NEW YORK CITY — Southern Land Co. has signed a 13,000-square-foot office lease at 99 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The Nashville-based developer plans to relocate its New York City office from 75 Rockefeller Center to the fourth floor of the 600,000-square-foot building, which is in the midst of a $30 million capital improvement program. Ben Bass and Seth Godnick of JLL represented Southern Land in the lease negotiations. Paul Glickman, Diana Biasotti, Harrison Potter and Kristen Morgan, also with JLL, along with internal agents Craig Panzirer and Alex Radmin, represented the landlord, Global Holdings.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Regional developer Allstate Ventures has begun leasing The Alary, a 28-story apartment building located north of New York City in New Rochelle. Designed by Fogarty Finger Architects, The Alary represents the final phase of a three-building development known as Westchester Place and offers 315 units in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Indoor amenities include a fitness center, coworking spaces with private pods and conference rooms, a game room with a wet bar, sports simulator, children’s playroom and a sky lounge with a full-service bar. Outside, residents have access to a rooftop area with a pool, outdoor cinema, barbecue kitchens, fire pits and a dog park. Rents start at $2,150 per month for a studio apartment, and the first move-ins are scheduled to begin in July.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — A partnership between two affordable housing development and management companies, Community Preservation Partners (CPP) and Beacon Communities, has acquired the 104-unit Brewery Square Apartments in New Haven. The new ownership plans to invest about $43 million in the rehabilitation of the two-building complex, which was originally constructed in 1896 as a brewery and converted to housing in the 1980s. The partnership will upgrade units’ appliances, bathrooms, countertops, windows and floors, as well as enhance the landscaping and security systems. Renovations will serve to extend the affordability status of the property, which houses 41 one-bedroom units, 55 two-bedroom residences and six three-bedroom units. The renovation will transition 84 of the 104 units into the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, with affordability levels ranging from 30 to 80 percent of the area median income.
DALLAS, PA. — Local investment firm Sordoni Properties has purchased the former Offset Paperback factory in the northeastern Pennsylvania city of Dallas with plans to redevelop the historic industrial building. The sales price was $5.5 million. The 16-acre facility originally opened in 1948. Sordoni’s redevelopment will feature a supermarket, convenience store and restaurant, with fitness and medical uses also in consideration. Jeff Algatt of Colliers represented Sordoni in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Tom Ford Fashion has signed a 10-year, 11,118-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The provider of accessories and cosmetics products is taking space on the sixth floor of 500 Park Avenue, an 11-story, 201,000-square-foot building that is now fully leased. David Goldstein, Jarod Stern and Sam Mann of Savills represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Frank Doyle, Cynthia Wasserberger and Michael Pallas of JLL represented the landlord, SL Green, which acquired the building last winter.
SALEM, N.H. — Simon Property Group has welcomed five new tenants to The Mall at Rockingham Park, a 1 million-square-foot shopping and dining destination located about 30 miles north of Boston in Salem. Women’s apparel retailer LOFT has already opened at the property, while Kendra Scott and OFFLINE by Aerie will open this fall. Caffe Nero and Five Below are expected to open this summer.
BELMONT, MASS. — The Hamilton Co., a privately held real estate investment and management firm based in Boston, has acquired Hill Estates, a 396-unit apartment community in Belmont. The original developer, the DiGiovanni family, sold the market-rate community for $175 million. Built by the DiGiovanni brothers — Silvio, Rocco, Joseph and Charles — in the 1960s, Hill Estates had been owned and managed by the family since its inception and hit the market for the first time as part of this transaction. Simon Butler, Biria St. John, John McLaughlin and Brian Bowler of CBRE represented the DiGiovanni family and procured The Hamilton Co. in the transaction. KeyBank Real Estate Capital provided an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing. “For over 50 years, the DiGiovanni family had been great stewards of this legacy asset in one of the most desirable towns in the Boston metro,” says St. John. “While the DiGiovanni family has taken great care and pride in this asset, we anticipate that The Hamilton Co. will make substantial investments in the asset to modernize and amenitize the community.” Hill Estates is situated on a 14.7-acre site off Brighton Street in Belmont, which is located on the western border of Cambridge, …
LYNBROOK, N.Y. — Breslin Realty Development Corp. has begun leasing The Langdon, a 201-unit multifamily project in the Long Island community of Lynbrook. Located at 47 Broadway, The Langdon is a redevelopment of the former Mangrove Feather factory and consists of 55 studios, 111 one-bedroom units and 35 two-bedroom apartments, as well as 2,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities include a lobby café, concierge services, rooftop terrace with skyline views, landscaped courtyard, resident lounge with billiards, a fitness center and work-from-home stations. Breslin developed the property in partnership with Fields Grade Development. Construction began in spring 2022. Rents start at approximately $3,000 per month for a studio apartment.
TAUNTON AND HAVERHILL, MASS. — Regional owner-operator Marcus Partners has sold a portfolio of two industrial buildings totaling 192,380 square feet in metro Boston. The sales price was $50 million. The portfolio consists of an 88,000-square-foot facility in Taunton, located south of Boston, and a 104,380-square-foot structure in Haverhill, a northern suburb of the state capital. Both buildings were fully leased at the time of sale. Chris Skeffington of CBRE represented Marcus Partners in the transaction. The buyer was a fund backed by Ares Real Estate.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $10.8 million sale of a 101-unit historic apartment building located in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn. The six-story, elevator-served building at 275 Linden Blvd. was originally constructed in 1930. Information on floor plans and amenities was not disclosed. Shaun Riney and Daniel Greenblatt of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Seth Glasser, also with Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer, a California-based family office.