NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital (MRC) and Artemis Real Estate Partners have acquired two adjacent industrial buildings in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens for $78 million. A long-term family ownership sold the properties, which total 613,000 square feet and are located at 184-10 and 186-60 Jamaica Ave. The joint venture plans to upgrade both buildings, including enhancing the building envelope, mechanical infrastructure and elevators. At the time of sale, the properties were 75 percent occupied by several warehouse and manufacturing tenants such as French Connection, Hanky Panky and Gotham Greens. Originally built in 1923 and 1953, the buildings feature five freight elevators, two passenger elevators and 500 feet of frontage along Jamaica Avenue. Additionally, the property features 12 loading docks and a 30,000-square-foot parking lot with more than 100 parking spaces. Adam Doneger, Adam Spies, Josh King and Avery Silverstein of Cushman & Wakefield sourced Artemis as the equity partner in the transaction. Decio Baio, Fredric Stein, Steve Nadel and Paul Bralower of Pinnacle Realty represented the seller in the deal. New York-based MRC is a real estate investment firm that pursues equity and debt investments. The firm has invested in approximately $6 billion of transactions in the multifamily, …
