Gabriel Prime Realty pays $2.6M for 9-unit walkup in Mott Haven

Gabriel Prime Realty Inc. through the entity 214 St Ann’s Ave Realty LLC paid $2.6 million to Carlos Ramos through the entity Ramneg Realty Corp for the nine-unit residential walkup building (C7) at 214 St Anns Avenue in Mott Haven, Bronx.
The deal closed on December 1, 2022 and was recorded on December 12, 2022. The property has 9,180 square feet of built space according to PincusCo analysis of city data. The sale price per built square foot is $288 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 Carlos Ramos was Carlos Ramos. The signatory for Gabriel Prime Realty Inc. was Arthur Gabriel.

Prior sales and revenue

Prior to this transaction, Pincusco has records that the buyer Gabriel Prime Realty Inc. purchased one property in one transaction for a total of $20 million and has no record it sold any properties over the past 24 months.
The seller Carlos Ramos had not purchased any other properties and had not sold any properties over the same time period. The former owners according to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development includes Carlos Ramos, head officer and Lillian Ramos, officer. The business entity is Ramneg Realty Corp. The 9,180-square-foot property generated revenue of $248,996 or $27 per square foot, according to the most recent income and expense figures.

The property

The 214 St Anns Avenue parcel has frontage of 25 feet and is 101 feet deep with a total lot size of 2,531 square feet. The zoning is R6 which allows for up to 2.43 times floor area ratio (FAR) for residential. The property has a J-51 exemption that started in 2007 and expires in 2041. The city-designated market value for the property in 2022 is $1 million.

Violations and lawsuits

There were no lawsuits or bankruptcies filed against the property since September of 2020. In addition, according to city public data, the property has received two housing violations and $25 in OATH penalties in the last year.

Development

There are no active new building construction projects or major alteration projects with initial costs more than $5 million on this tax lot.

The block

On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of nine of the 27 commercial properties representing 163,829 square feet of the 332,026 square feet. The largest owner is Lemle & Wolff, followed by Howard Kowlowitz and then Mustafa Realty Corp..
On the tax block, there were three new building construction projects totaling 22,437 square feet. The largest is a eight-unit, 7,500-square-foot R-2 building developed by Shalev Shoshani with plans filed September 25, 2017 and it has not been permitted yet.The second largest is a eight-unit, 7,500-square-foot R-2 building developed by Shalev Shoshani with plans filed September 25, 2017 and it has not been permitted yet.

The majority, or 66 percent of the 332,026 square feet of built space are walkup buildings, with retail buildings next occupying 20 percent of the space.

The buyer

The PincusCo database currently indicates that Gabriel Prime Realty Inc. owned at least one commercial property in New York City with 115,904 square feet and a city-determined market value of $4.4 million. (Market value is typically about 50% of actual value.) The portfolio has $15 million in debt, borrowed from Signature Bank. The portfolio consists of at least a single walkup property. It is located in Bronx.

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