RXR Realty Buys Long-Term Leasehold in Brooklyn for $28.7M to Develop Residential Building

NEW YORK CITY — An affiliate of RXR Realty has acquired the long-term leasehold of 810 Fulton Street in Brooklyn from an affiliate of GFI Development Co. for $28.7 million. Located in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, the property includes approved plans for a 363-unit, 328,000-zoning-square-foot residential building. Totaling 393,000 gross square feet, the property will also feature below-grade parking and 33,235 square feet of retail space facing Vanderbilt Avenue, Fulton Street and Clermont Avenue. Initial site work for the project began in 2015. Broadway Construction Group, an affiliate of GFI Capital Resources Group, and RXR have entered into a construction management agreement for the construction of the property. Construction is expected to begin in earnest this fall, with leasing slated to start in 2018.