New York City — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $1.9 million sale of 3175-3177 Steinway St., a 2,000-square-foot commercial building currently leased to a women’s clothing retailer, for $1.9 million. Baby Blue occupies the single-story property, which is located within a C4-2A zoning district, allowing for commercial or residential development, with a total of approximately 6,750 buildable square feet. ABS Steinway Acquisition II LLC acquired the property for $935 per square foot, the highest per-square-foot transaction on Steinway Street in more than two years. Stephen R. Preuss and Andreas Efthymiou of Cushman …
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Restaurateur to Open Beer Garden at 1.2 Million-Square-Foot Mixed-Use Development in New York City
New York City — Restaurateur Todd Leong, owner of Lucky Rice as well as Leaf Bar & Lounge, will open The Beer Assembly, a 3,550-square-foot beer garden at Tangram. The 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use development is located in Flushing. Developed by F&T Group and Shanghai Construction Group (SCG), Tangram features residential, office, retail and hospitality uses, including a 24,000-square-foot food hall that will be positioned adjacent to the beer garden. The opening is slated for early 2020.
New York City — Elliott Management Corp. has agreed to acquire Barnes & Noble for $683 million, or $6.50 per share. In 2014, Barnes & Noble closed its New York Fifth Avenue store, which was once the world’s largest bookstore. The company operates 627 stores in all 50 states. Elliott, which acquired the U.K.’s largest book retailer, Waterstones, last year, will become the largest bookseller in the U.S. when the acquisition is finalized. The deal is expected to close by the end of September. Barnes & Noble has been exploring …
New York City — Cornell Realty Management has topped out 200 Kent Avenue, a 72,000-square-foot retail and office building located in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. The property spans 50,000 square feet of retail space that will be anchored by a Trader Joe’s, 22,000 square feet of office and restaurant space and 45,000 square feet of parking. Manhattan-based Madison Realty Capital originally provided a $64 million construction loan for the project in November 2017, and Bluestone Group recently provided $8 million in mezzanine debt to finance additional capital expenditures.
Wilson Development Group Acquires 195,972-Square-Foot Retail Power Center in Upstate New York
Liverpool, N.Y. — SRS Real Estate Partners, a Dallas-based retail brokerage firm, has closed the sale of Clay South Center, a 195,972-square-foot power center in Liverpool, located northwest of Syracuse. Shadow-anchored by Target and anchored by Hobby Lobby and Lowe’s, the property was fully leased at the time of sale to other national tenants such as Chipotle and Verizon Wireless. Kyle Stonis, Pierce Mayson and Jonathan Lapat of SRS represented the seller, a partnership between South Clay Development Co. LLC and Clay Route 31 Development Co. LLC, in the transaction. Kyle Fant …
New York City — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $3.2 million sale of an 8,874-square-foot retail property located at 2542-2550 Boston Road in The Bronx. The sales price for the two-building property equates to $361 per square foot. Cushman & Wakefield’s Jonathan Squires, Eric Roth and Addison Berniker represented the seller, 2550 Boston Post Road Corp., in the transaction. The undisclosed buyer will have the option to expand the property to add more shop space.
Rego Park, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $13 million sale of a 9,000-square-foot retail building located along Queens Boulevard in Rego Park. The building houses four tenants: Chic’s Place, Paris Baguette, Dunkin’ Donuts, Rouge Nail. Michael Kook of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
New York City — The Feil Organization has completed the leasing of 488 Madison Ave., a 23-story, 447,000-square-foot building in New York City. The Feil Organization signed Mephisto Shoes to a 1,854-square-foot lease and Mighty Bowl to an 800-square-foot lease. Both are expected to open this fall. The building was originally delivered in 1948 and was formally known as the “Look Building,” for the defunct magazine. The Feil Organization completed a renovation of the building in 2016 and has since signed tenants including Indochino, Bonobos Guideshops, UNTUCKit, City Hats and …
New York City — Richard Johnson and Charlie Koniver have launched Odyssey Retail Advisors LLC, an expansion and rebranding of Johnson Retail RE Consulting Inc. Johnson and Koniver both previously worked for global luxury group, Kering. Johnson is an attorney and member of the New York State Bar and created Johnson Retail, serving clients such as Crown Acquisitions/Wynn Las Vegas, Boston Seaport, Burberry, Stella McCartney, Sergio Rossi and Clarins. Koniver previously collaborated with Johnson while serving as a real estate specialist for the Americas at Kering. Daniel Lewis has joined Odyssey …
New York City — Rochester, New York-based grocer Wegmans will open a 74,000-square-foot store within the Admirals Row redevelopment project located on Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn. The grand opening is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 27. The store, which will be the company’s first location in New York City, is expected to create about 350 full- and part-time jobs. Wegmans Brooklyn will carry more than 60,000 individual products and offer second-floor mezzanine space with a bar serving food, wine, beer and spirits.