According to The Real Deal, the Falchi Building is about to be sold for $255 million, more than triple the $81 million paid back in 2012 by current seller Jamestown Properties. Upon purchasing the building, located near the 33rd St. 7-train station (and two blocks from City Ice Pavilion), Jamestown converted it from the old-LIC mode – storage/distribution, to office space. They were the first to do it in LIC, and subsequently numerous others have followed suit.
Evan Daniel, who heads Modern Spaces commercial & investment property group, has heard from sources that Jamestown spent between $13-$15 million in capital improvements to bring the building up to date. Even including those costs, Jamestown’s timing and vision were pretty extraordinary. Daniel estimates the cap rate on the sale to be an incredibly low 4%, but notes the buyer should get some upside when leases turn over as many of them were struck when the commercial rental pricing in the area was 25% lower. Though we’ve marveled at the growth in the commercial sector recently, all we can say about this transaction is yowza!
Savanna Nears Deal to Buy Falchi Building for $255 Million – yowza!
What Are the Best High Schools in Queens? – U.S. News and World Report on Monday released its list of the top 50 high schools in New York City. Eleven in Queens made the list, and the top selection in Queens is in LIC. Of course just like Playboy’s top-10 list of college party-schools, the criteria are subjective
Roosevelt Island: NYC’s Next Start-Up Hub? – “The university sees the campus as a springboard to expand Silicon Alley from lower Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn into Long Island City and western Queens.
“Tech companies incubated by Cornell Tech will need affordable space for offices, exhibit areas, and light manufacturing,” said Winters. “We see western Queens—with its abundance of space, relatively low rents, and excellent access to Manhattan—as an ideal landing spot for startups that already have an increasingly vibrant life/work culture.””
Hunters Point Library Extensive Photo Session – lotsa detailed recent pics of the inside by a website called Field Condition
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