Proposed office building sale will shatter records [New York City]

Proposed office building sale will shatter records [New York City] The owner of two of four buildings in a Harrison office park plans to spend $35.3 million — a record-breaking $219 per square foot — to acquire one of the adjacent properties. In a deal born as much by necessity as desire, Heritage Realty Services …

Real estate firms tally up heady sales as outlook dims [Central Florida]

Real estate firms tally up heady sales as outlook dims [Central Florida] Last year may have been the pinnacle — it’s clear real estate markets are slowing — but Central Florida companies sure made hay while the sun was up. CB Richard Ellis’ Florida Multi-Housing Team handled $5.2 billion in apartment sales last year. The …

Metcalf tower in Orlando is for sale [Central Florida]

Metcalf tower in Orlando is for sale [Central Florida] One of downtown Orlando’s earliest “skyscrapers” — the 10-story Metcalf Building — is on the sales block for $12 million. The owners are developer Cameron Kuhn and the four shareholders of the Alvarez, Sambol, Winthrop & Madson law firm, who bought the property at 100 S. …

Hotel to go back up for sale [Farmingdale, NJ]

Hotel to go back up for sale [Farmingdale, NJ] The 19th-century American Hotel, East Main Street, which operated as a banquet facility and restaurant for years before it was closed at the end of 2003, will be put on the auction block for a second time on March 23 at 1 p.m. The auction will …

East Sarasota parcel sells for $132,500 per acre

East Sarasota parcel sells for $132,500 per acre In a rare handshake deal, Indiana investor J.Z. Morris sold 20 acres east of Interstate 75 for $2.65 million. That comes to $132,500 per acre, a record price for residential land in that part of Sarasota County. “It went on the market in April 2004,” said David …

Blumberg fund to sell Brickell office tower

Blumberg fund to sell Brickell office tower An investment fund run by prominent real estate investor Philip Blumberg, who is facing drug possession charges, is selling a 15-story office tower on Brickell Avenue for more than $60 million, part of the fund’s strategy to take profits amid the hot commercial real estate market. American Ventures …