NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of a commercial loft building located at 34 West 17th St. in New York City’s Flatiron District. Extell Development sold the 25,000-square-foot property for $20 million to Atkins & Breskin Co. The 10-story, pre-war building features ground-level and basement retail components. Additionally, the currently vacant property is zoned for residential, office, retail or mixed-use development. Ronald Solarz, Chris Matousek and Michael Levine represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
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EAST HANOVER, N.J. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a retail strip center in East Hanover. Located at 346 Route 10, the 30,000-square-foot property sold for $12.9 million. The multi-tenanted property is currently occupied by Party City, Verizon Wireless and Jersey Mike’s Subs and has 25 percent of unoccupied space remaining. Jacklene Chesler of Colliers represented the seller, JEMB Realty, and procured the buyer, The Klein Group, in the deal.
MERIDEN, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a CVS/pharmacy property located at 540 West Main St. in Meriden. A New Jersey-based investor purchased the property for $4.1 million. Originally constructed in 1999 for CVS, the property offers street exposure and a drive-thru lane. Laurie Ann Drinkwater and Seth Richard of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
HAMDEN, CONN. — Press/Cuozzo Commercial Services has arranged the sale of a four-building apartment portfolio located at 63-69 and 75 Fairview Ave. and 154-164 Warner St. in Hamden. The portfolio, which features a total of 18 units, sold for $1.1 million. Stephen Press of Press/Cuozzo represented the owner, Tomer Real Estate Associates, and procured the buyer, Warner-Fairview LLC, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale an apartment building located at 425-431 West 205th St. in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood. The six-story, 72-unit elevator building sold for $12.6 million, or $175,000 per unit. Peter Von Der Ahe, Scott Edelstein, Seth Glasser and Rafi Moskowitz of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the seller, a private individual, and the buyer, a family partnership, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has arranged the sale of a commercial property located at 340 Wythe Ave. in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The 8,633-square-foot property sold for $7.5 million. The property site is zoned M3-1, which allows for approximately 17,266 gross buildable square feet of commercial development, including office or retail space. Ofer Cohen, Melissa Warren, Peter Matheos, Dan Marks and Michael Hernandez of TerraCRG represented the seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has brokered the sale of a five-story multifamily building, located at 309 West 111th St. in New York City’s Morningside Heights section. The 12,310-square-foot property sold for $6.5 million. The 16-unit property offers a mix of two- and three-bedroom units. Shimon Shkury, Victor Sozio, Michael Tortorici, Josh Berkowitz and Marko Agbaba of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller and procured the buyer, both real estate investment groups, in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Richmond, Va.-based Media General Inc. has leased the entire 62nd floor of the Empire State Building in New York City. The company plans utilize the 26,782-square-foot space to centralize its six digital media companies and national sales headquarters into one location. Fred Posniak provided in-house representation for the landlord, Empire State Realty Trust, along with William Cohen, Jonathan Tootell and Shanae Ursini of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. James Gross and Peter Gross of Douglas Elliman Commercial represented Media General in the deal.
YAPHANK, N.Y. — United Baking Co. has signed a leased for 38,500 square feet of storage space at 95 Horseblock Road in Yaphank. Situated in Eastern Suffolk County, the 181,000-square-foot property offers close proximity to the Long Island Expressway, Sunrise Highway and multiple other transportation routes. United Baking Co. is the manufacturing and parent corporation of Shirley, N.Y.-based Uncle Wally’s, a baked goods company. Tommy Tsiolis provided in-house representation for the landlord, Long Island Industrial, while Jack O’Connor of Newmark Knight Grubb Frank represented the tenant in the transaction.
MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — IPG Photonics has acquired three buildings, totaling 269,000 square feet, in Marlborough. The total purchase price for the properties was $32.4 million. The acquisitions include 156,630 square feet at 377 Simarano Dr. for $25.6 million and a two-building campus located at 257 and 259 Cedar Hill St. for $6.8 million. IPG immediately occupied 12,000 square feet at 377 Simarano Dr. and plans to expand into the balance of the property as space becomes available. IPG is retrofitting the facility at 257 and 259 Cedar Hill St. and plans to move into the property in the second quarter of 2015. IPG Photonics currently occupies approximately 500,000 square feet in nearby Oxford, Mass., and needs additional space to expand its operations. David Stubblebine and James Stubblebine of The Subblebine Company/CORFAC International represented IPG in the transaction.