Hong Kong-based Hopson Development Holdings pays $115M to New Empire Real Estate for development site in Grand Central

Hong Kong-based Hopson Development Holdings through the entity Lex 47th Property Owner LLC paid Bentley Zhao’s New Empire Real Estate Development’s Lex 47th Development LLC $115.0 million for 131 East 47th Street in Grand Central. The deal closed on December 12, 2019, and was recorded on December 19, 2019. The transaction consists of 1 parcel, including the tax class land not zoned residential or Manhattan below 110th Street (V1). The last time the property sold was June 2, 2015, for $42,874,315.

Over the past five years, there have been 3 NYC Department of Buildings permit applications filed for this parcel valued at more than $20,000. There was one renovation/alteration project (A2) applied for with a total estimated value of $300,000.There has been one new building permit application totaling 151,836 square feet. Those plans include a total of 137 residential or hotel units. There has been one demolition project filed for the parcels over the past five years.
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