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Hotel developer Sam Chang’s $164.5 million sale of a three-pack of hotels at 337, 339 and 343 West 39th Street in Times Square to Hersha Hospitality Trust was the largest commercial transaction to close in February, data from PropertyShark.com shows. The second largest was the $110 million sale by an affiliate of developer Heritage Partners at 415 Greenwich Street of three commercial and 31 residential units at the 66-unit condominium conversion project in Tribeca, to an affiliate of California-based real estate investment firm KBS Capital Advisors. The next two largest sales were commercial units. In the first, an affiliate of Avenue Capital Group sold four retail condo units at the 115-unit condo conversion Avonova at 219 West 81st Street to an affiliate of Madison Capital for $26.5 million. In the other, an affiliate of the developer World-Wide Group sold three retail condos at 255 East 74th Street to an affiliate of the Related Companies for $25 million. [more]

Ever wish you could live the lifestyle of your favorite television characters? If you’re a fan of Showtime you can — for a few hours. Metropolitan Home and Showtime Networks teamed up to create a multi-media show house (see images taken by The Real Deal’s Derek Zahedi above), transforming two penthouses at the Tribeca Summit condominiums at 415 Greenwich Street between Laight and Hubert streets into living homages to some of the premium cable channel’s most popular shows: “Californication,” “Dexter,” “Nurse Jackie,” “The Tudors,” “United State of Tara”and “Weeds.” The showcase aims to create buzz for the building, the shows and the nearly 20 designers who transformed the 14,000 square feet. The 10-story building has 66 units, with nine active listings, is being marketed by Prudential Douglas Elliman, and tours of the Showtime-themed penthouse run from Sept. 12 until Oct. 18. The Real Deal was on hand yesterday for a sneak peak at the rooms. TRD [more]