NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $9.8 million sale of a multifamily development site in The Bronx. The site at 36 Bruckner Blvd. is located on the borough’s Mott Haven neighborhood and is approved for the development of 99 apartments and some commercial space. Jason Gold and Gabriel Elyaszade of Ariel represented the seller, Yates Restoration, which has owned the property since 1982, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
JERICHO, N.Y. — PX4 Development has completed a $15 million student housing conversion project on Long Island. The project converted a former 80-room hotel in Jericho into a 79-unit, 188-bed resident hall for students at The New York Institute of Technology. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include private and communal study spaces, lounge and recreation areas and an indoor pool. TPG Architecture designed the project, construction of which began last October.
NEW YORK CITY — Customers Bank has signed a 24,600-square-foot office lease expansion in Midtown Manhattan. The bank holding company is taking an additional full floor at 101 Park Avenue, a 1.3 million-square-foot building. John Cefaly and Nicholas Dysenchuk of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, H.J. Kalikow & Co., in the lease negotiations. Customers Bank, which now occupies 37,000 square feet at the property, was self-represented.
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP has opened a new, 3,000-square-foot office in the Long Island community of Hauppauge, the first for the New York-based law firm outside of its Uniondale headquarters. According to LoopNet Inc., the 210,000-square-foot building at 100 Motor Parkway was originally constructed in 2006 and renovated in 2020. JLL represented Forchelli Deegan Terrana in the lease negotiations. Damianos Realty Group owns the building.
NEW YORK CITY — Corient has signed a 24,600-square-foot office lease expansion in Midtown Manhattan. The provider of wealth management services is taking an additional full floor at 101 Park Avenue, a 1.3 million-square-foot building. John Cefaly and Nicholas Dysenchuk of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, H.J. Kalikow & Co., in the lease negotiations. Mark Robbins and Evan Foley of Avison Young represented Corient, which now occupies 74,000 square feet at the property.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Brax Realty has negotiated the $6.2 million sale of two adjacent apartment buildings in Manhattan’s East Village area. The buildings at 317 E. 14th St. and 319 E. 14th St. house 24 apartments between them as well as two retail spaces. According to LoopNet Inc., both buildings rise five stories and were constructed in 1910. Michael Ferrara and Cole Kinney Leonhardt of Brax Realty brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Cole Haan has signed a 62,262-square-foot office lease renewal at 620 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The footwear provider will continue to occupy the entire third floor of the building, which was originally constructed in 1896, for the next 11 years. Lauren Crowley Corrinet, Adele Huang, Gary Davies and Silvio Petriello of CBRE represented Cole Haan in the lease negotiations. Daniel Birney represented the landlord, RXR, on an internal basis.
By Jason Penighetti, Esq., and Carol Rizzo, Esq. of Forchelli Deegan Terrana Together with high rent and exorbitant property values, the real property taxes that fund necessary services in New York State make housing affordability a significant concern for low- and middle-income residents. To ensure a sufficient supply of affordable housing, the state must address the ad valorem levy, whereby taxes are derived from a property’s market value. This article examines the critical interplay between New York’s property tax policies and housing affordability. While some taxing mechanisms hinder the development and availability of affordable housing, adjustments and a few additions to those practices have the potential to promote the affordable sector. Exemptions, Incentives New York’s real property tax system supports a complex framework of entities that rely significantly upon property tax levies to generate revenue and fund their budgets. Property taxes, assessed at the local level, support essential services such as public schools, police departments, libraries, highways, fire districts, open space preservation, out-of-county college tuition and the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority, among others. To encourage the development of affordable housing and ease the burden that real property taxes can impose on developers and owners in the sector, New …
NEW YORK CITY — Global investment group CDPQ and Nuveen Green Capital, a provider of sustainable commercial real estate financing solutions, have launched a $600 million integrated financing program. The fund combines Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing and senior bridge and construction financing solutions for properties in various U.S. markets. The program will feature bridge and construction debt and will support cost-effective energy efficiency, water conservation, renewable energy and resiliency improvements tied to new or existing commercial assets. Nuveen will act as the primary sourcing agent for the integrated financing program.
NEW YORK CITY — Colliers has secured a 132,000-square-foot office lease expansion and extension in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The tenant, automated financing platform Ramp, is taking an additional 66,000 square feet of space across the entire fourth floor at 28-40 West 23rd Street, a two-building, 561,000-square-foot complex. Ramp is simultaneously extending its lease of the same square footage across the entire second floor. Mac Roos, Andrew Roos, Michael Cohen and Jessica Verdi of Colliers represented the landlord, Williams Equities, in the lease negotiations. Michael Mathias and R.J. Johns of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.