Hakim buys majority stake in High Line development for $44M

Tavros Capital sells 80 percent interest in the five-story rental property

537 West 27th Street and Kamran Hakim
537 West 27th Street and Kamran Hakim

The Hakim Organization bought an 80 percent equity stake in luxury rental High Line 537 for $44.2 million.

The five-story property at 537 West 27th Street includes 28 apartments across 47,000 square feet, according to the New York Post. Owner Tavros Capital sold the stake.

Event space Skylight Modern occupies 2,200 square feet on the ground floor of the building.

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Hakim, together with Kevin Maloney’s Property Markets Group, is looking to develop a skyscraper in Long Island City that could become the tallest structure outside of Manhattan.

Eastern Consolidated’s Brian Ezratty and Ross Weiner represented Tavros and the firm’s Azita Aghravi represented Hakim. [NYP, 2nd] — Claire Moses