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Retail Condo Sells for $107M

NEW YORK CITY-A Spanish-owned real estate holding company makes its first acquisition here. An affiliate of Ponte Gadea shells out $107.5 million for a 38,000-sf retail condominium.

By Barbara Jarvie | Updated on September 26, 2005

NEW YORK CITY-An affiliate of Ponte Gadea SL acquired a 38,000-sf retail condominium space on 59th Street for $107.5 million. The seller was the UJA Federation of New York. It marks the Spanish-owned international real estate holding company’s first acquisition here.

The space is located on the ground, cellar, and second-floor levels of UJA-Federation’s headquarters building. The retail space is leased to Gap Inc., which next month will open new Banana Republic and Gap stores there to replace smaller stores that had been located at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue for more than 20 years.

“The current interest rate environment combined with high demand for retail properties, particularly in midtown Manhattan, makes this an excellent time to sell,” says Morris. W. Offit, president of UJA-Federation. As part of the process of renovating the building the amount of space that was devoted to retail use. “By selling the retail space, which comprises less than 15 percent of the total building, we were able to monetize the most valuable part of the building, thereby diversifying our investments.”

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