December 21, 2009 -
Spotlights
Kesseler and Noonan of NKF rep. owner in $29.5m sale; assisted by DiMare, Gosin, Schwartman of NKF with Robinov of NAI Global
Weiss, Zelinsky, Heilpern, Karson of CBRE rep. seller in $26.625m sale; Levitan, Zall, Berkowitz, Pennington of Proskauer Rose assisted
Estreich & Co. arranges $135m mortgage for Brooks Shopping Center LLC; Goldfarb & Fleece reps. borrower for Cross County Shopping Center
SL Green Realty Corp. closes on $215 million refinancing of 100 Park Ave.; new mortgage provided by bank group led by DekaBank
Winoker closes $4.85m sale of commercial condo at 323 West 39th St. in Manhattan; Dayan and Adam and Jonathan Ben Dayan rep. seller
Besen & Associates arranges two sales totaling $16.3 million; includes Stryker of Besen closing $9.5 million sale of two loft buildings
Phillips of Largo Group of Cos. arranges $2.1 million first mortgage to refinance existing debt on the 95,200 s/f Georgetown Square
Troutbrook/Freud Development celebrates topping off of $30 million Marriott Fairfield Inn; 12-floor boutique hotel designed by GF55
Kelleher named president and COO of Hutch Management LLC; to oversee leasing and mgmt. of 42-acre office complex, other comm'l. properties
Winshall and Grant form ClearRock Props., a R.E. investment, development and operating company focused on office properties
McGuire Dev. retained to manage 185,000 s/f on three campuses for the Cantalician Ctr. for Learning; to use real-time web-based technology
Plaza Construction to oversee $16.5 million restoration of Brooklyn Navy Yard's Building 92; team includes Beyer Blinder Belle and AKF
Briarwood celebrates completion of $49.3 million Solara, brings 160 affordable housing units to South Bronx; team includes L. Riso & Sons
United Memorial Medical Center breaks ground on $20 million surgical hospital expansion project; Manning Squires Hennig is CM
Jungreis and Blatter of Rosewood Realty Group broker $26 million sale in Manhattan; Martin and Brian Ezratty of Eastern Consolidated assisted
GreenbergFarrow completes 400,000 s/f Manhattan Mall redevelopment project for Vornado Realty Trust; redesign completed in July
John Gallin & Son completes 12,000 s/f build-out at 17 State St.; Roland Gebhardt Design is architect with Robert Derector Assoc. as engineer
Landow and Landow Archititects AIA designs research facility for the State Univ. of NY Maritime College's Tode Hall Engineering Labs
Crown Acquisitions, Goldman Properties and The Feil Organization join forces for $117m acquisition; Stacom and Shanahan of CBRE rep seller
Levine of Centro Properties represents owner for 71,343 s/f at DSW Plaza in Lake Grove; Toys'R'Us/Babies'R'Us Superstore is tenant
Herko, Lorenzo and Scotto of NAI Friedland complete five leases; includes a 20-year lease of 5,000 s/f at 2550 Central Park Ave. to IHOP
Brooks Shopping Centers leads multi-phase makeover for Cross Country Shopping Center; team includes Whiting-Turner and OLA Eng.
Spector Grp. designs 275,000 s/f world headquarters for Pall Corp.; J.T. Magen & Co. acted as GC and VVA was project manager and owners rep.
CresaPartners completes two leases for Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk, Inc.; Benzakein was EOC's exclusive tenant rep.
Arizona Beverage Co. opens new corporate headquarters in Woodbury; 100,000 s/f constructed with financial assistance from Nassau County IDA
Houlihan of Houlihan-Parnes brokers $6.75 million sale of two six-story apartment buildings in Yonkers; contains a total of 102 units
Simson and Tracy of CBRE/Albany represent seller in $2 million sale at 134-136 State St.; Realty USA represents buyer of 64-unit complex
Epstein of HFF secures $4.08m financing for 78,532 s/f facility on behalf of Phoenix White Plains, LLC; loan placed through Valley Bank