Long Island City, NY 9-02 38th Ave., for $26,643,750. This former 112-room LQ Hotel, now operating as a halfway house, has been net leased to Housing Works, a leading NYC non-profit operator.
The purchaser is Nexgen Hotels, and the sellers were Dr. Abe Mendel and Steven Mendel of RiverBrook Hospitality. The sale was facilitated through the Ten-X. Special thanks to David Levi, Samuel Gelman, and the entire Ten-X team for their assistance.
Raymond Mordekhai of FPP Realty Services represented both sides on the transaction.
New York tri-state multifamily investors are increasingly reallocating capital to less-regulated markets across the U.S. as rent control and legislative risk erode returns at home. With over 60% of New York City’s rental housing stock classified as rent-stabilized, the traditional value-add model — buying under-performing buildings,