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Posted: January 5, 2021
Sparks of GFI Realty Services arranges $5.85m sale
Manhattan, NY GFI Realty Services, LLC arranged the $5.85 million sale of 1314 St. Nicholas Ave., a vacant 6,753 s/f NNN lease property with 15,866 s/f of air rights in the Washington Heights neighborhood. GFI Realty senior managing director Matthew Sparks, represented the buyer and the seller, both of whom are local investors.
Centrally located in a densely occupied commercial corridor on the corner of West 176th St., the property benefits from high foot traffic and pedestrian flow from public transportation.
“It is rare to find a single-story corner retail asset on a busy corridor in this dense market, the asset garnered a lot of attention from investors.” said Sparks.
Washington Heights continues to attract interest from investors due to its strong fundamentals as well as recent rezoning of this sub-market. This area boasts numerous amenities and institutions including The Cloisters, Yeshiva University and the medical campus of Columbus University.
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