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James Nelson

Principal, Head of Tri-State Investment Sales
Avison Young
1166 6th Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10036
212.729.7140
917.362.1485
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James Nelson is a principal, head of tri-state investment sales at Avison Young. He was previously a partner at Massey Knakal Realty Services, the biggest investment-sales brokerage in New York City in number of deals.

One of the top brokers at the firm in terms of sales, Nelson has steered the trades of approximately 300 properties with a total value of more than $2.5 billion. Notable sales have included 435 10th Avenue, 30 West 21st Street, 200 East 11th Street, 625 Broadway and 100 Vandam Street. Notable clients have included the archdiocese of New York, Bank of America, the Bromley Companies, the Related Companies, Zeckendorf Development and Toll Brothers.

Nelson focuses primarily on the East Village, Greenwich Village and Noho; and is also involved in Massey Knakal's private equity real estate fund, MKRO I.

A Bethesda, MD native, Nelson earned an English degree from Colgate and now lives in Connecticut.

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  • Event Sales
  • Address 250 Church Street
  • Neighborhood Tribeca
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 237,000
  • Price $ 205,500,000
  • Publication Date 12/06/2019
  • Event Date 12/03/2019
  • Party 1 Norvin Properties
  • Party 1 Brokerage Avison Young
  • Party 1 Broker Vincent Carrega, Neil Helman, Charles Kingsley, Jon Epstein, James Nelson
  • Party 2 Columbia Property Trust, Normandy Real Estate Partners
  • Party 2 Brokerage Avison Young
  • Party 2 Broker Vincent Carrega, Neil Helman, Charles Kingsley, Jon Epstein, James Nelson
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The buyer secured the Tribeca property for $205.5 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 20 West 33rd Street
  • Neighborhood Garment District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 13,966
  • Price $ 12,499,570
  • Publication Date 09/27/2019
  • Event Date 09/25/2019
  • Party 1 60 Guilders, Carlyle Group
  • Party 1 Brokerage Avison Young
  • Party 1 Broker James Nelson, David Lawrence, Carter Lovejoy
  • Party 2 DKCOS Corp
  • Party 2 Brokerage Zelnik & Company
  • Party 2 Broker Rachel Kim
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The buyer secured office condominium inside the Garment District property for $12.5 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 64 University Place
  • Neighborhood Greenwich Village
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 25,000
  • Price $ 30,000,000
  • Publication Date 07/12/2019
  • Event Date 07/09/2019
  • Party 1 Bernard-Charles
  • Party 1 Brokerage Avison Young
  • Party 1 Broker James Nelson, Brandon Polakoff, Mitch Levine, Toku Saito
  • Party 2 Argo Real Estate, Bsafal
  • Party 2 Brokerage Quantierra
  • Party 2 Broker Ben Carlos Thypin
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The buyer acquired the Greenwich Village property for $30 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 29 Fifth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Greenwich Village
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Price $ 16,500,000
  • Publication Date 07/12/2019
  • Event Date 07/08/2019
  • Party 1 Morgan Holding Capital
  • Party 1 Brokerage Avison Young
  • Party 1 Broker James Nelson, Mitchell Levine, Brandon Polakoff, David Shalom
  • Party 2 HDH3.2
  • Party 2 Brokerage Hildreth Real Estate Advisors
  • Party 2 Broker David Shorenstein, Jason Breitstone
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The buyer purchased the Greenwich Village property for $16.5 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 351 East 74th Street
  • Neighborhood Upper East Side
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 16,975
  • Price $ 22,500,000
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The buyer secured the Upper East Side property for $22.5 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 1393 York Avenue
  • Neighborhood Upper East Side
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 112,500
  • Price $ 68,000,000
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The buyer purchased the Upper East Side property for $68 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 344 East 62nd Street
  • Neighborhood Upper East Side
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Price $ 35,500,000
  • Publication Date 03/02/2019
  • Event Date 02/26/2019
  • Party 1 William Koch, Shimmie Horn
  • Party 1 Brokerage Avison Young
  • Party 1 Broker James Nelson, Brandon Polakoff, Bradley Rothschild
  • Party 2 Beekman Estate
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The buyer secured the Upper East Side portfolio for $35.5 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 190 Prince Street
  • Neighborhood Soho
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 10,246
  • Price $ 19,000,000
  • Price per foot $ 1,195.00
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The buyer acquired the Soho property for $19 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 14 Second Avenue
  • Neighborhood East Village
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 15,042
  • Price $ 7,000,000
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The buyer bought the East Village property for $7 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 212 East 125th Street
  • Neighborhood East Harlem
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 15,450
  • Price $ 10,000,000
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The buyer purchased the East Harlem portfolio for $10 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 277 Lorimer Street
  • Neighborhood East Williamsburg
  • Borough Brooklyn
  • Square feet 329,000
  • Price $ 54,300,000
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The buyer secured the East Williamsburg property for $54.3 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 135 Bowery
  • Neighborhood Lower East Side
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 33,787
  • Price $ 48,000,000
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The buyer secured the Lower East Side portfolio for $48 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 420 Fifth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Garment District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 18,000
  • Price $ 18,000,000
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The college bought a full floor condo unit in the Garment District building for $18 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 420 Fifth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Garment District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 36,000
  • Price $ 36,000,000
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The Italian eyewear company bought two full floor condo units in the Garment District building for $36 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 42-31 Bell Boulevard
  • Neighborhood Bayside
  • Borough Queens
  • Square feet 8,000
  • Price $ 13,500,000
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The buyer acquird the 1-story building in Bayside for $13.5 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 42-31 Bell Boulevard
  • Neighborhood Bayside
  • Borough Queens
  • Square feet 8,000
  • Price $ 13,500,000
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The buyer acquird the 1-story building in Bayside for $13.5 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 222-224 West 21st Street
  • Neighborhood Chelsea
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 22,437
  • Price $ 29,500,000
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The multifamily asset sold for $29.5 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 407-409 East 70th Street
  • Neighborhood Upper East Side
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 15,000
  • Price $ 17,000,000
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The medical office building sold for $17 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 20 West Street
  • Neighborhood Chelsea
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 9,575
  • Price $ 5,500,000
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The retail condominium sold for $5.5 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 107 West 17th Street
  • Neighborhood Chelsea
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 4,658
  • Price $ 6,650,000
  • Price per foot $ 1,427.65
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The mix-use building sold for $6.65 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 1061, 1073, 1089 East 73rd Street
  • Neighborhood Bergen Beach
  • Borough Brooklyn
  • Square feet 168,000
  • Price $ 50,000,000
  • Price per foot $ 297.62
  • Publication Date 07/01/2016
  • Event Date 05/15/2016
  • Party 1 Mattone Group, Gartenstein Properties
  • Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
  • Party 1 Broker James Nelson, Aliaks Svetlakou, Mitchell Levine
  • Party 2 Hudson Companies
  • Party 2 Brokerage Hudson Real Estate Partners
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The portfolio sold for $50 million and included 1054, 1070 and 1086 Bergen Avenue.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 51 White Street
  • Neighborhood Tribeca
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 20,670
  • Price $ 22,000,000
  • Price per foot $ 1,064.34
  • Publication Date 06/01/2016
  • Event Date 05/18/2016
  • Party 1 R.A. Cohen & Associates
  • Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
  • Party 1 Broker James Nelson, Will Suarez, David Shalom
  • Party 2 51 White Street LLC
  • Party 2 Brokerage Vertex Realty Group
  • Party 2 Broker David Friedman
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The loft building sold for $22 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 1110 Oak Point Avenue
  • Neighborhood Hunts Point
  • Borough Bronx
  • Square feet 875,000
  • Price $ 24,000,000
  • Price per foot $ 27.43
  • Publication Date 06/01/2016
  • Event Date 05/18/2016
  • Party 1 Castle Oil Corporation
  • Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
  • Party 1 Broker James Nelson
  • Party 2 Pearl Realty Management
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The development site sold for $24 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 263-277 South 5th Street
  • Neighborhood Williamsburg
  • Borough Brooklyn
  • Square feet 230,000
  • Price $ 80,000,000
  • Price per foot $ 347.83
  • Publication Date 05/01/2016
  • Event Date 03/17/2016
  • Party 1 Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh
  • Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
  • Party 1 Broker James Nelson, Brendan Maddigan, Matt Nickerson
  • Party 2 Tavros Development Partners, Charney Construction and Development, 1 Oak Development
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The property sold for $80 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 123 Linden Boulevard
  • Neighborhood Flatbush
  • Borough Brooklyn
  • Square feet 33,145
  • Price $ 18,500,000
  • Price per foot $ 558.15
  • Publication Date 04/01/2016
  • Event Date 02/15/2016
  • Party 1 New York Congregational Center for Community Life
  • Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
  • Party 1 Broker James Nelson, Matt Nickerson
  • Party 2 123 Linden Holdings
  • Party 2 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
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The 4-story building sold for $18.5 million.
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Last month, investor Alf Naman brought a smaller parcel to market in the area at 532 West 20th Street. The site, with 27,500 square feet of development rights, has an asking price of $982 per square foot, according to James Nelson, a broker and partner at Massey Knakal, who is marketing it...