New Canaan, CT An affiliate of Besen Partners, LLC, a New York-based full-service real estate advisory firm, has leased 258 Elm St. to Bankwell Financial Group. Bankwell signed a 10-year lease for the entirety of the 30,000 s/f office building, which will serve as the group’s headquarters. Its award-winning subsidiary, Bankwell Bank, is considered one of the state’s leading banking institutions, with 12 branches throughout Fairfield and New Haven counties.
Built in 1900, this five-story, 9,102-square-foot building in Brooklyn Heights contains 10 two-bedroom apartments and a basement studio. Nine of the apartments are vacant. The building had been in the previous owner’s hands for decades.
Paterson, NJ - Besen Partners is pleased to announce the sale of 217-297 Getty Avenue (the “Property”), a 3-story 764,364± SF multi-tenant warehouse/industrial building complex built on a 16.6 acre lot located in Passaic County between Madison Avenue and Thomas Street in the Lake View/South Paterson neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.
Congratulations to Angela Ortiz, Hilly Soleiman and Danielle Lacko on being selected as NYREJ 2019 Women in Real Estate. Angela Ortiz Read More Hilly Soleiman Read More Danielle Lacko Read...
I chose Commercial Real Estate brokerage because I’m inherently competitive and don’t like to lose. My grandfather was a major competitor that had a winner’s mindset, so observing his lifestyle influenced my choices.
All of my current projects involve hotels that have been destabilized by the pandemic, working to create and uncover value that can help restore and reorganize the capital stack from debt to equity for both owners and investors.
According to Spur House Partners the firm has completed the $7 million off-market sale of 166 First Ave., a five-story walk-up between East 10th and 11th Sts. in the East Village. Shlomo Gelernter of Spur House Partners represented the buyer, Drew Popkin of Highpoint Property Group; and Jay Bernstein of Besen Partners represented the seller, 166 1st Avenue Realty Group. The 6,695 s/f building that was...
Everything is bigger in Texas — including the hotel rooms! MCR — the country’s 4th-largest hotel owner-operator — has acquired the 168-room Aloft Houston Downtown, a modern, 11-story hotel located in Houston. This is the company’s 38th hotel in the Lone Star State. The Aloft’s location is a huge draw: The hotel is just a five-minute drive from the George R. Brown Convention Center (the...
Besen Partners completed the sale of 147 Duane Street in TriBeCa for $7,100,000. Ron Cohen and Jay Bernstein represented the seller, and Anna Ji of Kian Realty procured the purchaser. The property is a 5-story mixed use elevator building containing four free market apartments and 1,000 s/f of retail on the ground floor. The 6,200 s/f building is 25 ft. wide and has a usable basement. The apartments...
Besen Partners has completed the sale of 3137 Fulton St., a two-story, 3,368 s/f mixed-use building with two apartments and a store. The subject is located in the Cypress Hills neighborhood. Besen Partners exclusively represented the seller and procured the purchaser in this transaction. The sale was handled by Ron Cohen and Jay Bernstein. The property sold for $1.035 million, which translates to a 6.1%...