NEW YORK CITY — Gencom, a Miami-based investment firm, has acquired The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park, a 253-room hotel located in Midtown Manhattan. Banco Inbursa provided financing for the acquisition. Although the sales price was not disclosed, media outlets reported a bidding price of $400 million for the property in March 2024. “Gencom continues to see compelling long-term opportunities in New York City, particularly for luxury assets with enduring global appeal,” says Karim Alibhai, founder and principal of Gencom. Situated within the Plaza District at the corner of Central Park South and Sixth Avenue, the Ritz-Carlton New York comprises 253 guest rooms, including 47 suites that are located on the lower 22 floors of the 33-story building. The upper floors consist of roughly a dozen private residential condominiums, which were not included in the sale. Guest rooms offer a more standard hotel room layout, with separate seating areas, marble bathrooms and walk-in showers. Meanwhile, the residential condos average more than 1,000 square feet in size and include distinct living spaces, kitchens and dining areas. The Ritz-Carlton hotel also features various amenities for its guests, including Contour, the all-day gastro lounge; the Ritz-Carlton Club Lounge; the La Prairie Spa; and a …
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Port Authorities Advance the Southeast’s Industrial Sector With Infrastructural Investments
by John Nelson
In 2022, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) announced the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT), a new $1.8 billion container terminal coming to Violet, a small city about 10 miles downriver (or south) from New Orleans in St. Bernard Parish. The project is a public-private partnership between Port NOLA and two private maritime industry leaders, Ports America and Terminal Investment Ltd., and is being funded with private capital and public funding from the State of Louisiana and federal sources. The U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers is managing LIT’s environmental review and permitting process, after which the public-private partnership will begin construction. Set for completion in 2028, the ambitious project is expected to generate 18,000 new jobs by 2050 and handle 2 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of cargo traffic annually. “I consider it the most important project in the entire region,” says Andrew Marcus, founder of local commercial real estate services firm Agile Coast. “From an economic development perspective and from a quality-of-life perspective, it is the single-most important project for our region, period. The LIT is going to be the beachhead for getting modernized containerized cargo ships to come in, and we have the ability to have several terminals …
CYPRESS, TEXAS — A partnership between Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and Clarion Partners has completed a 628,012-square-foot industrial project in Cypress, a northwestern suburb of Houston. The newly delivered buildings represent the third and final phase of Weiser Business Park. Designed by Seeberger Architecture with construction by A&F General Contractors, Buildings 5 and 6 at Weiser Business Park feature 36-foot clear heights, 54-foot-wide column spacing and ESFR sprinkler systems. Colliers is marketing the buildings for lease. Cadence Bank financed Phase III, construction of which began in February 2025. Phase I and II of Weiser Business Park comprised four buildings totaling approximately 1.1 million square feet that are now fully leased.
HOUSTON — MetroNational, the owner and operator of the Memorial City mixed-use district in West Houston, will undertake a $9.1 million renovation of a 161,200-square-foot office building located within the development at 9821 Katy Freeway. The renovation, which will be carried out in two phases, will entail a reimagining of the lobby and upgrading of amenity spaces, including a training room, boardroom and hospitality bar. The project team will also enhance the skybridge, landscaping and other outdoor areas. The project is expected to be complete before the end of the year.
DALLAS — NAI James E. Hanson, a New Jersey-based brokerage firm, has arranged the $8.8 million sale of a 20,000-square-foot cold storage facility in southwest Dallas. The newly renovated building at 4910 Joseph Hardin Drive includes 2,000 square feet of office space and has been net-leased to Bento Sushi for the past 10 years. Michael Walters and Cameron Silverstein of NAI Hanson represented the buyer, Anderson & Vreeland Realty Corp., in the transaction. The seller was CanTex Capital. The deal traded via a 1031 exchange, the structuring of which was supported by Chase Miller of NAI Robert Lynn.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Locally based investment firm Dalfen Industrial has purchased a 70,635-square-foot industrial building in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. The multi-tenant building at 1625 W. Crosby Road was 71 percent leased at the time of sale to two tenants: Momentum Technologies and Central Cargo North America. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Global private equity firm KKR has provided a $160.2 million loan for the refinancing of QLIC, a 21-story, 421-unit apartment tower in the Long Island City area of Queens. The unit mix consists of 55 studios, 297 one-bedroom apartments, 53 two-bedroom residences and 16 three-bedroom units. Amenities include 24-hour concierge service, a fitness center, rooftop pool with cabanas, landscaped courtyard, media lounge and a communal workspace. The building also houses 7,987 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Christopher Peck, Lauren Kaufman and Michael Shmuely of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of the owner, a partnership between two New York-based firms, World Wide Group and Rabina.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — JLL has arranged a $72 million loan for the refinancing of The Hazel, a 201-unit apartment complex in Jersey City. The Hazel was developed in two phases, with Phase I comprising 114 units that were delivered in early 2022 and Phase II consisting of 87 units that were completed in late 2024. The Hazel offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans with an average size of 747 square feet, with 11 units set aside as affordable housing. Amenities include a sky lounge, rooftop pool, fitness center and coworking space, and the property also houses 9,588 square feet of commercial space. Thomas Didio, Thomas Didio Jr., Michael Mataras and Tyler Caricato of JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through Truist Bank. The borrower is a partnership between two local developers, Alpine Residential and Fields Grade.
GLEN COVE, N.Y. — A joint venture between local developer RXR and Chuo Nittochi America Corp. Team has broken ground on The Arden, a 101-unit multifamily project in the Long Island community of Glen Cove. The Arden will be a five-story building that will house studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Indoor amenities will include a resident lounge with a kitchenette, golf simulator, work-from-home lounge, fitness center, mail/package room and a wellness lounge with sauna and massage rooms. The Arden will also feature an 8,300-square-foot outdoor amenity space with a landscaped courtyard, fire pit, pool, grilling stations and a walking trail that connects to the Garvies Point Preserve. Completion is slated for 2027.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $8.8 million sale of a 15-unit apartment building in Manhattan’s East Village. The building at 207 E. Fourth St., which includes two commercial spaces, houses studio, one- and two-bedroom units that were recently upgraded with new interior finishes, floors, appliances and bathroom fixtures. Matt Berger and Joe Koicim of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.