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Keefe of HK Group completes $50m sale of two office buildings totaling 241,000 s/f

Two office buildings at 400 and 465 Columbus Ave., totaling 241,000 s/f, have been sold to Abbey Rd. Advisors from Westport, Conn. for $50 million. The 400 Columbus Ave. building totaled 143,000 s/f and was 95% occupied at closing. Tenants included, Avaya Communications, Axiom Software, Delfino Marketing and RDI Electronics. 465 Columbus is 98,000 s/f and was 70% leased at closing to New York City D.E.P., Wells Canning and Gallagher Benefits. Matthew Keefe, president of HK Group from Westport, Conn., was the sole broker involved in this transaction, representing both the buyer and seller, Diamond Properties of Mt. Kisco. HK Group is a full-service commercial real estate firm, which concentrates its expertise on office and retail leasing, investment sales, and property management in the tri-state N.Y. metro area. In recent years, the firm has leased over 3.5 million s/f and sold 8.6 million s/f of commercial property with a value of over $1 billion.
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Behind the post: Why reels, stories, and shorts work for CRE (and how to use them) - by Kimberly Zar Bloorian

Behind the post: Why reels, stories, and shorts work for CRE (and how to use them) - by Kimberly Zar Bloorian

Let’s be real: if you’re still only posting photos of properties, you’re missing out. Reels, Stories, and Shorts are where attention lives, and in commercial real estate, attention is currency.
Lasting effects of eminent domain on commercial development - by Sebastian Jablonski

Lasting effects of eminent domain on commercial development - by Sebastian Jablonski

The state has the authority to seize all or part of privately owned commercial real estate for public use by the power of eminent domain. Although the state is constitutionally required to provide just compensation to the property owner, it frequently fails to account
Lower interest rates and more loan restructuring can help negate any negative trending of NOI on some CRE projects - by Michael Zysman

Lower interest rates and more loan restructuring can help negate any negative trending of NOI on some CRE projects - by Michael Zysman

Lower interest rates and an increased number of loan restructurings will be well received by the commercial real estate industry. Over the past 12 months there has been a negative trend for NOI for many properties across the country.
Strategic pause - by Shallini Mehra and Chirag Doshi

Strategic pause - by Shallini Mehra and Chirag Doshi

Many investors are in a period of strategic pause as New York City’s mayoral race approaches. A major inflection point came with the Democratic primary victory of Zohran Mamdani, a staunch tenant advocate, with a progressive housing platform which supports rent freezes for rent