NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of a five-story apartment building located at 469 West 153rd St., also known as 1881 Amsterdam Avenue, in the Hamilton Heights section of Manhattan. A local investor purchased the property, which features 18 residential units and a retail unit, for $4.6 million. Shawn Sadaghati and Yisroel Pershin of GFI Realty Services represented the seller, a local investor, while Sylvia Spielman of GFI Realty represented the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has acquired a warehouse facility located at 29 Ryerson St. in Brooklyn’s Wallabout neighborhood. The vacant eight-story loft property sold for $45 million. MRC plans to convert the 215,000-square-foot property into Class A office space for creative/technology clients. The property features 15-foot ceiling heights, 440 feet of frontage on Ryerson Street and 110 feet of frontage along Flushing Avenue. The name of the seller was not released in the off-market transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an industrial building located at 190 Morgan Ave. in Brooklyn. The 14,875-square-foot property sold for $3.5 million. Jakub Nowak and James McGuckin of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, a private investor, and the buyer, a limited liability company, in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Savanna has completed the disposition of 576 Fifth Avenue, a boutique office and retail building in Manhattan. Real Estate Equities Corp. acquired the 72,000-square-foot asset for an undisclosed price. Situated on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 47th Street, the property features a jewelry exchange on the ground floor and offices on the upper floors. Yoron Cohen, Richard Baxter, John Caplan, Scott Latham and Jason Gold of Jones Lang LaSallle represented Savanna in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has arranged the sale of an office building located at 2118 Coney Island Ave. in the Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn. Constructed in the 1990s, the three-story, 4,800-square-foot medical office building sold for $2.2 million. Erik Yankelovich of GFI Realty Services represented the seller and buyer, both of which are local investors, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Alpha Realty has arranged the sale of an apartment building located at 1314 Seneca Ave. in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. The 60-unit apartment building sold for $7.6 million, or $126,000 per unit. Constructed in 1928, the 64,000-square-foot elevator building features residential units and two retail stores. Lev Mavashev and Jacob Aronov of Alpha Realty represented the seller. Both the seller and buyer were local private investors.
NEW YORK CITY — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $3 million in refinancing for Mangreen Properties, an 18,523-square-foot retail property located at 910 Manhattan Ave. in Brooklyn. The 10-year loan features a 25-year amortization schedule. Charles Cotsalas of NorthMarq’s New York metro office secured the financing through NorthMarq’s relationship with a national bank. New York Sports Clubs is the property’s major tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an industrial property located at 489 Baltic St. in Brooklyn. The 6,242-square-foot property sold for $1.6 million. Jakub Nowak and Hemal Patel of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an individual/personal trust, and the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Dalan Management has partnered with RWN Real Estate Partners to purchase the long-term leasehold of The Indigo in Midtown East for $47 million. Located at 230 East 44th St., the 14-story, 135,315-square-foot building features 164 residential units, the Piccolo Fiore restaurant, Pink Blossom Nail Salon and a 25,000-square-foot parking garage. The buyers acquired the leasehold interest in the property and restructured the ground lease to include a 99-year term with contractual rent and no fair market rent resets. The seller is a partnership of Atlantic Realty Group, Moezinia Bros. Capital and 230 MD Member. M&T Bank provided financing for the acquisition. Venture Capital Properties represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — HFF has arranged the sale of The Nathaniel, an 85-unit residential building located at 138 E. 12th St. in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. The firm also arranged financing for the $98.3 million acquisition. Wafra Residential Value Invest I, a fund managed by Wafra Investment Advisory Group Inc., purchased the asset from YYY Third Avenue LLC, a joint venture affiliate of Joy Construction Corp. Designed by Karl Fischer Architect and built in 2014, the nine-story, 49,741-square-foot property features 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, 8,000 square feet of below-grade retail space, floor-to-ceiling windows, a 24-hour doorman, resident lounge with TV/media center and billiards, rooftop reflecting pool, sunset terrace, fitness center and bike storage. Andrew Scandalios, Erin Anton, Jose Cruz, Jeffrey Julien and Rob Hinckley of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. Steven Klein and Jennifer Keller, also of HFF, arranged the acquisition financing for the borrower.
