Yonkers, N.Y. — Marx Realty is underway on the construction of a two-building, 58,000-square-foot retail expansion at Cross County Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot lifestyle center located in Yonkers, just north of New York City. The first building will comprise 14,000 square feet across a single floor and the second building will span 44,000 square feet across two floors. Marx Realty will also develop a 4-acre park, which will accommodate farmers’ markets and SummerFest events, as well as wellness and seasonal programming. Meanwhile, an adjacent boardwalk will offer café-style seating and shaded …
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Pyramid Management Receives Financing to Maintain Ownership of Walden Galleria Mall in Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, N.Y. — Syracuse, New York-based Pyramid Management Group has received financing for Walden Galleria Mall, a 1.6 million-square-foot shopping center located in the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga. The new five-year loan, which replaces the property’s existing debt, was put in place in partnerships with lenders that include global asset manager Cross Ocean Partners and impact investment firm Second Horizon Capital. UBS served as financial advisor on behalf of Pyramid. In 2025, Pyramid defaulted on a roughly $220 million loan for the mall, in which Wells Fargo Bank filed a …
West Nyack, N.Y. — Affiliated funds of Stamford, Connecticut-based Black Diamond Capital Management have acquired Palisades Center, a 2.3 million-square-foot shopping center in West Nyack, approximately 18 miles north of Manhattan. Black Diamond purchased the property’s underlying debt for $175 million in a foreclosure auction last week, according to the Rockland Business Journal. The previous owner, Pyramid Management Group, defaulted on the $400 million mortgage in early 2020. Syracuse, New York-based Spinoso Real Estate Group will continue serving as the property’s operating partner. As of December 2022, Palisades Center was the …
New York City — Newmark Group has been selected to provide leasing for the retail component of the Penn District, a $2.5 billion mixed-use redevelopment in Midtown Manhattan. Mark Masinter, Karen Bellantoni, Jackie Totolo, Pierce Thompson and Nick Masinter of Newmark will lead leasing efforts at the property, which is owned and operated by Vornado Realty Trust. Penn District is now home to 5 million square feet of office space, 300,000 square feet of public plaza space and 1.1 million square feet of retail. Vornado also plans to create a cohesive street-level experience along both …
New York City — Irvine, California-based Pokeworks has signed two separate franchise agreements to open four new restaurants in Long Island and Manhattan. Restaurant operator Joe Magnotta is expected to open a Pokeworks restaurant in mid-2026 on Long Island, while business leader Sanchit Sharma plans to develop locations in central Midtown Manhattan that target areas with strong office density and foot traffic. The first restaurant in Manhattan is anticipated to open by late summer 2026, and two more are set to follow. Pokeworks currently operates seven locations in New York City, …
Amherst, N.Y. — WS Development has signed leases with four new tenants at Station 12, an open-air center under development in the Buffalo suburb of Amherst. Black & Blue Steak and Crab, Tempur-Pedic, The North Face and Warby Parker are expected to make their debut in late 2026. The newest tenant lineup joins the first wave of retail, dining and wellness concepts previously announced for Station 12, including Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Anthropologie, Alo Yoga, Solidcore, EVEREVE, Just Salad, gorjana, Free People, FP Movement, Rowan and Oola Bowls.
New York City — Saks Global Holdings LLC, the owner of luxury retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The company secured a financing commitment of approximately $1.75 billion, comprising $1.5 billion from an ad hoc group of the company’s senior secured bondholders and roughly $240 million of incremental liquidity from its asset-based lenders. Saks Global says the financing package will strengthen its balance sheet and position …
New York City — Newmark has arranged the $425 million sale of The Shops at Skyview, a 555,000-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center located in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens in New York City. Jordan Roeschlaub, Nick Scribani, John Caraviello and Tim Polglase of Newmark secured a $289 million acquisition loan through Mizuho on behalf of the buyers, a joint venture between Acadia Realty Trust and TPG Real Estate. Adam Spies, Adam Doneger, Conor Lalor and Ben Lushing, also of Newmark, represented the seller, Perform Properties, in the transaction. Anchored by BJ’s Wholesale …
JLL Negotiates Sale of 127,496-Square-Foot Retail, Medical Building in Garden City, New York
Garden City, N.Y. — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated the sale of 1300 Franklin Ave., a 127,496-square-foot retail and medical office building in the Long Island community of Garden City. Originally built in the 1960s and renovated in 2007, the property comprises roughly 50,000 square feet of retail space and 50,000 square feet of medical office space, with approximately 27,000 square feet of vacant space. NYU Langone Health anchors the building, which was 78.5 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Walgreens, Cornell Medicine and Healthtrax. Jose Cruz …
Chappaqua, N.Y. — CBRE has negotiated the $76.5 million sale of Chappaqua Crossing, a 120,986-square-foot shopping center located in New York’s Westchester County that is part of the redevelopment of the 114-acre former Reader’s Digest headquarters campus. Tenants at the center include Whole Foods, Life Time Fitness, Starbucks Coffee and Chase Bank. The property also features more than 500,000 square feet of medical and office space, 64 apartments and 91 luxury townhomes. Jeffrey Dunne, David Gavin and Travis Langer of CBRE’s National Retail Partners represented the seller, Heitman, and procured the buyer, …