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Iluna buys commercial condo at 110 East 40th Street

REW Staff
By Daniel GeigerIluna USA, a Milan based manufacturer of women’s undergarments, has purchased a roughly 6,000 s/f condo unit at 110 East 40th Street. The company paid $2.75 million for the space, which constitutes half of the third floor. Michael Rudder and Michael Heller, who operate a brokerage and consulting group that specializes in commercial condo sales and conversions, represented the company in the deal. 110 East 40th Street, a roughly 100,000 s/f building, was acquired by the investment firm Philips International in early 2009 for around $35 million.
Construction & DesignFeatured

Situ Studio transforms Brooklyn Museum’s Great Hall

REW Staff
By Roland LiStarting this month, Brooklyn Museum visitors will be greeted by a towering fabric installation that transforms the columns of the Great Hall into a forest of white mushrooms, sprouting to the ceiling. Design firm Situ Studio submitted the idea to the museum as part of the museum’s reOrder exhibition, which coincided with Ennead Architects’ renovation of the original McKim, Mead & White-designed structure.
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Old bones, new skin: the evolution of TF Cornerstone’s 95 Horatio

REW Staff
By Roland LiWhen Rockrose Development acquired 95 Horatio Street in the 1980s, the Meatpacking District was a different world. Transvestite prostitutes roamed the streets at night, and the area was home to meat and manufacturing companies. “It was a gritty neighborhood. We had a lot of security concerns,” said Sofia Estevez, executive vice president of TF Cornerstone, which now owns the mixed-use building after splitting from Rockrose in 2009.
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Rising star Roshan Shah promoted at CB Richard Ellis

REW Staff
By Daniel GeigerRoshan Shah, a broker at CB Richard Ellis, has been promoted to senior vice president, making him one of the youngest executives to achieve that rank at the global brokerage and real estate services company. Shah, who received his promotion before he recently turned 31, began his career at CBRE seven years ago, originally as a junior member of a powerful brokerage team led by one of the firm’s most successful dealmakers, Stephen Siegel.
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Mosler named leasing agent for Sapir’s 260 and 261 Madison

REW Staff
By Daniel GeigerBruce Mosler, a top leasing executive at the real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, has been named the leasing agent for two buildings in midtown, 260 and 261 Madison Avenue, Cushman & Wakefield announced. Since stepping down as Cushman’s chief executive last year to return to brokerage, Mosler has picked up a number of leasing agencies with landlords, including the multimillion square foot commercial portfolio of the real estate investor Charles Cohen.
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Gaia buys Harlem building for $19.5 million

REW Staff
By Roland LiGaia Real Estate has purchased a Harlem mixed-use building for $19.5 million, according to city records. Gaia will convert the building, at 1967 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, into 35 condo units and lease out its five vacant retail spaces, according to Amir Yerushalmi, managing director of Gaia.