NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between local owner-operator The Kaufman Organization and Beacon Capital Partners is underway on the repositioning of 875 Sixth Avenue in Manhattan’s NoMad district. The 26-story, 265,000-square-foot office building, which is known locally as One NoMad, was originally constructed in 1926. Designed by Olson Kundig, the repositioning will feature a redesigned street-level facade with a revised steel and aluminum curtain wall system with stone elements that complement the historic design of the upper floors. The project will also introduce a steel canopy at the main entry area on West 31st Street and deliver improved connectivity between the lobby and concourse-level space. The development team will also expand the property’s shared amenity spaces via the addition of flexible conference, hospitality and lounge spaces. Lastly, construction is underway on five new suites on the 18th and 19th floors of the building that range in size from 2,700 to 5,700 square feet. The full repositioning is expected to be complete before the end of the year.
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NEW YORK CITY — A&E Real Estate has purchased Rivers Bend, a 22-story, 179-unit apartment building located at 501 E. 87th St. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, for $116.5 million. The sales price equates to roughly $547,000 per unit. The doorman- and elevator-served building was originally constructed in 1963. Select units feature private balconies/patios, and amenities include a rooftop terrace with an enclosed pool and a fitness center. Jack Brick of S. Charatan Realty represented the seller, locally based investment firm Soloviev Group, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Specialist Staffing Group, which coordinates talent placement within the STEM fields, has signed a 13,715-square-foot office lease in Lower Manhattan. The space is located on the 79th floor of One World Trade Center. Scott Bogetti and William Demuth of Savills represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. David Falk, Peter Shimkin, Hal Stein, Jason Greenstein and Nathan Krop of Newmark, along with internal agents Eric Engelhardt and Karen Rose, represented the landlord, a partnership between The Durst Organization and The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Newmark has brokered the sale of a life sciences building located at 359 Allston St. in Cambridge. According to LoopNet Inc., the building was constructed in 1987 and totals 7,517 square feet. The building was renovated in 2022 and was fully leased at the time of sale to Vaxess Technologies. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, James Tribble, Samantha Hallowell, William Sleeper, Joseph Alvarado and Casey Valente of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, King Street Properties.
BOSTON — A partnership between regional multifamily owner-operator WinnCos. and the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) has begun work on a $70 million affordable housing project in South Boston. The 94-unit building, which carries a price tag of $62 million, will be constructed as part of the initial phase of the redevelopment of the 1,016-unit Mary Ellen McCormack public housing development, which originally opened in 1938. The partnership plans to invest another $8 million in infrastructure upgrades. Units at the new building will primarily come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Bank of America provided the construction loan for Building A and is also the tax credit equity investor on the project. Once Building A is completed in late 2026, construction will begin on Building B, which will offer 300 mixed-income apartments, and Building C, which will offer 196 mixed-income apartments, with 172 units reserved for seniors aged 62 or older. In all, eight new residential buildings totaling 1,310 units will be built over the course of a decade during Phase I of the redevelopment, replacing 529 aging public housing apartments for BHA households and creating 781 additional apartments for middle-income and market-rate renters. Existing buildings will be demolished to …
DEDHAM, MASS. — JLL has arranged the recapitalization of Legacy Place, a 580,000-square-foot retail power center in Dedham, a southwestern suburb of Boston. The open-air center was built on 37 acres in 2009 and was 99 percent leased at the time of recapitalization to tenants such as Whole Foods Market, Apple, Lululemon, Nike and L.L. Bean. Chris Angelone, Zach Nitsche and Hugh Doherty of JLL represented Nuveen Real Estate, which sold its unquantified interest in the property to Madison International Realty, in the transaction. WS Development remains the principal owner of Legacy Place.
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.3 million sale of two retail buildings in Maplewood, located just outside of Newark. The two adjacent, freestanding buildings are leased to Dollar General and Sherwin-Williams and both recently underwent capital improvements. Alan Cafiero, David Cafiero and Dean Matuszewicz of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
WAYNE, PA. — CBRE has negotiated a 32,600-square-foot office lease in Wayne, a western suburb of Philadelphia. The tenant is Comcast Cable Communications Management, and the space is located within the 200,000-square-foot, freshly renovated building at 1111 Old Eagle School Road. Scott Gabrielsen of CBRE represented the landlord, De Lage Landen Financial Services, in the lease negotiations. Jay Joyce of Savills represented Comcast.
NEW YORK CITY — The Legal Aid Society has signed a 29,467-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion on Staten Island. The expanded space includes suites on the second, third and eighth floors of the building at 60 Bay St. Christopher Mansfield, Craig Reicher, Greg Maurer-Hollaender and Julia Passantem of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Bill Bergman internally represented the landlord, Muss Development.
MILLSTONE, N.J. — Pennsylvania-based Logistics Plus Inc. has signed a 1 million-square-foot, full-building industrial lease in Millstone, an eastern suburb of Trenton. The building is part of Millstone 8 Logistics Center, a 140-acre speculative development by Crow Holdings that also includes a 220,000-square-foot building that is fully leased to United Legwear. Logistics Plus’ building features a clear height of 40 feet, 274 trailer parking stalls and 172 loading doors. Rob Kossar, Nate Demetsky and Leslie Lanne of JLL represented the ownership group, which includes The Carlyle Group and 2020 Acquisitions, in the lease negotiations. Andrew Crites, Art Leichner and Kyle Eaton of Newmark represented the tenant.