Manhattan, NY Wharton Properties has purchased a six-story walk-up multifamily at 14 Bedford St., between 6th Ave. and Downing St. for $13.5 million.
The 12,860 s/f building with 21 residential units and two ground floor commercial spaces sold for a cap rate of 4.5%, a gross rent multiplier of 10.3 and $643,000 price per unit. The structure was built in 1900. At the time of the sale the property was 76% free market.
Rosewood Realty Group’s Aaron Jungreis, Ben Khakshoor and Alex Fuchs represented Wharton Properties founder and president Joe Sutton and the seller, Michael Laub, a private investor.
“This was a rare opportunity to buy a property with tremendous upside in prime West Village,” said Khakshoor. “The property was owned by the same ownership for over 20 years. We were able to achieve a 4.5% cap which goes to show the tremendous strength of properties in prime Manhattan.”
New York tri-state multifamily investors are increasingly reallocating capital to less-regulated markets across the U.S. as rent control and legislative risk erode returns at home. With over 60% of New York City’s rental housing stock classified as rent-stabilized, the traditional value-add model — buying under-performing buildings,