NEW YORK, NY – January 29, 2018 – Ariel Property Advisors arranged the sale of a development site package in the highly sought-after and up-and-coming Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush. The assets, located at 94 and 100 Lenox Road, sold for a collective $9.95 million, or $218 per buildable square foot, a record high for the area.

Bidding activity for the 45,500 buildable square foot property package was robust, due largely to last spring’s reinstatement of a popular developer tax incentive. The program, called “Affordable New York”, has electrified activity in the region, causing prices to jump on these assets. The program establishes an Area Median Income requirement and offers full property-tax exemption for as long as 35 years.

Alexander McGee, Shimon Shkury, Sean R. Kelly Esq., and Daniel Tropp, facilitated the sale of the transaction for the buyer and sellers.

Zoned R7A, 100 Lenox Road allows for residential development, with the property boasting frontage spanning 44’ on Lenox Road and 125’ on Bedford Avenue. The 100 Lenox Road site was delivered with building plans of a seven-story (7), thirty-one (31) unit apartment building with condominium finishes and amenity space.

“We implemented a competitive marketing strategy, creating extreme competition for this asset, which benefits from a lucrative tax incentive and the fact that it was one of the largest remaining development opportunities in close proximity to Prospect Park,” said Alexander McGee, Director at Ariel Property Advisors.

The buildings are located on the Flatbush and Prospect Lefferts Garden border, a location that positions the new buyer to take full advantage of the emerging neighborhood. In the vicinity are a host of new multifamily developments, most notably Hudson Companies’ 170-unit, 65,000 square foot rental building on Clarkson Avenue.

The property also boasts easy access to Midtown Manhattan, with the Q, 2 and 5 trains just steps away.