedicated to serving formerly homeless households. Rialto West will also feature a fitness center, onsite laundry facilities and a bike storage area. Levine Builders, a Douglaston affiliate, is the general contractor for the project, full completion of which is slated for the fourth quarter of next year.
NEW YORK CITY — Lendlease has begun preleasing and revealed new renderings for The Riverie, an 834-unit apartment development in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. The project is slated to open in October. Of the total unit count, 30 percent are designated as affordable housing. The development will also feature 13,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, state-of-the-art amenities and new public greenspace. Spanning an entire city block along the East River, The Riverie features two towers rising 37 and 20 stories, as well as a mid-rise podium with frontages along India, West and Java streets. Residences range from studios to three bedrooms, including select penthouses and townhomes. Marvel was the project architect. INC Architecture & Design handled the interior design, while Crème designed the townhomes. At the core of The Riverie’s sustainability strategy is its vertical closed-loop geothermal system, comprised of 320 boreholes beneath the site. This feature makes it the largest geothermal residential building in New York state and is believed to be the largest high-rise geoexchange system in the country, according to Lendlease. Combined with its fully electric design, The Riverie is expected to reduce annual carbon emissions from heating and cooling by 53 percent when …
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based owner-operator The Altmark Group has received a $96 million loan for the refinancing of The Motto, a 24-story apartment building located in the Mott Haven area of The Bronx. Designed by Woods Bagot, The Motto offers 264 units, 80 of which are reserved as affordable housing, in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include coworking lounges, a resident sky lounge, rooftop terrace with barbecue grills and fire pits and a fitness center. Brad Domenico, Gideon Gil, Jack Subers and Frank Stanislaski of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through Morgan Stanley on behalf of The Altmark Group.
NEW YORK CITY — PCCP LLC has provided a $65 million loan for the refinancing of Pearson Court Square, a 197-unit apartment complex in the Long Island City area of Queens. Built in 2014, the transit-served property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a resident lounge, coworking space, rooftop sky deck and an outdoor basketball court. The borrower was an affiliate of L+M Development Partners. Pearson Court Square was roughly 98 percent occupied at the time of the loan closing.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Namdar Realty and Klosed Properties has acquired a retail and parking condo located at 85 Jay St. in the Dumbo area of Brooklyn for $54 million. The retail component totals 128,410 square feet, and the space is located beneath Front & York, a 21-story, 727-unit residential building. The retail space was 84 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as CVS, Devoción, Petit Poussins and Lazy Sundaes. Daniel O’Brien of Newmark brokered the deal. The seller was CIM Group. Max Ralby and Jordan Roeschlaub, also with Newmark, arranged $41.3 million in acquisition financing for the deal through Blue Owl Capital.