NEW YORK CITY — Locally based development and investment firm Fetner Properties has sold its remaining interest in a 30-story apartment tower located at 345 E. 94th St. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The percentage and sales price were not disclosed. The building houses 208 units in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats and 4,000 square feet of commercial space. Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE: ESRT), which previously bought a stake in the building in late 2021, now owns the property outright.
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NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between locally based developer Foxy Management, social services firm HANAC Inc. and JLD Advisory LLC has completed Garden Towers, a 149-unit affordable seniors housing project in the Morrisania neighborhood of The Bronx. Garden Towers consists of two midrise buildings that house 109 studios and 40 one-bedroom units. All residences are reserved for renters earning 50 percent or less of the area median income, and 30 percent of the units are designated for formerly homeless individuals. Amenities include multipurpose rooms, a social services suite, computer room and onsite laundry facilities. Newman Design served as the project architect, and Lendlease provided construction management services.
LEE, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $5.8 million in financing for an affordable housing redevelopment project in the western Massachusetts city of Lee. The project will convert the two historic former Eagle Mill buildings, which were originally constructed in 1808 and closed in 2008, into a 56-unit complex with commercial space. Units will feature a range of floor plans and income restrictions. The developer is a partnership between Rees-Larkin Development LLC and Berkshire Housing Development Corp.
SUCCASUNNA, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sale of an 8,000-square-foot office building in Succasunna, about 50 miles west of Manhattan. The building sits on three-quarters of an acre at 22 U.S. Route 10 and is home to tenants such as Lakeside Endodontics and Suburban Natural Medicine. Joseph Vindigni of NAI Hanson represented the seller, Portwood LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was an entity doing business as Heritage Succasunna LLC.
M&T Realty Capital Provides $414.8M Refinancing for Brooklyn Crossing Apartment Tower in New York City
by Jeff Shaw
NEW YORK CITY — M&T Realty Capital Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Buffalo, N.Y.-based M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB), has provided a $414.8 million Freddie Mac conventional loan to refinance Brooklyn Crossing, a 51-story, 858-unit apartment tower in Brooklyn. The borrower is The Brodsky Organization, an owner and developer of luxury apartments, condos and retail properties in New York City. While the majority of the apartments at Brooklyn Crossing are luxury units, 258 are affordable. Located in the posh Prospect Heights neighborhood, the building is immediately adjacent to Barclays Center, home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and WNBA’s New York Liberty. The property offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Amenities include a screening room, large fitness center, rooftop terrace and lounge, and outdoor pool. According to the property website, studio apartments rent for approximately $3,500 a month and three-bedroom units rent for approximately $9,000 monthly. Robert Barry, senior vice president in M&T Realty Capital’s New York City office, led the refinancing. Andrea Wagonseller of M&T Bank led the initial construction loan, which this transaction refinanced. “With its unparalleled amenities and convenient access to multiple subway lines, Brooklyn Crossing has transformed the Prospect Heights neighborhood,” says Michael Edelman, CEO of …
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based development and investment firm Fetner Properties has sold its remaining interest in The Victory, a 45-story apartment tower located at 561 10th Ave. in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. The percentage and sales price were not disclosed. The building houses 417 units in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats and 12,000 square feet of commercial space. Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE: ESRT), which previously bought a majority stake in The Victory in late 2021, now owns the building outright.
WESTFIELD, MASS. — A partnership between two developers, Massachusetts-based WinStanley Enterprises and Kansas City-based NorthPoint Development, will build a 524,000-square-foot industrial project in Westfield, located outside of Springfield in the western part of Massachusetts. The 126-acre site of the project, which will be known as Falcon Landing, is adjacent to Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport and can support parking for 362 cars and 322 trailers. Infrastructural improvements to the site are underway, and a precise construction timeline is still being finalized.
SALEM, N.H. — Regional developer The Dolben Co. has completed Caro Tuscan Village, a 260-unit multifamily project in Salem, New Hampshire. The site spans 7.7 acres within Tuscan Village, a mixed-use destination that is a redevelopment of the former Rockingham Park horseracing complex. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a pool, fitness center, conference room, clubroom and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Boston-based HDS Architecture designed the project, and Pilot Construction served as the general contractor.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — JLL has arranged the sale of a 117-room, Marriott-branded hotel located outside of Philadelphia in Mount Laurel. The SpringHill Suites by Marriott Voorhees Mt. Laurel/Cherry Hill hotel is a four-story building that offers amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center and 375 square feet of meeting and event space. Ketan Patel, Phil White and Vasilis Halakos of JLL represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
TEANECK, N.J. — Vatech America, a manufacturer of dental imaging equipment, has signed a 16,262-square-foot office lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Teaneck. The space is located within the 670,000-square-foot, four-building Glenpointe mixed-use campus. Jeff Schotz, Peter Rossi, Dan Reider, Peter Kasparian and David Simson of Newmark represented the landlord, Alfred Sanzari Enterprises, in the lease negotiations. Harlan Hollander of Savills represented the tenant.