Manhattan, NY Lee & Associates NYC completed the $6.5 million sale of 150 West 36th St., a 10,395 s/f retail and office commercial building in the Garment District. Stephanie Moore and Catherine O’Toole from Lee & Associates NYC represented the buyer and seller in this transaction.
Manhattan, NY Ariel Property Advisors (Ariel) presented its mid-year Coffee and Cap Rates event on July 31st, sharing the latest trends in investment sales market and capital services in New York City. The event was hosted by TD Bank.
New York, NY Kay Properties & Investments, a national leader in Delaware Statutory Trust equity placements and 1031 exchange investor education, has published its exclusive 1031 DST Digest magazine. This specialized publication is crafted to offer in-depth education on 1031 exchange
Manhattan, NY Samuel Marchese and Farhana Hassan Choudhury have joined Cassin & Cassin LLP. Marchese has joined the firm as a partner. Choudhury joins the affordable housing and agency lending practice as an associate. Marchese joins Cassin from a New York-based law firm, where he served as partner. He brings with him substantial experience in representing property owners, developers, purchasers,
New York, NY Zenith IOS closed its second Industrial Outdoor Storage (IOS) joint venture with institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The new venture will continue building on their first joint venture and seek to purchase $700 million of IOS sites across the United States.
Yonkers, NY The Westchester County’s Local Development Corp. (LDC) voted preliminary approval on July 24 of $35 million in tax-exempt bond financing for renovations at Sarah Lawrence College near the Village of Bronxville. The bond financing is for a period of 30 years.
Manhattan, NY Phipps Houses signed a 38,862 s/f lease spanning the entire 11th, 12th and 15th floors at 257 Park Ave. for 32 years. This location will also house offices for Phipps Houses 501(c)(3) social service affiliate, Phipps Neighborhoods.
Manhattan, NY According to Tishman Speyer, Christie’s has extended its lease at 20 Rockefeller Plaza for 25 years, ensuring the art and luxury business maintains its home and secures its legacy on the campus. Since 1997, Christie’s has occupied nearly 400,000 s/f at Rockefeller Center
Manhattan, NY Three Rose Associates, Inc. employees have graduated from the REBNY’s Fellows Leadership Program. LeAnn Cremin, Omar Mahmoud and Vincent Cricco are the Rose team members who completed the leadership development training.
Kings Park, NY Island Associates negotiated a new development of a ground-up 10,000 s/f childcare facility plus a 5,000 s/f outdoor play area at 284 Indian Head Rd., that has been leased to The Learning Experience for a 15-year term plus options.
Manhattan, NY Newmark negotiated the sale of the retail condominium at 2 Times Sq. from Sherwood Equities to South Korea’s Bando Construction. The 25,000 s/f retail space, located at the northern anchor of the Times Sq. Bowtie at Seventh Ave. and 48th St., sold for $100 million, or $3,900 per s/f.
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Manhattan, NY Fried Frank advised a joint venture between Douglaston Development and Ares Management in connection with a $560 million mortgage and mezzanine loan secured by their 60-story newly delivered residential building with 14,495 s/f of ground floor retail located at 311 Eleventh Ave. in the Hudson Yards neighborhood.
Nanuet, NY Donny Moskovic of Katz & Associates negotiated the sale of 61 Smith St. and 300 East Rte. 59 for a combined price of $7.6 million. Moskovic represented both the buyer and the seller in this transaction. These properties have been under the same family ownership
Manhattan, NY George Comfort & Sons, Inc. has finalized two lease agreements totaling 104,000 s/f at 498 Seventh Ave., its 25-story office tower at the epicenter of Times Square South. In the larger of the two deals, George Comfort & Sons has signed a new 60,000 s/f lease with PubMatic,
White Plains, NY Senior executives of the Cappelli Organization, RXR and Korman Communities joined with dignitaries from Westchester County and the city to celebrate the topping out of AVE Hamilton Green, a $650 million mall-to-housing conversion project that transforms the former site of the White Plains Mall into a mixed-use residential development.
This column is offered to help educate agents new to commercial and investment brokerage and serve as a review of basics for existing practitioners. Initially when applying for a commercial mortgage on investment property the bank requests a copy of the income and expense statement and a copy of the purchase
New York is in the throes of hurricane season. This year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts an Atlantic hurricane season comprising 17-25 storms, including 4-7 major hurricanes. New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley — as well as parts of New Jersey and Connecticut — recently
Earlier this year, I wrote about the recently adopted ASTM E-1527-21 Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) or more commonly known as a “phase one” standard being implemented as the only one now recognized to meet the All-Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) Rule for a purchaser of commercial real estate. Following this standard can
The lack of transactions in the commercial market has been well documented. Even if rate cuts are in the near future, buyers and sellers must explore every avenue that will facilitate a transaction. While property taxes are typically seen as a negative aspect of owning commercial buildings, they are unavoidable. To navigate