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Innovo Property Group Nears Completion of 220,000 SF Film, TV Production Studio in Queens

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm Innovo Property Group (IPG) is nearing completion of Borden Studios, a 220,000-square-foot film and TV production facility in the Long Island City area of Queens. The facility is part of The Borden Complex, a 900,000-square-foot industrial project that is a redevelopment of a former warehouse of online grocer FreshDirect. Borden Studios will feature four sound stages ranging in size from 11,800 to 16,200 square feet, 43,000 square feet of office space, 56,000 square feet of support space and more than 8,800 square feet of outdoor amenity and gathering space. Full completion is slated for the spring. IPG acquired the asset in January 2019 with Atalaya Capital Management and Nan Fung Group for $75 million and subsequently received a $155 million construction loan in early 2021. Long-term financing was secured in summer 2022, and the development team topped out the project in February 2023.

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IndustrialLeasing ActivityNew YorkNortheast

Lumber Plus Signs 33,000 SF Industrial Lease in Ronkonkoma, New York

by Taylor Williams

RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — Lumber Plus, a distributor of Brazilian woods and flooring products, has signed a 33,000-square-foot industrial lease in the Long Island community of Ronkonkoma. Metropolitan Realty Associates owns the building at 2175 Fifth Ave. after buying it for $6.4 million in 2022. Frank Frizalone, Nick Gallipoli, Thomas Deluca, John Giannuzzi and Ryan Korzekwinski of Cushman & Wakefield represented both parties in the lease negotiations. Lumber Plus plans to move in during the second quarter.

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LoansNew YorkNortheastRetail

The Feil Organization Refinances 269,490 SF Shopping Center in Elmont, New York

by Taylor Williams

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Feil Organization has refinanced Home Depot Shopping Center, a 269,490-square-foot property located at 600 Hempstead Turnpike in the Long Island community of Elmont. Feil has owned the property since 1992. At the time of the loan closing, the center was fully leased, with Marshalls and Target serving as the other anchor tenants. Estreich & Co. arranged the $23.5 million loan for the refinancing through Principal Asset Management on behalf of Feil.

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Mulligan Security Signs 15,788 SF Office Lease Expansion, Renewal in Midtown Manhattan

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Mulligan Security has signed a 15,788-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion at 7 Penn Plaza in Midtown Manhattan. The private security and fire safety contracting firm now occupies 24,788 square feet across the entire second floor. The renewal term is 12 years. David Hollander and David Katz of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Andrew Wiener, David Turino and Henry Korzec represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, on an internal basis.

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JLL Arranges $33M Loan for Refinancing of Manhattan Office, Retail Building

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $33 million loan for the refinancing of 111 West 19th Street, an eight-story, 189,731-square-foot office and retail building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The building was originally constructed in 1901 and comprises eight suites, according to StreetEasy.com. Aaron Niedermayer of JLL arranged the financing through Citigroup Inc. on behalf of the borrower, locally based investment firm The Kaufman Organization.

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AcquisitionsCivicLee & AssociatesNew YorkNortheastRetail

Lee & Associates Negotiates $18.2M Sale of Historic Building in Manhattan

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Lee & Associates has negotiated the $18.2 million sale of the Clock Tower Building, a 20,000-square-foot historic bank hall located at 46 Lafayette St. in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. Peter Braus, Brad Schwarz and Cory Gahr of Lee & Associates represented the seller, locally based investment firm Elad Group, in the transaction. Anne-Brigitte Sirois from ART STATE LLC represented the buyer, Jack Shainman Gallery, which plans to new art exhibition venue at the property.

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AcquisitionsNew YorkNortheastRetailTop Stories

Gucci Owner Acquires Fifth Avenue Retail Property in New York City for $963M

by Katie Sloan

NEW YORK CITY — Global luxury group Kering has acquired a multi-level retail property at 715-717 Fifth Ave. in New York City for $963 million. The Paris-based company manages the development of a number of major fashion houses including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen.  The 115,000-square-foot space spans multiple levels at the base of the Corning Glass Building, a 28-story office tower developed in 1959. Rival fashion houses Dolce & Gabbana and Armani currently occupy the space. The Armani lease at the property is up in a few months, according to reports by the New York Post. Real estate developer Jeff Sutton’s Wharton Properties sold the space. The company also recently sold 720 and 724 Fifth Ave. to fashion house Prada for a combined $835 million. Eastdil Secured advised Wharton Properties in all three deals, according to the New York Post. Any potential impact on the space’s current tenants was not specified. Plans to maintain Gucci’s current flagship location across the street from 715-717 Fifth Ave. at Trump Tower were not mentioned in Kering’s release. Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue ranked as the world’s most expensive retail destination in Cushman & Wakefield’s latest Main Streets Across the World report. With …

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LoansMultifamilyNew YorkNortheast

Derby Copeland Provides Two Acquisition Loans Totaling $20.8M for Manhattan Apartment Buildings

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Derby Copeland Capital, a locally based lending and investment firm, has provided two acquisition loans totaling $20.8 million for a pair of Manhattan apartment buildings with a combined 51 units. In the first transaction, Derby Capital provided $17 million for a 31-unit building in the East Village that includes ground-floor retail space that is leased to Lucy’s Bar and Top Beauty Salon. In the second deal, the firm funded a $3.8 million loan for a 20-unit building in Rose Hill neighborhood. The undisclosed borrower(s) plans to use portions of the proceeds to fund capital improvements.

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Monadnock Development Completes 136,000 SF Mixed-Use Project in Brooklyn

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm Monadnock Development has completed 300 Huntington, a 136,000-square-foot mixed-use building in Brooklyn. Designed by Dattner Architects and Bernheimer Architecture, the building consists of 49,000 square feet of office space and 17,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, with the remainder dedicated for various industrial uses. The development also features an 8,700-square-foot esplanade that serves as a gateway to the Gowanus public waterfront park.

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Company NewsMultifamilyNew YorkNortheastSingle-Family RentalTop Stories

Blackstone Agrees to Buy Tricon Residential for $3.5B, Take Company Private

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY AND TORONTO — Affiliates of Blackstone (NYSE: BX) have entered into an agreement to acquire Tricon Residential (NYSE: TCN) for $3.5 billion in a deal that will take the Canadian owner-operator private. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter. One of the acquiring entities, Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT), already has an 11 percent ownership stake in Tricon Residential following a $240 million equity purchase in 2020. Under the terms of the deal, the New York City-based global asset manager will acquire all outstanding shares of Tricon’s common stock for $11.25 per share in cash. The per-share price represents a 30 percent premium over Tricon’s closing stock price on Thursday, Jan. 18 and a 42 percent premium over the weighted average share prices of the last 90 days. Blackstone intends to maintain and leverage the Tricon platform as it undertakes $1 billion of single-family residential development in the United States and $2.5 billion of traditional multifamily development in Canada. Tricon’s U.S. platform encompasses roughly 2,500 single-family residences in various stages of development, as well as numerous land holdings that can support an additional 21,000 homes. Tricon’s apartment development pipeline in Canada consists of …

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