NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 6,780-square-foot office lease at 600 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan’s Plaza District. The tenant, private equity funds manager Hollyport Capital, will occupy the entire 27th floor of the 36-story, 305,472-square-foot building. Harry Blair, Connor Daugstrup and Bianca DiMauro of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Lex NY Equities LLC, in the lease negotiations. Tim Gibson and Harry Singer of Newmark represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — New York-based investment firm Barberry Rose Management has sold a portfolio of three multifamily buildings totaling 49 units in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. The sales price was $5 million. The three contiguous, four-story buildings were all constructed in 1912. Ben Khakshoor, Alex Fuchs and Aaron Jungreis of locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty Group represented Barberry Rose and the buyer, Gilman Management, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — The New York City Department of Health & Hygiene has signed a 17,708-square-foot office lease in Brooklyn. The agency is relocating from 16 Court St. to the entire fifth floor of the building at 532 Fulton St., which is known locally as The Paxton. Brad Gerla, Jon Cope and David Katz of CBRE represented the landlord, Jenel Management Corp., in the lease negotiations. Ellen Israel of JRT Realty Group and Bob Giglio of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
COMMACK, N.Y. — Connecticut-based life insurance company Voya Investment Management has provided $37.5 million in bridge financing for Mayfair Shopping Center, a 221,000-square-foot retail property located in the Long Island community of Commack. The open-air center sits on a 15-acre site along the Jericho Turnpike and is home to tenants such as Lidl, Planet Fitness and the PGA Superstore. Andrew Stewart and Allison Villamagna of New Jersey-based financial intermediary Cronheim Mortgage arranged the three-year loan on behalf of the borrower, The Livingston Group. A portion of the proceeds will be used to fund capital improvements and additional leasing costs.
NEW YORK CITY — The Hawthorne Country Day School Manhattan, which provides a range of educational and social services for individuals age 18 months to 21 years, will relocate its campus from 156 William Street to 233 Broadway. The new space spans 34,076 square feet within The Woolworth Building, a 28-story landmarked structure that was originally built in the 1920s. The space features classrooms, therapy rooms, a multipurpose room/gym and an expanded sensory gym. Howard Kesseler, Todd Hershman and Alex Kesseler of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — Fitness International has signed a 36,500-square-foot lease at 59 Maiden Lane in Manhattan. Fitness International will open a Club Studio facility, which offers boutique fitness classes and amenities, at the property. David Abrams, Eliot Goldschmidt, Jeff Jacobson and Brandon Miller of masonre represented the landlord, AmTrust RE, in the lease negotiations. Chase Welles of The Shopping Center Group and John Kalamaras of RealSource Group represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has negotiated a 132,000-square-foot office lease at 295 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant, global law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, will relocate to floors eight through 10 of the 17-story, 700,000-square-foot structure, which is known locally as The Textile Building. The owner, a partnership between Tribeca Investment Group, PGIM Real Estate and Meadow Partners, recently completed a $350 million capital improvement program at the property. David Hollander, Peter Turchin, Mary Ann Tighe, Brett Shannon, Liz Lash and Hayden Pascal of CBRE represented ownership in the lease negotiations. Lewis Miller, Greg Maurer-Hollaender and Cara Chayet, also with CBRE, represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty has arranged the $10.7 million sale of a portfolio of four multifamily buildings totaling 17 units in Brooklyn. The portfolio includes a five-unit building at 461 Lorimer St.; a four-unit building at 110 S. Second St.; a two-unit structure at 384 S. Second St.; and a six-unit property at 211 Johnson Ave. Each of the buildings rises three stories and was built between 1910 and 1920. Ben Khakshoor, Alex Fuchs, Aaron Jungreis and Eli Shayestehpour of Rosewood represented the buyer, Mendel Gold, and the seller, a private family, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Accounting firm Marcum Asia has signed an 8,851-square-foot office lease expansion at 7 Penn Plaza in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant now occupies a total of 14,870 square feet on the eighth floor at the 18-story, 357,000-square-foot building. Steve Kaplan of Norman Bobrow & Co. represented Marcum Asia in the lease negotiations. Andrew Wiener and David Turino represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, on an internal basis.
NEW YORK CITY — Capalino, a business development consulting firm, has signed an 8,424-square-foot office lease at 730 Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant will occupy the entire 24th floor of the 665,110-square-foot building. David Hoffman, Robert Billingsley and Sam Hoffman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Nuveen Real Estate owns the building.