LOS ANGELES — Real estate investment firm JRK Property Holdings has announced its acquisition of a portfolio of three multifamily properties for $400 million. The portfolio includes apartment communities located in Seattle; Hoboken, N.J.; and Los Angeles totaling 803 units. The seller was Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR), a Chicago-based multifamily REIT. Centennial in Seattle features 408 units, 77 Park Avenue in Hoboken comprises 301 units, and C on Pico in Los Angeles totals 94 units. According to Trulia.com, C on Pico offers two-bedroom units, with monthly rental rates beginning at $3,325. Monthly rental rates at 77 Park Avenue begin at $3,655, according to Zillow.com. Rachel Parsons, Derrek Ostrzyzek and Kenji Thomas of CBRE represented Equity Residential in the transaction. Ryan Greer, also with CBRE, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the deal on behalf of JRK. “These recent acquisitions exemplify the type of high-quality, well-located assets we continue to target in today’s market,” says Daniel Lippman, president of JRK. “We believe the multifamily sector has reached an inflection point whereby we can acquire assets at a unique time where new supply subsides and long-term fundamentals remain strong. These dynamics create a compelling backdrop that gave us the conviction to …
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NEW YORK CITY — Local private equity firm The Carlyle Group, in partnership with operator Z+G Property Group, has purchased a 132-unit apartment building in Brooklyn for $105 million. The 13-story, newly constructed building is located at 130 Second St. in the borough’s Gowanus neighborhood and consists of 99 market-rate apartments and 33 affordable housing units. Amenities include a rooftop terrace with outdoor kitchens, a fitness center and coworking and media lounges, as well as 11,900 square feet of retail space. Ethan Stanton, Jeffrey Julien, Rob Hinckley, Steven Rutman, Brendan Maddigan and Mike Mazzara of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Joyland, Meral Property Group and The Loketch Group, in the transaction along with the buyer. Geoff Goldstein and Steven Klein, also with JLL, arranged an $80 million acquisition loan through Invesco Real Estate for the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Brookstone Developers has begun leasing One Nine Rockwell, a 174-unit apartment complex in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood. Designed by Daniel Goldner Architects, One Nine Rockwell offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a library, coworking lounge, fitness center, sky lounge and outdoor grilling and dining stations. About 30 percent (53) of the units are reserved as affordable housing. MNS Real Estate is leasing the property. Rents start at $3,300 per month for a market-rate studio apartment. Affinius Capital provided $90 million in fresh financing for the property in conjunction with the launch of the leasing campaign.
NEW YORK CITY — Life Time (NYSE: LTH) will open an 85,000-square-foot health club in Brooklyn. The space is located within 175 Third Street, a 1.1 million-square-foot building that is under construction within the Gowanus Wharf development, and the club will feature both indoor and outdoor athletic and wellness facilities. Joe Mastromonaco and Colleen Morrissey of Atlantic Retail represented Life Time in the lease negotiations. A partnership between Charney Cos. and Tavros Capital owns the building.
NEW YORK CITY — Distyl AI Inc. has signed a 15,038-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The developer of AI-native operational systems for Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies will occupy the entire 10th floor of 135 Madison Avenue, which is also home to tenants such as WeWork, Blender Workspace and FLOS. Max Koeppel represented the landlord, Koeppel Rosen, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Savills represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Local real estate giant SL Green (NYSE: SLG) has sold a 49 percent stake in 100 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan to Boston-based real estate private equity firm Rockpoint at a gross asset valuation of $425 million. Major tenants at the 36-story, 905,000-square-foot building include Alphasights (192,630 square feet) and Alvarez & Marsal Holdings (220,221 square feet). The building also features a recently renovated amenity center on the second floor that has a lounge, golf simulator, game room, personal training studio and conference rooms. Adam Spies and Doug Harmon of Newmark advised on the transaction.
HOBOKEN AND JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Regional brokerage and debt advisory firm BlueGate Partners has arranged a $150 million permanent loan for The Devan, a 336-unit apartment building located along the Hoboken-Jersey City border. Completed in 2024, The Devan offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, library/media room, coworking lounges, courtyard with a pool and a dog run. Mark DeLillo of BlueGate Partners arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between URSA Development Group and Fields Grade. The direct lender was not disclosed.
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, PA. — Regional owner-operator Greek Real Estate Partners has broken ground on an 81,156-square-foot speculative industrial project in Ridley Township, a southwestern suburb of Philadelphia. Provident Bank provided a $12.3 million construction loan for the project, the site of which spans 12 acres at 130 S. Fairview Road. JLL represented the seller in the land deal and arranged the construction debt on behalf of the developer. Construction is slated for a mid-2026 completion.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has placed a $6.1 million loan for the refinancing of two rent-stabilized apartment buildings totaling 26 units in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn. The buildings include ground-floor retail space. Matthew Dzbanek and Matt Swerdlow of Ariel originated the five-year loan, which carried an interest rate of 5.81 percent, through an undisclosed agency lender. The borrower was also not disclosed.
Related Cos., Oxford Properties Close $2.45B Capitalization for 70 Hudson Yards Office Tower in Manhattan
by John Nelson
NEW YORK CITY — Related Cos. and Oxford Properties Group have fully capitalized 70 Hudson Yards, a 72-story office tower underway within the co-developers’ 28-acre Hudson Yards campus in Manhattan’s Midtown West neighborhood. The companies recently closed $2.45 billion in financing for the project, including a $1.6 billion construction loan from Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Standard Chartered, as well as equity from institutional investors. “Securing full equity and the largest construction loan in New York since 2020, on attractive terms, demonstrates the growing global demand from sophisticated investors and lenders of capital into first class office product like 70 Hudson Yards,” says Dean Shapiro, Oxford’s global head of development. The multi-tenant tower will span 1.4 million square feet and include the U.S. headquarters for Deloitte, one of the “big four” accounting firms that signed a lease for more than 800,000 square feet at the tower last year. The lease represents the largest tenant relocation in New York City since 2020, according to Related and Oxford. Shapiro adds that the co-developers broke ground before the lease with Deloitte was executed. Related and Oxford plan to begin vertical construction in the first half of the year. The foundations are nearing …