Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp.

• September 2023 New York New Developments
• Major Developments: Blackstone and Hudson Pacific Properties are joining with Vornado to build a new film studio on Manhattan’s West Side. Dubbed Sunset Pier 94 Studios, the project would be developed as a public-private partnership with New York City Economic Development Corp. The total investment from the three publicly traded firms will be about $350 million. The campus would span 266,000 SF with six soundstages. The development would feature a 1,850 SF amenity space, 25,000 SF of waterfront open space. Vornado has the long-term leasehold on Pier 94 and is providing the lease to the joint venture, in which it …
  
  
• September 2023 New York Buildings For Sale
• Buildings for Sale: Vornado weighs sale of Farley building in quest for liquidity. The Farley Building which Vornado and Related Cos redeveloped from a former U.S. Post Office was leased to Meta Platforms, Facebook's parent company, in 2020 in a 730,000 SF, 15-year deal that was a bright light for the market during the worst of the pandemic. The Metropolitan College of New York is looking to sell two of its floors at an office building at 60 West Street. Metropolitan College has struggled since the pandemic, feeling a sizable drop in enrollment. Buildings Sold: Capital One is selling a …
  
  
• April 2022 New York New Developments
• Major Developments A New York state bill would change disclosure rules for limited liability companies, requiring them to disclose “beneficial owners,” defined as those who have a membership interest in the LLC on the LLC’s annual tax returns, and that the Department of State assign each beneficial owner an identification number that would appear in a database along with the LLCs tied to that person. City Council Committee revealed an influx of filings for eviction and the moratorium was lifted, threatening to overwhelm legal aid providers. The flood of eviction cases could swamp the court system. Courts have turned to …
  
  
• August 2021 New York New Developments
• Major Developments: Life science labs are being converted from offices. 20% of laboratory spaces being constructed are office conversions, but come with issues such as additional electricity and water, loading zones and specific interior spaces and some spaces require special ventilation. The warehouse boom is still going strong. From January through May, first-year base rents on industrial leases of a year or more rose by 9.7% year-over-year. Large warehouses have seen even sharper rent growth of 13.2% for leases of 500,000 square feet or more and 11.6% for those between 100,000 and 499,999. Nearly 100 million square feet of commercial …
  
  
• March 2021 New York New Developments
• New York New Developments New York’s moratorium on commercial evictions and foreclosures and a bill to replace it has hit a roadblock. The current ban from March 2020 moratorium on commercial evictions and foreclosures, which he has repeatedly extended. The latest extension, through a Jan. 23 executive order, prevents those actions from taking place until Feb. 22. But Cuomo has yet to take action on legislation that would make the ban semi-permanent. The state Senate proposed a bipartisan commission to review Cuomo’s orders, and Assembly Democrats have also called for the revocation of those powers. The rate of positive Covid …
  
  
• January 2020 New York Commercial Real Estate Market Report
• The office leasing scene maintained momentum with just under 2.2 million square feet of deals in the ten largest leases. Facebook’s 1.5 million-square-foot lease at Hudson Yards accounted for more than half of that total. Facebook signed a lease at 30, 50 & 55 Hudson Yards for 1,500,000 square feet. The landlord is Related Companies. Dentsu Aegis Network signed a 15-year lease at 341 Ninth Avenue for 320,000 square feet. The landlord is Tishman Speyer. Morgan Stanley signed a new deal to expand its existing lease at 1 New York Plaza for 90,000 square feet. The landlord is Brookfield. New …
  
  
• June 2019 New York Buildings For Sale
• Buildings Sold: RFR Realty sold 345 Park Avenue South to Deerfield, a medical fund manager that oversees $8 billion in assets, who secured a five-year $525 million loan for the acquisition and a conversion of the building to a medical lab. The sale price for the 12 story building was not disclosed. Alduwaliya Asset Management is acquiring the 17-story, 142 West 36th Street and 10-story, 234 West 39th Street for $140 million. The buildings span 119,203 square feet and 91,943 square feet respectively, were sold by Tod Waterman and USAA, who paid $118 million for the properties in 2015. RXR’s …
  
  
• July 2016: New York Buildings For Sale
• New York Buildings sold Harry Macklowe and Qatari investment bank QInvest closed on a deal to buy 432 Park Avenue's retail space for $411.1 million. CIM Group is developing the 1,396-foot condo tower in partnership with Macklowe the seller. The cube will include 6,600 square feet of retail space and will be connected to 20,000 square feet of retail space in the tower itself through a 30,000-square-foot underground concourse. Global Holdings is in contract to buy 1250 Broadway, an office tower owned by Jamestown and Murray Hill Properties, for $565 million. 1250 Broadway is a 39-story, 721,000-square-foot tower. The contract …
  
  
• June 2013: NYC Buildings For Sale
• NYC Buildings For Sale Hines is selling off two Midtown office properties at 499 Park Avenue and 425 Lexington Avenue for a combined price of more than $1 billion. JPMorgan Asset Management will pay $750 million for 425 Lexington.Quinlan Development Group will pay $4 million for air-rights from God’s Love We Deliver and intends to build a 14-story residential condominium project. The charity wants to sell the development rights to raise funds for a $26 million expansion at 166 Sixth Avenue, at Spring Street.Verizon is planning on selling or leasing around half the space inside its 31-story headquarters. The company …
  
  
• May 2008 New York Buildings For Sale
• 650 Madison Avenue, a 27-story, 600,000 RSF office building, was sold to Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. for $695 million. 1250 Broadway, a 39-story, 670,000 RSF office building, was sold to Murray Hill Properties for $310 million. 100 Fifth Avenue, a 19-story, 240,000 RSF office building, was sold to Rock New York (100-104 Fifth Avenue) LLC for $152 million. 100-104 Fifth Avenue, a 20-story, 270,000 RSF office building, was sold to Rock Investments for $150 million. 370 Canal Street, a 20-story hotel, 360 rooms total, was sold to Magna Hospitality Group for $83 million. 8 Gramercy Park South and 141 East 33rd …