News: Brokerage

Ezratty and Ellard of EC complete 12-year lease for parking garage

Eastern Consolidated has arranged a 12-year lease valued at $20 million for the below ground bi-level parking garage within Carnegie Towers, a 172-unit, 38-story mixed-use cooperative residence located on East 87th St. between Park and Lexington Aves. Eastern Consolidated's Brian Ezratty, vice chairman with analyst Scott Ellard represented the lessor, 115 East 87th St. Cooperative, as well as procured the lessee, Central Parking Systems led by Hector Chevalier and Ralph Bonin. "The exceptionally well-located garage, in the heart of the Upper East Side's bustling Carnegie Hill neighborhood, currently allows for 198 spaces, and is filled with both monthly and transient parkers," said Ezratty. One-third of the 436,000 s/f co-op (140,000 s/f) above the garage is occupied by the Robert F. Kennedy School. Ezratty had previously handled the lease 10 years ago for the cooperative and was again tapped to run the RFP process. The attorneys were James Spitzer, Esq., Holland & Knight who acted for the lessor and Hank Abbot, Esq., who negotiated in-house for Central Parking Systems.
READ ON THE GO
DIGITAL EDITIONS
Subscribe
Columns and Thought Leadership
AI comes to public relations, but be cautious, experts say - by Harry Zlokower

AI comes to public relations, but be cautious, experts say - by Harry Zlokower

Last month Bisnow scheduled the New York AI & Technology cocktail event on commercial real estate, moderated by Tal Kerret, president, Silverstein Properties, and including tech officers from Rudin Management, Silverstein Properties, structural engineering company Thornton Tomasetti and the founder of Overlay Capital Build,
Strategic pause - by Shallini Mehra and Chirag Doshi

Strategic pause - by Shallini Mehra and Chirag Doshi

Many investors are in a period of strategic pause as New York City’s mayoral race approaches. A major inflection point came with the Democratic primary victory of Zohran Mamdani, a staunch tenant advocate, with a progressive housing platform which supports rent freezes for rent
Lasting effects of eminent domain on commercial development - by Sebastian Jablonski

Lasting effects of eminent domain on commercial development - by Sebastian Jablonski

The state has the authority to seize all or part of privately owned commercial real estate for public use by the power of eminent domain. Although the state is constitutionally required to provide just compensation to the property owner, it frequently fails to account
Behind the post: Why reels, stories, and shorts work for CRE (and how to use them) - by Kimberly Zar Bloorian

Behind the post: Why reels, stories, and shorts work for CRE (and how to use them) - by Kimberly Zar Bloorian

Let’s be real: if you’re still only posting photos of properties, you’re missing out. Reels, Stories, and Shorts are where attention lives, and in commercial real estate, attention is currency.