●JLL
Equity One buys Norwalk center
Equity One has purchased a Norwalk retail center for $30 million in a deal orchestrated by JLL.
On behalf of Christopher Road Associates, JLL’s Retail team announced the sale of the Wal-Mart Plaza, a 140,000 s/f power center at 680 Connecticut Avenue in Norwalk, Conn.
A related affiliate of Equity One (purchased the fully leased asset in an off market transaction.
Patrick A. Smith, vice chairman of retail brokerage, with JLL acted as advisor to Christopher Road Associates and was also the sole broker involved in the transaction.
“There has always been significant investor interest in Wal-Mart Plaza given the potential re-development opportunity, which is rarely available in the Norwalk, Connecticut sub-market. This transaction represented a prime opportunity for both the buyer and seller,” said Smith.
●MARCUS & MILLICHAP
Upper Manhattan multifamily trade
Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of 148 West 142nd Street, a 55-unit multifamily building in northern Manhattan.
The $16.5 million sales price equates $300,000 per unit.
“This was a rare opportunity to acquire an elevator building with mostly three and four bedroom apartments,” said Seth Glasser of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office. “Since all of the units are rent stabilized there was an enormous amount of upside potential left in the deal for the buyer.”
Glasser, along with Peter Von Der Ahe, Joe Koicim and Jacob Kahn, all in Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office, represented the seller.
Built in 1921 with 150 feet of frontage along West 142nd Street, the building is composed of a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments.
●CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
Turnkey opportunity in Hell’s Kitchen
Cushman & Wakefield has been retained to market 454 West 58th Street on the northern border of Hell’s Kitchen.
The asking price is $11,750,000.
The five-story building consists of 9,931 s/f and is comprised of 11 units of which ten are free-market and one is rent-controlled. The layout mix consists of a spacious ground-floor basement duplex, three one-bedrooms, four three-bedrooms and four four-bedrooms.
All of the free-market units have undergone extensive renovations and there are two private outdoor spaces for the ground floor rear apartments.
“454 West 58th Street presents a great opportunity to purchase a turn-key multifamily building with significant cash flow and long term upside,” said Hall Oster who is exclusively marketing the property with Chris Brodhead, Teddy Galligan and Cameron Mitchell.
●EASTERN CONSOLIDATED
Offers sought for NoMad development site
Eastern Consolidated is requesting offers for a development assemblage at 30 East 29th Street, in the midst of the coveted NoMad, Gramercy Park, and Flatiron subdistricts. The property will be delivered vacant.
Exclusive agent Brian Ezratty, Vice Chairman and Principal, is marketing the property. Scott Ellard, Vice President and Principal, Financial Services, is the analyst for the deal.
“The site at 30 East 29th Street presents the opportunity to construct a new tower with up to 135,000 s/f of zoning floor area midway between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue South, at the center of Midtown South’s most desirable neighborhoods,” Ezratty said.
“Ownership has strategically assembled significant development rights from surrounding properties and has agreements with neighboring owners to allow for the development of a new ground-up structure on the site
Ezratty added that flexible zoning will allow for commercial and office uses as well as residential uses in an area where condominium sales exceed $2,500 per square foot and are reaching north of $4,000 per square foot.
●EPIC COMMERCIAL REALTY
New ppsf record on West 102nd
EPIC Commercial Realty announced the sale of 50-56 Manhattan Avenue, a mixed-use building on the Upper West Side.
Located on the northeast corner of Manhattan Avenue and West 102nd Street, the property is a six-story elevator mixed-use building comprised of three commercial units and 49 apartments.
Built to 42,783 s/f, the property was sold at a record breaking price of $603 psf — almost double the average sale price per square foot in the area.
According to EPIC Commercial Realty associate broker Ido Tzaidi, and investment sales associate Anthony Celifarco, “It was a challenge to get this deal done, but with productive negotiations and great client relations we were able to make it happen. Our goal is to always facilitate a smooth transaction between all parties involved.”
EPIC Commercial Realty sold 50-56 Manhattan Avenue for $25.8 million. Tzaidi and Celifarco represented both the seller and the buyer.
●MARCUS & MILLICHAP
Family sale on hospital corridor
Marcus & Millichap announced the sale of 1269-1271 First Ave., a five-story, mixed-use elevator apartment building between 68th and 69th streets on the Upper East Side.
“Built around 1910 and family-owned since 1973, the building provides the new owner with a great opportunity to add value through comprehensive renovations,” said John J. Stewart of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office.
Stewart, along with Michael Sadowsky, also in the firm’s Manhattan office, represented the seller and procured the buyer.
The building is situated on the eastern edge of the central Upper East Side near one of the largest and oldest aggregation of hospitals and medical educational institutions in the world. The average household net worth in the zip code is more than $1.3 million.
The property features three stores, eight studio apartments and 12 one-bedroom units. Of the 20 apartments, 18 are free market and two are rent stabilized.
●GFI REALTY SERVICES
GFI marketing LES development site
GFI Realty Services has been named exclusive sales agent for 141 Chrystie Street, a development site on the Lower East Side.
Situated along a major commercial corridor, the parcel has a maximum buildable area of 18,950 square feet.
Currently occupied by a vacant, two-story, 4,356 s/f commercial building, the site is zoned C6-3A, with a maximum floor area ratio of 7.52, making it ideally suited for a mixed-use development.
GFI Realty Associate Aron Taub will oversee the marketing of the site, with pricing targeted at $13.5 million.
Taub points out that the surrounding corridors of Clinton, Orchard, Ludlow, Essex, Allen, Stanton and Rivington streets are “buzzing with lounges, restaurants and cafes,” and that the area has high foot and vehicular traffic, and a “tremendous demand” for residential inventory.
“The Lower East Side is one of the most dynamic areas in Manhattan,” he said. “It’s both a residential community with families that have been in the area for generations and a hub of social life for lovers of trendy restaurants and entertainment venues. The influx of new luxury residential and mixed-use development has just added another dimension to this thriving neighborhood.”
●CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
Knakal closes on latest Davidoff deal
Cushman & Wakefield, on behalf of an affiliate of The EMMES Group of Companies, has sold three mixed-use buildings in the East Village.
The properties, located at 92-24 Second Avenue and 192-194 First Avenue, sold in two separate transactions for an aggregate consideration of $32 million.
Bob Knakal, chairman, New York Investment Sales at Cushman & Wakefield exclusively handled this transaction along with James P. Nelson, Jonathan Hageman and David Shalom.
Andrew Davidoff, Chairman and CEO of The EMMES Group of Companies said, “Bob and his team have been a long term, strategic Partner and Advisor to EMMES and myself over the past two decades. We congratulate them on the conclusion of another sales assignment for us.”
These sales bring the total dollar amount of transactions where Bob Knakal has represented Andrew Davidoff and his affiliates to more than $500 million.
92-94 Second Avenue is a six-story, mixed-use, walk-up building located on the east side of Second Avenue between East 5th Street and East 6th Street. The building consists of two ground floor retail units with 20 residential units above. The property was sold to Sabet Group in an all-cash transaction valued at $19,000,000.
192-194 First Avenue consists of two contiguous five-story, mixed-use walk-up buildings located on the east side of First Avenue between East 11th and East 12th Streets.
Combined, the buildings consist of three retail units on the ground floor with 16 residential units above. The property was sold to Nazarian Property Group in an all-cash transaction valued at $13,000,000.
●MERIDIAN INVESTMENT SALES
Bond Street retail hits market
Meridian Investment Sales has been retained to sell two retail condominium properties located on Bond Street in NoHo.
Senior Executive Managing Director, David Schechtman, Managing Director, Lipa Lieberman, and Director, Abie Kassin, are marketing the property.
25 Bond is composed of two contiguous retail condominiums. The first occupies 2,070 s/f and the second occupies 740 s/f. They have approximately 60 feet of frontage along Bond Street.
“Long undervalued, 25 Bond Street is a proven retail destination with ultra-elite high-end shopping and rents, which are exceptionally lower than SoHo and Tribeca,” Schechtman explained.
“The imminent lease expiration of one of the two stores makes this a very attractive near term growth opportunity.”
●MERIDIAN INVESTMENT SALES
Castellan sells Washington Heights building
Meridian Investment Sales sold three multifamily properties located in Washington Heights to Guardian Realty Management for $15.375 million on behalf of Castellan Real Estate Partners.
Senior Executive Managing Director David Schechtman, Managing Director Lipa Lieberman, and Directors Abie Kassin and Mark Steinmetz, exclusively represented the seller and procured the buyer.
The three properties, which include the 20-unit building at 649 West 184th Street, the 25-unit building at 325 Wadsworth Avenue and the 24-unit building at 85 Fairview Avenue, were acquired in 2012 and 2013 by Castellan Real Estate Partners for a total of $7.625 million.
Meridian is also exclusively representing Castellan Real Estate Partners in the sale of the multifamily property located at 1315-1317 St. Nicholas Avenue that is in contract for $7.25 million and is marketing the 24-unit elevator multifamily building located at 4441 Broadway.
“Quality multifamily assets in the boroughs continue to sell at benchmark prices because cash flow coupled with continuing growth in these areas and the ample availability of financing at record low levels make for a perfect buying environment,” said Lieberman.
● TIME EQUITIES
TEI buys trio of Jersey office properties
Time Equities Inc. (TEI) announced the closing of its latest Parsippany, NJ, office portfolio acquisition, purchased for $15.4 million.
Comprised of three Class B multi-tenant buildings located at 4 Century Drive, 5 Century Drive and 6 Century Drive, the deal marks TEI’s fourth office acquisition in New Jersey, with several other residential and retail assets throughout the state.
Spanning 280,237 s/f in total, the three-building collection is 57 percent occupied, with 18 tenants currently in place. The site is situated adjacent to the Mack-Cali business campus at 8 Campus Drive.
“Demonstrating strong public sector job growth, New Jersey’s annual leasing activity reached a record high in 2015, lending itself well to development opportunities along attractive office corridors. As TEI continues to expand its Northeast portfolio, we felt that Parsippany was a reasonable fit,” said Aaron Medeiros, director of Acquisitions with Time Equities Inc.
Jose Cruz of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) brokered the deal on behalf of the seller, Mack-Cali Realty Corporation.
