Allied Universal expands by 22,000 s/f with Empire State Realty Trust at 501 Seventh Ave.

New York, NY According Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT), Allied Universal expanded and relocated from a 12,000 s/f space at ESRT's One Grand Central Place to a 30,000 s/f space

TF Cornerstone signs french bakery Maman to lease at 95 Horatio St.

New York, NY According to TF Cornerstone (TFC), French bakery and cafe, Maman, has opened on the ground floor of its residential development The West Coast, located at 95 Horatio St. in the Meatpacking

CBRE arranges $113 million sale of 260-unit Windsor at The Gramercy

White Plains, NY CBRE, led by Jeff Dunne, Eric Apfel, Jeremy Neuer, Stuart MacKenzie, and Zach McHale, announced the $113 million sale of Windsor at The Gramercy, a 260-unit multifamily community

Rivera joins The Rochlin Organization

Melville, NY Louis Rivera has joined The Rochlin Organization as an associate. Rivera will work closely with company’s top producing brokers on marketing, leasing, tenant communication

New Rochelle and RXR announce winner of competition for free year's rent at One Clifton Park

The City of New Rochelle, in partnership with RXR, announced the winner of a social media competition created to award an entrepreneur in the creative industry a free year of rent within the city’s newest residential

The Davis Cos. begins multi-million dollar capital improvement program at the Pearl Building

Maspeth, NY According to The Davis Companies (Davis) and Cushman & Wakefield, a multi-million dollar capital improvement program has begun at the Pearl Building, a 156,792 s/f industrial building

Colliers secures full floor lease for Arena Investors, LP at the Chrysler Building

New York, NY Colliers (NASDAQ and TSX: CIGI), a leading global commercial real estate services firm, has secured a lease for Arena Investors, LP, a global institutional asset manager, for the entire 59th floor of the Chrysler

CBRE arranges 1,686 s/f lease for Joe & The Juice

New York, NY In a transaction arranged by CBRE, Joe & The Juice, an international chain of juice bars and coffee shops, has inked a 1,686 s/f retail lease at 357 Lafayette St. Serving predominantly coffee, juice and sandwiches

400 Capital Management LLC signs 25,572 s/f lease at Brookfield Properties' at 660 Fifth Ave.

New York, NY According to Brookfield Properties, 400 Capital Management LLC, an alternative credit asset manager specializing in structured credit with over $5.8 billion of assets under management,

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Look to Strengthen Commitments to Multifamily Affordable Housing - by Evan Blau and Beth Budnick

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have long been mission-oriented agencies aimed to combat the national affordable housing crisis while also providing liquidity to the market. Last month, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator, Federal