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Cerberus Capital Management has acquired a $1.3-billion loam book with heavy exposure to rent-regulated apartments in New York City, Bloomberg News reported. The seller was OceanFirst Financial Corp., which priced the loans at about 92 cents on the dollar. With about $736 million of the $1.3-billion portfolio tied…

Interior design firm Cynde Altheim Interiors is holding onto its third-floor lease at 149 West 36th Street. Cynde Altheim will maintain its 6,740-square-foot office space in the Frangene Company-owned building, located between Broadway and Seventh Avenue. The design firm, which operates under the name of Mark David…

Wholesale product company EXP Group has landed $47 million of permanent debt to refinance an industrial asset in northern New Jersey, Commercial Observer has learned. Citizens Bank provided the loan on the 300,015-square-foot logistics property at 2500 83rd Street in North Bergen, N.J. Ripco Real Estate arranged…
Welltower, an investment firm focused on senior and assisted living communities, reported continued balance sheet improvement in the second quarter of 2026. The real estate investment trust (REIT) announced a slew of acquisitions, such as the Amica Senior Lifestyles portfolio consisting of 38 communities for $1.91…

The neon lights continue to shine bright on Broadway for 60 Guilders and Sentry Realty. The partnership just snapped up 1441 Broadway, a 550,000-square-foot office tower in Midtown Manhattan, for approximately $240 million, Commercial Observer has learned. The estate of LH Charney was the seller. Newmark’s Adam…

Clayton Callander is the founder of FTL (Field Technologies), a diagnostic platform built to give commercial buildings something like a check-engine light, closing the service gap for the roughly 95% of properties that enterprise vendors like Honeywell and Siemens can’t economically reach. Before founding FTL,…

New York City’s office-to-residential conversion wave hit another snag less than a month after columns buckled during an apartment transformation project at the former Pfizer headquarters in Midtown. Construction was halted last week by New York City’s Department of Buildings (DOB) at 222 Broadway in the Financial…

NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $58 million loan for the refinancing of 1333 Broadway, a mixed-use property in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. Completed in April, the 20-story, 97,526-square-foot building houses 74 market-rate apartments, 32 affordable apartments and 29,000 square feet of commercial…
NEW YORK CITY — Howden has signed a 31,519-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The global insurance brokerage firm is taking space on the 53rd floor at One Five One, a 1.8 million-square-foot tower located at 151 W. 42nd St. Sheena Gohil, Bob Rosenthal and Jack Senske of Colliers represented Howden in…
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 14,000-square-foot office lease at 685 Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant, law firm Gallet Dreyer & Berkey LLP, will occupy the 28th floor of the 31-story tower, which recently underwent renovations. Garrett Varricchio, Mark Weiss and Michael Montesi…

Uniti, an agentic artificial intelligence platform for real estate property managers, is experiencing rapid growth in client demand and funding as proptech companies compete to solve large operators’ everyday workflow challenges. Founded in February 2024, the Manhattan-based startup has seen demand for its agentic…

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which was enacted earlier this month, promises to greatly impact U.S. real estate when it goes into effect in January. The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate passed the legislation — without President Donald Trump’s signature — with the intention of boosting…

YONKERS, N.Y. — Titan Real Estate Development has broken ground on Park Square Yonkers, a $185 million development at 1 Loehr Place in Yonkers. The seven-story project will feature a… The post Titan Real Estate Development Breaks Ground on $185M Park Square in Yonkers, New York appeared first on Multifamily &…

Northmarq’s New York Metro Debt + Equity team led by Robert Delitsky and Keith Braddish arranged the $15-million refinance of Atlantic Plaza Shopping Center. The 34,949-square-foot, multi-tenant anchored center is located at 102-20 Atlantic Avenue in the Ozone Park section of Queens. Northmarq arranged the…

Tidal Real Estate Partners is “waving” hello to the opportunity to convert a Savannah, Ga., multifamily building into a Margaritaville-branded hotel. The New York City development firm just sealed $113 million of bridge debt to recapitalize and repurpose the 2023-built Ann Street Lofts property into the 230-key…

An artificial intelligence-powered management platform designed to help law firms has signed an office lease on the Lower East Side, Commercial Observer has learned. AI platform Sandstone signed a five-year deal spanning 13,794 square feet on the entire third and fourth floors of East End Capital’s 141 East Houston…
For Dedeaux Properties, California’s infamously arduous development environment can be both a hurdle and a competitive advantage. CEO Brett Dedeaux spoke with Commercial Observer about why the firm sees Tejon Ranch as such a compelling alternative to Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire, as well as how the…

Real estate investment and development firm Grun Group has filed plans with the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) to bring a pair of 99-unit residential towers to the Bronx’s Woodlawn Heights neighborhood, records show. If approved, the first of the two new buildings will be at 4241 Webster Avenue and…

The office staff of London-based fashion label Manière De Voir is making the jump across the pond. The fashion brand has signed an 11,200-square-foot office lease at 599 Broadway in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood to open its first U.S. headquarters, Commercial Observer has learned. The move comes as the retailer…

Northlink Capital has secured $85 million of construction financing to develop a Miami Beach luxury condominium project, Commercial Observer has learned. Deutsche Bank provided the loan, which will refinance past debt and fund ground-up construction of the 12-story condo tower at 7200 Collins Avenue in Miami…

Alert the Queen, here come the corgis! OK, not exactly. Corgi Cafe, a 24/7 coffee shop from Corgi, an artificial intelligence-powered insurance company — no, really — is getting ready to open its first location in New York City, Commercial Observer can first report. The tenant, which will operate a round-the-clock…

It’s become fashionable in New York City commercial real estate to bash the state’s 485-x program, which provides tax incentives for new residential development in certain areas of the five boroughs in exchange for including affordable housing. The criticism revolves around 485-x’s higher construction wage…
The World Cup’s excitement may be over, but one of the most fascinating sports phenomena hasn’t been visible on fields or courts. A cadre of athletes has been channeling their professional star power to develop commercial real estate projects. And some of those ventures are happening in those athletes’ hometowns.…

A new golf club is being teed up for Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood. Gowanus Golf Club, a Brooklyn-based private indoor golf club chain, has leased approximately 6,000 square feet along the Dumbo waterfront at 215 Water Street, Commercial Observer has learned. The five-story mixed-use building between Bridge and Jay…

In the summer of 2023, Greatland Realty Partners and Barings acquired an approximately 515,000-square-foot office campus at 275 Grove Street in Newton, Mass., for $117.5 million. The property had last traded just three years earlier for $235 million. It was almost 40 percent vacant for the first time in its 25-year…
NEW YORK CITY — NormAI, which provides legal and compliance services, has signed a 64,313-square-foot office lease at One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. The space spans the entire 60th floor and part of the 61st floor. Scott Bogetti, James Wenk and Kirill Azovtsev of Savills represented NormAI in the lease…
NEW YORK CITY — Council Advisorshas renewed its 17,685-square-foot office headquarters lease in Midtown Manhattan. The consulting firm signed a 10-year extension for its space at 685 Third Avenue, a 651,000-square-foot, newly renovated building. Daniel Horowitz, Jeffrey Peck, Roi Shleifer, Jacob Stern and Max Mond…

Technology platform Genius AI, formerly known as GlossGenius, has undertaken a 13,754-square-foot headquarters expansion at ZG Capital Partners’ 838 Broadway, Commercial Observer has learned. The deal sees Genius AI’s footprint at 838 Broadway grow to 27,373 square feet, occupying the entire second and third…
The hit television series “Landman” stars Billy Bob Thornton as a West Texas oil executive who mines distant plains and deep oceans for the petroleum that powers modern life. If showrunner Taylor Sheridan is looking for a sequel, he won’t have far to turn. A new breed of businessmen termed “wildcatters” is shaking…

New York-based lender S3 Capital's nationwide expansion plans have brought it to Philadelphia.
Greystone provided $92M in Fannie Mae financing for three Section 8 communities in New York on behalf of Metropolitan Realty Group.

Cerberus buys $1.3 billion New York multifamily loan book at 92 cents on the dollar as regional banks accelerate exits from rent-regulated portfolios. The post Distressed Multifamily Debt Finds Buyers as Banks Exit New York Portfolios appeared first on Propmodo .

Greystone has provided a total of $91,851,000 in Fannie Mae loans to refinance and acquire three affordable housing communities located in New York. The financing was originated by senior managing director Eric Rosenstock and EVP Jeff Englund on behalf of Metropolitan Realty Group. The financing includes three…

The seesaw history of a West Palm Beach residential complex has a new chapter. A joint venture between the Kamson Corporation and Joel Gluck’s Scopus Property Management has closed on a $90 million acquisition of Ponte Verde at Palm Beach Lakes, Commercial Observer has learned. The 400-unit property was built in…
Waste Management has paid nearly $380 million for about 146 acres in Medley, Fla., where the Houston-based company will likely build another landfill, property records show. The land sits parallel to Route 27 at 9515 Northwest 95th Avenue near the Everglades national park. About half the site remains vacant while…
Carlyle Group and Haussmann Development have plans to partner on a 99-unit apartment complex in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. The two developers filed plans Thursday with the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) to bring a new 12-story mixed-use building to 566 Grand Avenue, near the corner of Grand…
Rexford Industrial Realty is dramatically accelerating its shift from being the most aggressive industrial buyer in Southern California into perhaps the region’s biggest seller. The Los Angeles-based real estate investment trust (REIT) has identified about $2 billion of “noncore assets” for disposition as it…

Developer Jeff Svitak has landed $34.25 million of bridge debt for a newly completed San Diego multifamily project, Commercial Observer has learned. Lightstone Capital originated the senior loan for Svitak’s Kaya Apartments development in San Diego’s Bankers Hill neighborhood. John Zubak, managing director and head…

New York City's largest office landlord is generating more cash than expected as companies clamor for a dwindling supply of premier Manhattan office space.

SYOSSET, N.Y. — A joint venture between Boston-based investment firm The Davis Cos. and operator GoodFriend Storage has acquired a 555-unit self-storage facility in the Long Island community of Syosset. The facility at 475 Underhill Blvd. comprises 40,344 net rentable square feet of space across two floors and 467…
NEW YORK CITY — Industrious has opened a 28,000-square-foot coworking space in Midtown Manhattan. The space spans the sixth and seventh floors of the 29-story building at 875 Third Ave. and features 226 office seats and 26 access seats. Members also have access to a range of onsite retail, fitness and culinary…

NEW YORK CITY — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has provided a $141.4 million bridge loan for the refinancing of Anagram Turtle Bay, a 194-unit apartment building located at 300 E. 50th St. in Manhattan. Designed by BKSK Architects, the 23-story building houses studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as…

Senior Living Transformation Company (SLTC) and Sabal Investment Holdings have secured $50 million to acquire and improve two senior living communities that specialize in assisted living and memory care: Daylesford Crossing in Paoli, Pa., and the Villages of Windcrest in Fredericksburg, Texas. Protective Life…

The life sciences boom isn’t finished yet. Gemdale USA has secured $90 million in mezzanine debt to refinance Aperture Del Mar, a 538,000-square-foot Class A life science campus that recently opened in San Diego, Calif. Tishman Speyer and Bellco Capital, through their Breakthrough Properties joint venture vehicle,…
As it approaches its first birthday, Nomura Securities’ commercial real estate lending platform has an extra reason to celebrate: It just sealed the largest sole-bank single-asset, single-borrower commercial mortgage-backed securities (SASB CMBS) deal in almost two years. The $719 million KELR 2026-MF deal is…
New York City is relying, in part, on more than 16,000 units planned via office-to-residential conversions to ease its enduring housing crisis. So, when the country’s largest conversion, sitting in the heart of Midtown, starts to buckle, it’s not taken lightly. The startling structural emergency at MetroLoft and…

Fashion Nova is expanding its Southern California logistics side with another industrial lease in Santa Fe Springs. The Los Angeles-based fast-fashion retailer signed a lease to take over the 132,888-square-foot warehouse at 12301 Hawkins Street, according to CoStar. It increases Fashion Nova’s warehouse footprint…
Todd Rosenberg’s Pebb Capital has purchased the Uno office building in South Beach, as boutique financial firms vie for outposts in Miami. The seven-story building features about 100,000 square feet of leasable space and 106 covered parking spots at 119 Washington Avenue, between First and Second streets, in the…
A private-label securitization closed by Systima Capital Management for a portfolio of nearly 1,300 subsided apartments underscores the potential for use of the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market in affordable housing deals. Systima closed the $153 million tax-exempt affordable housing bond deal…

Legora, a company that developed a collaborative artificial intelligence-driven workspace for the legal profession, has signed a new 10-year lease for 98,420 square feet — the entire 11th floor — at SL Green Realty’s 11 Madison Avenue. This brings the building to 100 percent occupancy. SL Green was represented by…

SL Green is reaping the rewards of a resurgent New York City office market. “It might be the dead of summer, but our team is, of course, hard at work — this is truly when we shine the brightest, are completely dialed in on our business plan, and outwork the marketing,” said CEO Marc Holliday, […]

New York City apartment developers are building fewer studio apartments as they seek to make an unpopular housing incentive work for their projects.

An 865,000-square-foot tower along Bryant Park is looking for a new owner. The office tower at 10 Bryant Park, also known as HSBC Tower, is seeking more than $800 million, sources familiar with the plans told Bloomberg. Newmark’s prolific deal-making team, made up of Adam Spies, Adam Doneger and Avery Silverstein,…
Metropolitan Realty Group has sealed $46.8 million of agency debt for the acquisition and refinancing of a Long Island affordable housing complex, Commercial Observer has learned. Greystone provided the nonrecourse, fixed-rate Fannie Mae-backed loan on the developer’s Pine Town Houses Section 8 garden-style…

ABILENE, TEXAS — New York City-based Dwight Capital has provided a $66 million HUD-insured construction loan for The Lariat at Abilene, a 312-unit multifamily project in West Texas. Situated on 13 acres, the garden-style property will comprise 13 three-story buildings that will house 186 one-bedroom units and 126…

SLINGERLANDS, N.Y. — Regional brokerage firm Adirondack Capital Parters (ACP) has negotiated the sale of Meadowbrook Apartments, a 98-unit building in Slingerlands, about 10 miles west of Albany. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units with private balconies/patios and amenities such as an outdoor pool,…

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. — Locally based brokerage firm Jacobson Properties has arranged the $13 million sale of a 38,913-square-foot medical office building located at 8324 Oswego Road in Liverpool, part of the Syracuse metro area. Lisa Menin of Jacobson Properties represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and…
NEW YORK CITY — Corporate Suites has signed a 13-year, 34,857-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The provider of flexible workspace solutions will occupy the entire 18th and 19th floors of the 22-story building at 16 E. 34th St. David Rosenbloom and Matthew Etlinger of Cushman & Wakefield represented…

Empire State Realty Trust is parting ways with its mixed-use building at 1359 Broadway and marketing it for sale, sources familiar with the move told Commercial Observer. The property is expected to fetch around $225 million, with the winning buyer owning the fee simple interest in the 486,000-square-foot, 22-story…
Blackstone’s growth continued unabated in the first half of 2026, as the firm leveraged its enormous data center and AI platform to report strong shareholder returns. In the second quarter, the firm delivered more than 20 percent year-over-year growth across total revenues, fee revenues, fee-related earnings, net…