Mid-Atlantic
Ashkenazy Buys Manhattan’s 625 Madison Ave. for $400M
The ground lessor’s position at 625 Madison Ave., in Manhattan’s Plaza District, has been purchased by Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. for $400 million from 625 Ground Lessor.
AEW Buys 375-Unit Apartment Building in NYC from Gotham Organization
AEW Capital Management has acquired New Gotham, a 375-unit rental building at 520 W. 43rd St. on Manhattan’s West Side, from the Gotham Organization and its investor member AIG Affordable Housing for a reported $170 million.
WRIT Pockets $307M on First Phase of MOB Portfolio Sale
In two separate transactions with Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, Washington Real Estate Investment Trust closed the sale of office buildings totaling 877,000 square feet, two office assets featuring significant medical office tenancy and a parcel of land for $307.2 million.
50-Story Tower Proposed as Part of NYC Seaport Redevelopment
One month after breaking ground on an upscale mall at Pier 17 at Manhattan’s historic South Street Seaport, The Howard Hughes Corp. is proposing more redevelopment at the site, including a new marina and a mixed-use 50-story hotel and apartment tower.
Retail Properties Buys 262 KSF, M-U Property in Bronx for $134M
Retail Properties of America has spent $192 million on two properties in the New York City metropolitan area, including Fordham Place, a 262,000-square-foot Class A mixed-use asset on Fordham Road in the Bronx it purchased for $134 million.
Starwood Wraps Up $1.6B Mall Portfolio Purchase
Starwood Capital Group has just completed its second major portfolio purchase from Westfield Group, snapping up seven regional malls in the West and Midwest for just over $1.6 billion.
C&W Arranges $275M in Financing for Historic NYC Tower
Cushman & Wakefield served as the exclusive advisor to an affiliate of SL Green Realty Corp. in arranging a $275 million, seven-year senior mortgage loan for 220 E. 42nd St. in New York City.
SL Green Acquires Interest in Manhattan’s Embattled 650 Fifth Ave.
A joint venture between SL Green Realty and Jeff Sutton has acquired a 49-year leasehold interest covering the retail portion of 650 Fifth Ave., an office tower with decades-long ties to the Iranian government and now in legal limbo as a result.
$60M M-F Project Green-Lighted for Raleigh’s Apartment Hungry Gen-Y
SkyHouse Raleigh, a 320-unit luxury high-rise, will soon sprout up downtown now that Novare Group, Batson-Cook Development Co. and Edison Land have issued a notice to proceed for the $60 million project.
ULI Special Report: DC Falls in Investors’ Eyes
The 2014 Emerging Trends in Real Estate report contained few surprises, but traditionally durable Washington, D.C.’s drop to No. 22 in the ranking of cities with the best investment activity speaks volumes about the uncertainty the federal government has produced.