Deals & Dealmakers
Sweetheart deal could spark retail revolution in Long Island City
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A sweetheart deal could spark a retail rush to Long island City, with or without Amazon. Robert Futterman, the chairman of Newmark Knight Frank’s retail
Deals & Dealmakers
Real estate powerhouses back co-living company, Common
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Coliving company Common has just raised $16 million in funding lead by real estate powerhouses Milstein, LeFrak and Mack. Common, which offers a network
Debt & Equity
TRANSACTIONS: Houlihan-Parnes mortgages Bronx retail; Washington Trust finances Dollar General deal
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Houlihan-Parnes Properties announced the following transactions: • Mortgage financing totaling $3,500,000 on three retail properties in the Bronx;
Retail
Vietspot opens second location in Tribeca
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Vietspot, a popular fast-casual Vietnamese restaurant, recently opened its second location in Lower Manhattan. Known to draw lines out the door at its
Deals & Dealmakers
GHP transforms Mount Pleasant property
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GHP Office Realty announced that, since its acquisition of 115-117 Stevens Avenue, Mount Pleasant, last spring. it has leased 44,317 s/fof office space
Deals & Dealmakers
Savanna signs 100,000 s/f deal with Altice at One Court Square
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Savanna’s upgrade of the LIC tower includes tenant amenity program centered around a 150,000 s/f retail annex attached to the 53-story office tower.
Deals & Dealmakers
Numbers guy Ginsberg speaks foreign investorsʼ language
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Robert Ginsberg treads lightly on international affairs. Ginsberg, who heads the debt restructuring practice at real estate investment bank Eyzenberg &
Deals & Dealmakers
Paul Massey considering running for mayor
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Paul Massey, one of the co-founders of commercial brokerage firm Massey Knakal Realty Services, is considering running for mayor of New York City.
Deals & Dealmakers
Latham & Watkins leases 407,000 s/f at 1271 Avenue of the Americas
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Rockefeller Group announced  that global law firm Latham & Watkins LLP has leased 407,000 s/f at 1271 Avenue of the Americas. Latham &
Retail
Two Trees lands Roberta’s pizza at 260 Kent
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Bushwick’s favorite pizzeria will add a third location, this one a mere a stone’s throw from the Williamsburg waterfront and the newly-minted Domino Park.
Deals & Dealmakers
CBSK secures $251M luxury condo financing
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JLL arranged $251 million in equity and debt for CBSK Ironstate for the acquisition and development of 646 11th Avenue, a luxury condominium development
Residential
Report Show Rising Rents, Shrinking Vacancies in Manhattan
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Manhattan’s average rents climbed upward while vacancy dipped in May, according to Citi Habitats’ monthly rental market report, resulting in more power