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American Chengyi acquires 13 units at Myint Kyaw’s bankrupt Flushing condo valued at $13.5M

American Chengyi Investment Management Group through the entity EC Victoria, LLC acquired 13 condominium units at Myint Kyaw’s bankrupt Victoria Towers Development Corp. project at 133-38 Sanford Avenue in Flushing, Queens valued at $13.5 million. The deal closed on October 31, 2022 and was recorded on February 23, 2023. The 13 properties have 14,616 square feet of built space according to PincusCo analysis of city…

Evenhar, LTNG buying Nomad dev site they lease, for $17.2M

Evenhar Development and LTNG have an agreement to buy two parcels for $17.18 million that form a portion of a four-parcel development site in Nomad where it plans to build a 57-unit building. Evenhar and LTNG already control the two parcels through a 99-year ground lease signed in 2021 that included an option to buy the properties. The sale was disclosed in a petition the…

Partnership dispute over Rotem Rosen’s $27.5M Gowanus parcel purchase offer

Orange Management, a partner in a joint venture that owns 123 Third Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn, is seeking to purchase the property from its partners instead of sell the property to Rotem Rosen’s MRR Capital for $27.5 million, according to a new court filing. The partner, Andrew Bradfield and his company Orange Management, wants to buy out partners Yossi Ariel and Paul Amit of Sterling…

Moshe Friedman signs $11.4M refi loan with Ponce Bank in Tremont

Moshe Friedman through the entity 2001 Arthur Avenue LLC as borrower signed a refi loan with lender Ponce Bank valued at $11.4 million for the 45-unit property (D7) at 2001 Arthur Avenue in Tremont, Bronx. The deal closed on February 15, 2023 and was recorded on February 22, 2023. The prior lender was Toorak Capital Partners which held debt that had an original loan amount…

Silverstein Properties signs $165M new construction loan with Banco Inbursa for 354-unit project in Astoria

Silverstein Properties through the entity 44-01 Northern Owner, LLC as borrower signed a new construction loan with lender Banco Inbursa valued at $165 million for the 354-unit project at 44-01 Northern Boulevard in Astoria, Queens. On the lot, there is one active new building construction project for a 354-unit, 302,852 square-foot residential (R-2) building. The project was developed by Silverstein Properties with plans filed October…

John Schreiber pays $3M to Delshah for 8-unit walkup in Bedford Stuyvesant

John Schreiber through the entity Midhattan Realty Corp. paid $3 million to Delshah Capital through the entity Ds Brooklyn Portfolio Owner LLC for eight-unit residential walkup building (C1) at 308 Kosciuszko Street in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The deal closed on February 1, 2023 and was recorded on February 22, 2023. The property has 7,800 square feet of built space according to PincusCo analysis of city…

Eduart Shllaku pays $6M to Barberry Rose for 42-unit rental in Washington Heights

Eduart Shllaku through the entity 390 Wadsworth Realty LLC paid $6 million to Barberry Rose Management Company through the entity Stf 390 Wadsworth Holding LLC for 42-unit residential elevator building (D1) at 390 Wadsworth Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan. The deal closed on February 15, 2023 and was recorded on February 22, 2023. The property has 50,000 square feet of built space according to PincusCo…

Robert Von Ancken pays $7.7M to Croman Real Estate for mixed-use in Hell’s Kitchen

Robert Von Ancken through the entity 459 West 50th Street Owner LLC paid $7.7 million to Croman Real Estate through the entity 459 W 50 St LLC for the six-unit mixed-use building (S9) at 459 West 50th Street in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. The deal closed on May 9, 2022 and was recorded on February 22, 2023. The property has 5,749 square feet of built space…

Shulem Herman pays $8.5M to Cayuga Capital for industrial in Bushwick

Shulem Herman through the entity Troutman Terrace LLC paid $8.5 million to Cayuga Capital Management through the entity Going Stagg LLC for industrial building (F4) at 348 Troutman Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The deal closed on February 15, 2023 and was recorded on February 22, 2023. The property has 20,565 square feet of built space according to PincusCo analysis of city data. The sale price…

Akris pays $14M to SL Green for two retail properties in SoHo, last sold for $27.5M

UPDATED: The Swiss retailer Akris through the entity 121 Greene Street LLC paid $14 million to SL Green Realty through the entity 121 Greene Retail Owner LLC for two retail condominium units at 121 Greene Street in SoHo, Manhattan. The deal closed on February 15, 2023 and was recorded on February 22, 2023. The two properties have 9,501 square feet of built space according to…

Storage Deluxe signs $19M loan with PNC Bank for industrial in Gowanus

Storage Deluxe through the entity 313 Butler Storage LLC as borrower signed a loan with lender PNC Bank valued at $19 million for the industrial building (E7) at 313 Butler Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The deal closed on February 13, 2023 and was recorded on February 21, 2023. The property has 73,756 square feet of built space according to PincusCo analysis of city data. The…

Daniel Group pays $2.6M for 35-unit corner dev site in Cypress Hills

Daniel Group through the entity Fulton IC NY Dev LLC paid $2.6 million to Itzchak Zivari through the entity Van Siclen Development LLC for 35-unit development site (V1) at 2795 Fulton Street in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, at the corner of Van Siclen Avenue. On the lot, there is one new building construction project for a 35-unit, 34,400 square-foot R-2 building. The project was developed by…

Khdr Swed pays $2.8M to Maguire Capital, Eliezer Schwimer for 3-family in Williamsburg

Khdr Swed through the entity Swar Developers LLC paid $2.8 million to Maguire Capital Group and Eliezer Schwimer through the entity Maguire Bkln VII LLC for the three-unit walkup (C0) at 92 South 4th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The deal closed on February 14, 2023 and was recorded on February 21, 2023. The property has 4,140 square feet of built space and 1,449 square feet…

International Baptist Church pays $9.2M for industrial in Gowanus

International Baptist Church through the entity International Baptist Church, Inc. paid $9.2 million to Linda Figliolia through the entity 62 4th St LLC for the industrial building (E9) at 425 Hoyt Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The deal closed on February 15, 2023 and was recorded on February 21, 2023. The property has 17,244 square feet of built space and 86 square feet of additional air…

Buyer files bankruptcy to preserve $92.5M purchase from Fairstead in Harlem

A contract vendee controlled by bankruptcy expert and real estate investor David Goldwasser filed for bankruptcy yesterday in Brooklyn to protect a $92.5 million contract with seller Fairstead to buy an historic 538-unit complex of walkup apartments that covers an entire city block in Harlem. The rental apartments have multiple addresses including 2802 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, and are bounded by Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 150th Street,…

Manhattan most active for neighborhood CRE sales over the past 12 months

The four most active neighborhoods for New York City commercial property sales were in Manhattan, with Midtown East, Financial District, Lenox Hill and Lincoln Square coming before any neighborhood in Brooklyn. The most active in Brooklyn by dollar volume was Williamsburg. The analysis included all commercial sales with a closing date of February 20, 2022 to February 20, 2023 in Acris. Some residential townhouses are…

PincusCo recap: Week ending February 17

Distress remains the top news for New York City commercial real estate, accounting for the top recorded sale of the week, as well as six bankruptcy filings, an unusually high number. The average number of bankruptcy filings over the past 12 months was six cases in an entire month. The largest sale recorded last week was Fortress Investment Group taking control of the mostly completed…

Courts roundup: Arch Companies sues AB Capstone, Karten sues Schuster

Arch Companies, led by Jeffrey Simpson, sued Meir Babaev’s AB Capstone last week seeking to take control of their joint venture project Myrtle Point, at 3-50 St. Nicholas Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens. The project topped out in December, according to an article from YIMBY at the time. Arch laid out a series of causes of action supporting its complaint, filed February 15. LINK According to…

FBL Development signs $25M construction loan with Ponce Bank for 52-unit development in Astoria

FBL Development through the entity FBL Astoria LLC as borrower signed a new construction loan with lender Ponce Bank valued at $25 million for the 52-unit development at 31-16 21st Street in Astoria, Queens. On the lot, there is one active new building construction project for a 52-unit, 35,469 square-foot R-2 building. The project was developed by Yong Chen with plans filed October 27, 2022…

McSam Hotel Group signs $35M refi with State Bank of Texas for new Marriott hotel in Times Square

Sam Chang’s McSam Hotel Group through the entity Sclb 46th Street LLC as borrower signed a refi loan with lender State Bank of Texas valued at $35 million for the 159-unit hotel building (H2) at 223 West 46th Street in Times Square, Manhattan. The deal closed on February 15, 2023 and was recorded on February 17, 2023. The prior lender was Silver Point Capital which…