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NewPoint Announces Personnel Changes

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK CITY — NewPoint Real Estate Capital has promoted Geraldine Borger Urgo to president of agency lending. Borger Urgo, who was a leader in NewPoint’s acquisition by Franklin BSP Realty Trust earlier this year, previously spent about 15 years at Freddie Mac and was most recently NewPoint’s head of originations for the past four years. Separately, Nick Gesue will depart his role as chief executive officer, effective Sept. 1. His position was transitioned as part of consolidating leadership following the acquisition. NewPoint leadership will remain under the existing executive …

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Merchants Capital Secures Funding for Westbeth Artists Housing Redevelopment

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK CITY — Merchants Capital has provided $25.2 million in financing for the recapitalization and redevelopment of Westbeth Artists Housing, a 384-unit, historic, mixed-use affordable housing development in New York City. A state-sponsored program, Homes and Community Renewal Multifamily Preservation (HCR), also contributed $63 million. Chase is also a financing partner, but details about the company’s contribution were not released. The rehab will replace roofing, elevators, windows and radiators; restore the building’s façade; renovate 32 apartments; and install energy-efficient updates, including green roofs. Westbeth Artists Housing is owned by …

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Leasing Begins at The Riverie in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Neighborhood

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK CITY — Lendlease has launched pre-leasing at The Riverie, an 834-unit mixed-income development in the Greenpoint area of Brooklyn that fronts the East River. Thirty percent of the units are designated affordable, but specific rent caps were not disclosed. Designed by Marvel Architects, The Riverie includes a 37-story and a 20-story tower with a connected mid-rise podium. The property also includes approximately 13,000 square feet of retail space, as well as an 18,000-square-foot public waterfront esplanade connecting to the India Street Pier, which is served by the NYC …

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Capriotti Properties Acquires Historic Finger Lakes Portfolio

by Lynn Peisner

WATKINS GLEN AND MONTOUR FALLS, N.Y. — Capriotti Properties has acquired a three-property portfolio, including 32 apartments and five commercial spaces, in Watkins Glen and Montour Falls, two villages located three miles apart near the southern tip of Seneca Lake in Upstate New York. Nelson Development was the seller, and CBRE arranged the sale with a team led by Richard Gatto, Fahri Ozturk, Zach McHale and Matthew Loscalzo. The residential portfolio includes Montour House, The Flats on Broadway and Water Works Center, all situated within a six-minute drive of one …

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Marcus & Millichap Brokers $10.4 Million Sale of Upper East Side Property

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $10.4 million sale between two undisclosed parties of a 34-unit property on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Joe Koicim and Logan Markley represented the seller and procured the buyer. Built in 1920, the five-story building is located at 234-236 E. 88th St. in the Yorkville neighborhood. The unit mix includes studios and one-bedroom apartments with vintage architectural details and modern upgrades.

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Construction Wraps on Brooklyn Affordable Housing Development

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK CITY — Slate, RiseBoro and Goldman Sachs have completed 326 Rockaway Avenue, a 216-unit affordable housing development in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. One hundred thirty units are supportive housing for tenants who formerly were homeless, and the remaining units are available for households earning no more than 60 percent of area median income. Amenities at the community include an outdoor recreation area with play structures and landscaped areas, a community room, fitness center and children’s playroom.

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Fairstead, Invesco to Rehab Two New York Section 8 Properties

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK CITY — Fairstead and Invesco Real Estate will invest $20 million to renovate two affordable housing properties, Linden Apartments in Upper Manhattan and Locust Apartments in the Bronx. The joint venture team acquired the properties in 2021. All residences in the developments are protected by project-based Section 8 contracts that guarantee household rent caps at 50 percent of area median income. The Linden consists of 301 homes across 11 buildings while the Locust community is comprised of 409 homes across eight buildings. The two sites are part of …

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Barings Sells Manhattan High-Rise for $243.5 Million 

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK CITY — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $243.5 million sale of Riverbank, a 44-story community at 560 West 43rd St. in Manhattan’s Midtown West submarket. JLL represented the seller, Barings, and procured the buyer, an unnamed institutional investor for whom JLL also arranged a $128.3 million acquisition loan. Originally developed in the late 1980s as a condominium project, Riverbank’s 418 units are comprised of 43 studios, 270 one-bedrooms, 62 two-bedrooms and 43 three-bedrooms. The property features a parking garage and about 18,000 square feet of retail that …

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Sky Equity Group Secures $340 Million Loan to Complete Brooklyn Project

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK CITY — Affinius Capital has funded a $340 million loan for Sky Equity Group. The financing will be used to retire existing debt, complete construction and to pay expenses related to leasing 313 Bond in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. The loan was arranged by Henry Bodek of Galaxy Capital. The 603-unit, two-building property, still under construction, also has 51,600 square feet of retail space. The developer broke ground in 2023. Full completion is expected before the end of this year. 313 Bond will offer 149 studios, 313 …

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Merchants Bank Provides $60 Million for Queens Affordable Housing Preservation, Redevelopment

by Lynn Peisner

NEW YORK CITY — Merchants Bank has provided a loan totaling approximately $60 million for Tredway, a Manhattan-based affordable housing investment and development firm, to renovate and to preserve affordability at Ocean Park Apartments in the Queens’ neighborhood of Far Rockaway. Merchants Capital arranged the financing. Tredway acquired the asset earlier this year, at which time the company entered into a new regulatory agreement with New York’s Department of Housing Preservation & Development to rent stabilize the property and set rent caps for tenants earning no more than 60 to …

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