NEW YORK CITY — Starr Insurance has signed a 49,264-square-foot office lease at 1177 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. Starr will occupy the entire seventh and eighth floors of the 47-story, 1 million-square-foot building. John Picco and Alex Lachmund of Cushman & Wakefield represented Starr in the lease negotiations. Lou D’Avanzo, Anthony LoPresti, Peter Kerans and Caroline Collins, also with Cushman & Wakefield, along with internal agent Harlan Strader, represented the landlord, Silverstein Properties.
NEW YORK CITY — Charney Cos. and Tavros have unveiled plans to build 175 Third Street, a 1 million-square-foot apartment tower in Brooklyn’s Gowanus area. The 27-story building will feature more than 1,000 units, approximately 250 of which will be designated as affordable housing. The development cost, including the land purchase, is estimated at roughly $1 billion, according to the New York Post. The project marks the fifth building on four different sites in the new Gowanus Wharf development by Charney and Tavros. Catalyzed by the major Gowanus rezoning in 2021, the new development will feature a public park along the Gowanus Canal. According to a release, the project will contribute to the rehabilitation of the canal while supporting the continued evolution of the industrial Brooklyn neighborhood. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) designed the new tower along with dencityworks | architecture. BIG previously completed a design for the same site in 2023 for a different owner. Charney and Tavros purchased the site in May for $160 million. “Our design for 175 Third Street in Gowanus is conceived as a three-dimensional neighborhood of building blocks stacked to frame a central park cascading down toward the canal waterfront,” says Bjarke Ingels, founder and …
By Wick Zimmerman, CEO of Outside the Lines Inc. In the Northeast’s evolving commercial real estate landscape, mall owners and operators are navigating now-familiar headwinds: changing consumer behaviors, declining legacy retail brands and the sustained presence of e-commerce. Yet amid these pressures, a reinvention is underway. Malls are shedding their images as static retail venues and transforming into immersive, tech-enabled destinations — and it’s not traditional retail driving the charge. It’s Gen Z, a digitally native, experience-driven cohort that’s redefining what mall real estate can and should be. This shift presents both a challenge and an opportunity for regional retail stakeholders. The challenge? Retrofitting aging assets to meet evolving demands. The opportunity? Creating diversified, high-traffic destinations that outperform their square footages in terms of both revenue and relevance. From Shopping Centers to Engagement Anchors Once emblematic of suburban retail, malls across the Northeast — from Long Island to greater Boston — are increasingly being reimagined as hybridized spaces that combine shopping, entertainment and community programming. In densely populated, high-barrier markets, where new development is constrained, adaptive reuse initiatives are driving the charge. Class B and C malls, in particular, are being repositioned with new anchors — not department stores, but …
NEW YORK CITY — Tishman Speyer has purchased 148 Lafayette Street, a 12-story office building in Manhattan’s SoHo District, for $105.5 million. Constructed in 1913 and most recently renovated in 2017, the 153,000-square-foot building was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as venture capital firm General Catalyst and beauty and cosmetics firm Charlotte Tilbury. The building’s retail space is also fully leased to boxing gym Five Points Academy and clothing store 260 Sample. Adam Spies and Avery Silverstein of Newmark represented the seller, EPIC, an investment firm with offices in New York City and London, in the transaction. Blackstone provided $68.3 million in acquisition financing for the deal.
ROSELLE PARK, N.J. — Greystone has provided an $80 million bridge loan for the refinancing of Meridia Roselle Park 10, a 325-unit apartment community located in the Northern New Jersey borough of Roselle Park. According to Apartments.com, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 582 to 952 square feet. Drew Fletcher and Miryam Reinitz-Kops of Greystone originated the loan, which was structured with a two-year term and a floating interest rate, on behalf of the borrower, Capodagli Property Co.
NEW JERSEY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $5.7 million sale of six vacant bank branches in Northern New Jersey. The properties — located in Hillsborough, Franklin, Morganville, Elmwood Park, Montclair and Bayonne — offer a range of features and opportunities for repurposing or redevelopment. Andrew Schwartz, Jordan Sobel, André Balthazard and Dan Bottiglieri of Cushman & Wakefield represented the various regional and national banks that owned the properties in the transactions. The names of the various private buyers that acquired the assets were also not disclosed.
ROSELLE PARK, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has arranged the $4.1 million sale of a 24-unit apartment complex located in the Northern New Jersey community of Roselle Park. The three-story building at 336 E. Westfield Ave. houses six studios, 17 one-bedroom units and a rental house with onsite parking for tenants. About half (13) of the units were recently renovated with new kitchens and bathrooms, and the property also recently received a new roof and common area upgrades. Andrew Scheinerman and Jeff Squires of Kislak brokered the deal. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.
CARTERET, N.J. — Newmark has negotiated a 65,817-square-foot industrial lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Carteret. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 100 Middlesex Ave. was constructed on a 16.9-acre site in 1989 and totals 416,000 square feet. Kyle Eaton, Robert Loderstedt, Michael Schipper and Haylee McCabe of Newmark represented the tenant, automotive parts reseller and e-commerce platform Bay Speed, in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
MANCHESTER, PA. — Missouri-based NorthPoint Development will build a 1 million-square-foot speculative industrial facility in Manchester, located roughly midway between York and Harrisburg. Designed by studioNorth Architecture with civil engineering work by SitePoint, the building will be the second within Manchester Commerce Park and will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 112 overhead doors, four drive-in doors and parking for 759 cars and 220 trailers. Peak Construction Corp. is the general contractor for the project, construction of which is slated for an early 2026 completion.
SOMERSET, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Cottontail Logistics Center, a 236,000-square-foot industrial property located in the Northern New Jersey community of Somerset. The two-building property was completed in 2024 and features a clear height of 36 feet, 65 loading docks and 98 car parking spaces. Brian Fiumara and Elli Klapper of CBRE brokered the transaction. Cottontail Logistics Center was fully leased at the time of sale.