Category: Long Island

Melville, NY The Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island (CIBS), one of the region’s largest real estate advocacy organizations, hosted a panel discussion last week that examined the “Future of the Office Workplace.”

East Northport, NY American Investment Properties (AIP) was exclusively retained to sell 2 Larkfield Rd. The mixed-use building totals almost 10,000 s/f and is located next to the Northport train station. There were 60% of tenants with leases expiring within a year’s time.

Lynbrook, NY Cushman & Wakefield served as the exclusive advisor to The Birch Group in the procurement of $27.215 million in acquisition financing for Cornerstone Yorkshire, a newly-built multifamily property located at 5 Freer St. The loan was provided by Greystone.

East Northport, NY The Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) has preliminarily approved a transaction to assist Sunrise of Northport LLC for the construction of a 77,500 s/f assisted living and memory care facility, with 90 units at 1381-1387 Pulaski Rd. The more than $54.6 million project will transform the 6.1 acres of vacant land into a two-story assisted living facility that features specialized Alzheimer and memory care units.

Plainview, NY Eastman Cooke & Associates has completed the first phase of a restoration project at the main campus of ACDS (formerly known as the Association of Children with Down Syndrome) at 4 Fern Place.

Q: We are negotiating the sale of our industrial building, and the buyer is insisting on a long list of contingencies in the contract. What is normal? A: There is no “normal” set of contingencies to a contract of sale, in the same way there is no “normal” real estate deal.

Commack, NY Gurwin Healthcare System held a celebration to commemorate the newly completed  Fountaingate Gardens Independent Living complex. The $115 million,129-luxury apartment Life Plan Community is one of the newest such communities on Long Island, and the final piece in Gurwin’s full continuum of care for seniors.

Throughout New York, there is an abundance of vacant land owned by individuals and/or corporate entities. Depending upon the precise location within New York, a substantial amount of vacant land is utilized by the public for recreational activities such as hunting, fishing, hiking, bicycle riding, cross-country skiing, sledding, horseback riding, snowmobile operation, operation of all-terrain vehicles, and other activities.

This column is offered to help educate agents new to commercial and investment brokerage and serve as a review of basics for existing practitioners. This month marks my 240^th monthly article for the New York Real Estate Journal. It seems appropriate to reprint the first article I wrote for them twenty years ago. Some things about commercial real estate never seem to change.

Bohemia, NY Breslin Realty negotiated three long-term retail leases. Christmas Tree Shops will be occupying 38,000 s/f in the Sayville Plaza, at5181 Sunrise Hwy.

Manhasset, NY Cushman & Wakefield arranged a long-term, 2,754 s/f lease for Steinway & Sons, maker of some of the world’s finest pianos, at 1488 Northern Blvd.

Freeport, NY Fred Parola, CEO of the town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency (IDA), said the agency has given preliminary approval to a package of economic development benefits that will allow a Forest Hills, Queens-based wholesale dairy distributor with facilities in Inwood purchase a warehouse in town where it intends to consolidate operations