Brad Sobel sells two industrial properties in Mott Haven for $4.6M

The entity 704 East 135th Street LLC paid $4.6 million to Brad Sobel through the entity East 135th Street Building Corporation for the industrial building (E9) at 719 East 134th Street in Mott Haven, Bronx and industrial building (E9) at 704 East 135th Street in Mott Haven, Bronx.
The deal closed on January 30, 2026 and was recorded on February 17, 2026. The two properties have 15,000 square feet of built space and 15,000 square feet of additional air rights for a total buildable of 30,000 square feet according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The sale price per built square foot is $306 and the price per buildable square foot is $153 per the PincusCo analysis. (The price per square foot analysis is the transaction price divided by square feet as reported in public records and assumes no air rights have been sold.)
The signatory for Brad Sobel was Brad Sobel. The contract date was December 2, 2025. The buyer entity is at an address shared by Edward Janiga’s Clarity Eyecare and Optical in Hawthorne, New Jersey.

The property

The industrial building in Mott Haven has 15,000 square feet of built space and 15,000 square feet of additional air rights for a total buildable of 30,000 square feet according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The parcel has frontage of 50 feet and is 200 feet deep with a total lot size of 15,000 square feet. The lot is irregular. The zoning is M1-2 which allows for up to 2 times floor area ratio (FAR) for manufacturing The city-designated market value for the property in 2022 is $2.9 million.

Violations and lawsuits

There were no lawsuits or bankruptcies filed against the properties for the past 24 months. In addition, according to city public data, the properties have not received any significant violations in the last year.

Development

There are no active new building construction projects or major alteration projects with initial costs more than $1 million on this tax lot.

The neighborhood

In Mott Haven, The bulk, or 45 percent of the 41.7 million square feet of commercial built space are elevator buildings, with industrial buildings next occupying 23 percent of the space. In sales, Mott Haven has near average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $321.4 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the highest in Bronx. For development, Mott Haven has 2.4 times the average amount of major developments relative to other neighborhoods and is the highest in Bronx. It had 3.7 million square feet of commercial and multi-family construction under development in the last two years, which represents 9 percent of the neighborhood’s built space.

The block

On the tax block of 719 East 134th Street, PincusCo has identified the owners of one of the 10 commercial properties representing 35,082 square feet of the 108,732 square feet. The identified owner is Yehuda Klein.
There are no active new building construction projects on this tax block.

The majority, or 100 percent of the 108,732 square feet of built space are industrial buildings, with specialty buildings next occupying 0 percent of the space.

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