Waterton, a real estate investor and operator headquartered in Chicago acquired The Ridge at Thornton Station in Denver, Colorado for $71.9 million. The 280-unit garden apartment at 3650 E. 103rd Circle was sold by Real Capital Solutions.
The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Savitt Partners
November 18, 2018
By Jennifer Gould Keil
A Savitt Partners team of Bob Savitt, Brian Neugeboren and Nicole Goetz represented the owners of 1385 Broadway in a 1,787 SF lease for by Chloe, a vegan restaurant. The retail space will seat 32 people. by Chloe was represented by Phil Katz of Katz NYC.
Avison Young
November 18, 2018
By Joshua Chaffin
James Nelson, head of the New York-area practice of Avison Young, a real estate brokerage, comments in the Financial Times about Opportunity Zones.
Waterton
November 16, 2018
By Jennifer Hayes
Waterton, a real estate investor and operator headquartered in Chicago acquired The Ridge at Thornton Station in Denver, Colorado for $71.9 million. The 280-unit garden apartment at 3650 E. 103rd Circle was sold by Real Capital Solutions.
Jonathan Rose Companies
November 15, 2018
By Eddie Small
Jonathan Rose Companies purchased a 558-unit Section 8 housing complex in Bay Ridge for $150 million from NYU Langone in partnership with NHP Foundation and TIAA investment manager Nuveen. The site at 9000 Shore Road consists of two interconnected 14-story buildings totaling about 414,000 SF. The buildings include 325 studio apartments and 233 one-bedrooms. Jonathan Rose Companies is planning to make the buildings more environmentally friendly and improve resident services.
Avison Young
November 15, 2018
By Rich Bockmann
Avison Young is the exclusive marketing agent for CBZ Management’s portfolio of Crown Heights, Brooklyn apartment buildings, asking $70 million. The nine walk-up buildings total more than 180,000 SF and 212 units and are rent stabilized. James Nelson is working on the listing with colleagues Fritz Richter, Sam Schertz, Joseph Rosenfeld and Allan Fries. CBZ Management assembled the properties between 2003 and 2015 for a total cost of $27.78 million.
Jonathan Rose Companies
November 14, 2018
By Steve Lubetkin
Jonathan Rose Companies has arranged a new Low Income Housing Tax Credit Partnership that will use roughly $64 million in FHA 233(f) permanent financing from Key Bank and $28 million in LIHTC equity from Bank of America to revitalize Grace West Manor, a 429-unit, affordable Section 8 property in Newark, NJ. The developer and investor in sustainable, affordable and mixed-income multi-family real estate will undergo a $17.5 million capital improvement project to community spaces, units, security and other items.
Avison Young
November 14, 2018
Arthur Mirante, principal of Avison Young and its Tri-State president has been appointed to the firm’s board of directors. Mirante’s appointment expands the board to eight. He joined Avison Young in 2012 in conjunction with the company opening an office in New York City, and has since overseen the region’s growth. He previously spent 20 years as CEO of Cushman & Wakefield.
RFR
November 13, 2018
By Lois Weiss
The New York Post reports on recent leasing activity at RFR Realty’s 285 Madison Avenue. FarFetch.com, an online luxury-goods hub, opened its first brick-and-mortar office with a 10-year, 14,875 SF lease for the entire 23rd floor at the building. FarFetch.com was represented by Bill Peters, Josh Stuart and Christian Allen of JLL represented the tenant. LiquidX, a financial tech firm, signed a 7,813 SF lease for a pre-built on part of the 14th floor of 285 Madison, and was represented by Matthew McBride of CBRE. RFR was represented in-house by AJ Camhi and Ryan Silverman, along with a team from JLL.
EW Howell Construction Group
November 13, 2018
EW Howell Construction Group, one of the region’s leading education, retail, cultural, government and healthcare builders, has completed Whisper Woods of Smithtown, the first New York project for Waltham, MA-based Benchmark Senior Living, a leading provider of senior living services in the Northeast. The $25.5 million, 88,500-square-foot community at 71 St. Johnland Road in Smithtown, N.Y. is now receiving residents. EW Howell also recently began construction on Benchmark’s second New York assisted living facility in Woodbury, NY, a $22 million, a 74,000-square-foot project expected to be completed in May 2019.