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SELLING POINTS: Aspen, Devli scoop up Mack-Cali office

● MERIDIAN CAPITAL GROUP
Dynamic Star JV planning LIC office tower

AAGS Holdings has purchased the former Eagle Electric building in Long Island City, with plans to build a tower above the current structure to create a class-A office building with neighborhood retail and cafes.

AAGS Holdings is a joint venture of Gary Segal, president and CEO of Dynamic Star, and Churchill Real Estate. The seller was a partnership led by PMG Holdings.

The historic approximately 135,000 s/f property, at 23-10 Queens Plaza South, was acquired for $27.5 million.

Meridian Capital Group arranged acquisition financing for the purchase from Churchill Real Estate, a debt and equity firm lead by Justin Ehrlich and Sorabh Maheshwari.

Eagle Electric was a major residential electrical wiring device manufacturer acquired by Cooper Industries (now Eaton Corporation) in 2000). Eagle’s rooftop sign stood as a familiar landmark to motorists on the Queensboro Bridge for decades.

According to Segal, SLCE Architects has joined the development team “to help us create an inventive and stimulating addition to the emerging Queens Plaza skyline. Midtown Manhattan is only five minutes away, and the location is easily accessible via no fewer than eight subway lines, which is ideal for this kind of development.”

Dynamic Star has participated in the development of three other towers in Long Island City. The firm also is developing the Fordham Landing mixed-use community along the Harlem River in The Bronx.

Justin Ehrlich, managing partner of Churchill, said: “We feel comfortable with the location. And as a fallback, the retail is great, and the neighborhood is getting significantly stronger.”

● NKF
Aspen, Devli scoop up Mack-Cali office

Mack-Cali has offloaded another office building, selling 3600 Route 66 in Neptune, NJ for $26 million.

Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) executive managing director Steven Schultz and managing directors Tony Georgiev and Adam Silver. represented Mack-Cali in the trade.

A joint venture of Aspen Real Estate and Devli Real Estate acquired the building.

“We are very excited with the acquisition and enjoyed working with the NKF team,” said Aspen principal, Phil Proetto and Devli’s Chief Investment Officer, Mark Devli.

3600 Route 66 is a four-story, Class A office property totaling 188,408 s/f. Its location just off the Garden State Parkway gives the property access to retail, cultural and entertainment destinations, such as the Jersey Shore Premium Outlets and Seaview Square Shopping Center.

It sits on 14.6 acres and is currently 100 percent leased to four globally-recognized tenants.

“This property presented a great opportunity for the Aspen-Devli team to add a best-in-class, energy efficient trophy asset,” said Schultz.

“The market, which has 5.8 million square feet of Class A office space, has seen an 8.8% increase in average asking rent over the last two years, in addition to positive net absorption.”

● GFI REALTY SERVICES
Bronx multifamily opportunity

GFI Realty Services has been named the exclusive sales agent for 660 East 242nd Street, a 60-unit multifamily building in the Wakefield section of the Bronx. 

Associate director Josh Orlander will oversee the marketing of the property, with pricing targeted at $11.35 million, which translates into a 6.4 percent cap rate.

Constructed in 1933, the six-story, corner elevator building totals approximately 55,650 s/f and is composed of 13 studios, 36 one-bedroom units and 11 two-bedroom units.

“There is still demand for Bronx inventory, particularly an asset of this type,” said Orlander.  “It is rare for large cash-flowing elevator buildings of this caliber to come to market. The property is also ideally situated in proximity to numerous commercial corridors and thoroughfares.”

● CBRE
Hakim expanding office portfolio

Billionaire investor Kamran Hakim has closed on a Norwalk office park.

Jeffrey Dunne, David Gavin, Steven Bardsley, Jeremy Neuer, Gene Pride and Travis Langer of CBRE’s Institutional Properties, brokered the sale of 800 Connecticut Avenue on behalf of the seller and procured the buyer, KH 800 Connecticut Avenue LLC, an entity owned and controlled by Hakim.

800 Connecticut is a 412,231 s/f Class A office park, located directly off Exit 13 of I-95 in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Tenants include Booking Holdings’ World Headquarters, Priceline, Hitachi Capital America Corporation’s US Headquarters, Remedy Partners and Omega Engineering.

The proeprty has a renovated lobby and cafeteria, new 6,400 s/f conference center, outdoor plaza, fitness center and 1,394 parking space.

“The seller’s repositioning of the property has turned 800 Connecticut into one of the premier properties in Central Fairfield County,” said Dunne. “We expect the buyer to benefit from the new amenities and strong cash flow.”

● NKF
Highstone picks up half-empty office park

Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) announced the sale of Talleyrand Office Park, located at 200 & 220 White Plains Road in Tarrytown, NY for $10.3 million on behalf of an institutional seller.

Kevin Welsh, Brian Schulz and Chuck Kohaut of the firm’s Capital Markets group represented the seller, along with support from executive managing director Glenn Walsh.

The team was also responsible for procuring the buyer, Highstone Equity Group.

Talleyrand Office Park is situated on 11 acres and comprised of two six-story, 90,000 s/f office Buildings that are 45 percent leased to 25-plus tenants.

The property is located three minutes from the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge at the intersection of I-287/Cross Westchester Expressway, I-87 and Route 9 with proximity to downtown Tarrytown and the train station (1/2 mile).

According to Welsh, “Highstone will achieve near-term upside by extending/restructuring existing leases and is well positioned to capture a broad base of tenant demand as they reposition the Property.”

The buyer plans to complete a capital improvement program that includes the modernization of all common areas and the addition of new amenities.

● JLL
Delshah selling Harlem Social building

JLL Capital Markets experts has been selected by Delshah Capital LLC to market 321 Lenox Avenue, also known as 101 West 126th Street, in Harlem.

The six-story building features 32 residential units and one commercial unit and is located within an opportunity zone. Delshah Capital is currently accepting proposals.

The 23,746 s/f property is home to the Corner Social Bar & Restaurant, one of Harlem’s most popular gathering places since its opening in 2011.

Following a substantial rehabilitation in 1986, all of the apartments were fully deregulated and are currently on fair market leases.

The apartment building’s boiler, electrical system, elevator and roof all underwent recent upgrades, and the building is sub-metered for both gas and electric.

The JLL professionals overseeing the sale assignment include Hall Oster, Paul Smadbeck, Teddy Galligan, Conrad Martin and Braedon Gait.

● GFI REALTY SERVICE
Columbia neighbor hits sales market

GFI Realty Services has been named the exclusive sales agent for 121-123 Haven Avenue, a pre-war multifamily building in Washington Heights. 

The six-story walk-up apartment building is comprised of 32 units and a cell phone antenna. The property has undergone significant capital improvements as well as individual apartment improvements (IAI). 

GFI senior managing director Matt Sparks will oversee the marketing of both properties, with pricing targeted at $11.8-million. 

According to Sparks, “The property benefits from its prime location in a desirable residential neighborhood, in close proximity to the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital campus. Columbia’s 15-story 107,000 s/f newly completed graduate and education facility recently opened across the street from 121-13 Haven Avenue.”

● JLL
Torchlight sells Sylvan Way site

JLL announced today that it has closed the sale of 4 Sylvan Way, a 105,000 s/f, Class A office building in Parsippany, New Jersey.

JLL marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Torchlight Investors, and procured the buyer, a private regional investor. The sale price was $13 million.

4 Sylvan Way is located within the 2.4-million-square-foot Mack-Cali Business Campus, which is expanding to include desirable retailers such as Wegmans, 24-Hour Fitness, Panera, Capital Grille and Seasons 52.

Additionally, the area is the location of choice for many corporations, including Zoetis, Wyndham Worldwide, GAF, Tiffany and Avis, among others.

The three-story property was recently renovated and offers a modern work environment with communal spaces, exposed high ceilings and numerous training and conference rooms.

It is fully leased to a mobile telecommunications company as their Northeast Regional Headquarters and includes a network operations center.

The JLL Capital Markets team representing the seller included S Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Stephen Simonelli and Grace Braverman.

“This sale reflects the continued strong demand for high quality, suburban office properties in Northern New Jersey,” stated O’Hearn.

“Parsippany in particular, as well as the surrounding markets, has seen exceptional sale activity as investors seek higher yields than are available in other asset classes such as industrial or multi-family.”

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