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Co-op owners unite to sell Brooklyn Heights building

Property, once commercial, now marketed as development site for condos

From left: <a class="lavamap_link" style="text-decoration: none !important; color: inherit; box-shadow:none !important; pointer-events: none; cursor: default;" href="https://lavamap.com/property/161-Remsen-Street-Brooklyn-NY-11201/3002500014-0" target="_blank" data-address="161%20Remsen%20Street%2C%20Brooklyn" data-label="159-161%20Remsen%20Street" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Flavamap.com%2Fproperty%2F161-Remsen-Street-Brooklyn-NY-11201%2F3002500014-0" data-bbl="3002500014" data-blockValue="00250" data-lotValue="0014" data-zipcode="11201" data-bldgArea="20%2C570" data-bldgDepth="55" data-bldgFront="45" data-landUse="Multifamily%20elevator%20buildings" data-lotArea="4%2C500" data-lotFront="45" data-lotDepth="100" data-retailArea="3%2C570" data-resArea="17%2C000" data-officeArea="0" data-garageArea="0" data-strgeArea="0" data-factryArea="0" data-otherArea="0" data-bldgClass="D4" data-primaryZoning="C5-2A" data-commercialOverlay="" data-far="10" data-buildable="45%2C000" data-airRights="24%2C435" data-propertyNeighborhood="Brooklyn%20Heights" data-latitude="40.6935881388389" data-longitude="-73.991833288718" data-moreList="%5B%7B%22icon%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fcdn.lavamap.com%5C%2Fwp-lavamap-link%5C%2Fpublic%5C%2Fimg%5C%2FviewOnMap.svg%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Flavamap.com%5C%2Fproperty%5C%2F161-Remsen-Street-Brooklyn-NY-11201%5C%2F3002500014-0%22%2C%22urlLabel%22%3A%22View%20on%20LavaMap%22%7D%2C%7B%22icon%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fcdn.lavamap.com%5C%2Fwp-lavamap-link%5C%2Fpublic%5C%2Fimg%5C%2Fownership.svg%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Flavamap.com%5C%2Fproperty%5C%2F161-Remsen-Street-Brooklyn-NY-11201%5C%2F3002500014-1%22%2C%22urlLabel%22%3A%22View%20Ownership%20on%20LavaMap%22%7D%2C%7B%22icon%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fcdn.lavamap.com%5C%2Fwp-lavamap-link%5C%2Fpublic%5C%2Fimg%5C%2FleaseComps.svg%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Ftherealdeal.com%5C%2Fnew-research%22%2C%22urlLabel%22%3A%22TRData%22%7D%5D" data-articleList="%5B%5D" rel="noopener">159-161 Remsen Street</a> in Brooklyn Heights, proposed rendering (credit: Palette), Francis Greenburger (credit: Jason Malihan Photography) and Matthew Rosenzweig

From left: 159-161 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights, proposed rendering (credit: Palette), Francis Greenburger (credit: Jason Malihan Photography) and Matthew Rosenzweig

The co-op board for a seven-story Brooklyn Heights building developed by Francis Greenburger’s Time Equities is putting the property on the market for $30 million, The Real Deal has learned.

The 20-unit, 20,000-square-foot property at 159-161 Remsen Street, between Clinton and Court streets, has not changed hands since it was converted in 1982. The project marked the first time that Time Equities had converted a vacant commercial building into a residential co-op.

Matthew Rosenzweig, who handles Brooklyn investment sales at Marcus & Millichap, is marketing the building as a possible development site for condominiums. A developer would have to demolish the existing structure to take full advantage of the 45,000 buildable square feet and 185-foot height limit.

The act of co-op board members banding together to sell the building is far from a regular occurrence. Last year, the co-op owners of 303 East 37th Street in Murray Hill and 61-63 Crosby Street in Soho put their buildings on sale, with Massey Knakal Realty Services (now Cushman & Wakefield) and Eastern Consolidated as the respective brokers, as previously reported.

“It is a highly unusual set of circumstances for co-op owners in a building to want to release their occupancy and move on,” Rosenzweig told TRD.

There is currently a discount clothing store and a vacant former home of Kaffe Deli Market Place on the ground floor.

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Co-op owners unite to sell Brooklyn Heights building

Property, once commercial, now marketed as development site for condos

From left: <a class="lavamap_link" style="text-decoration: none !important; color: inherit; box-shadow:none !important; pointer-events: none; cursor: default;" href="https://lavamap.com/property/161-Remsen-Street-Brooklyn-NY-11201/3002500014-0" target="_blank" data-address="161%20Remsen%20Street%2C%20Brooklyn" data-label="159-161%20Remsen%20Street" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Flavamap.com%2Fproperty%2F161-Remsen-Street-Brooklyn-NY-11201%2F3002500014-0" data-bbl="3002500014" data-blockValue="00250" data-lotValue="0014" data-zipcode="11201" data-bldgArea="20%2C570" data-bldgDepth="55" data-bldgFront="45" data-landUse="Multifamily%20elevator%20buildings" data-lotArea="4%2C500" data-lotFront="45" data-lotDepth="100" data-retailArea="3%2C570" data-resArea="17%2C000" data-officeArea="0" data-garageArea="0" data-strgeArea="0" data-factryArea="0" data-otherArea="0" data-bldgClass="D4" data-primaryZoning="C5-2A" data-commercialOverlay="" data-far="10" data-buildable="45%2C000" data-airRights="24%2C435" data-propertyNeighborhood="Brooklyn%20Heights" data-latitude="40.6935881388389" data-longitude="-73.991833288718" data-moreList="%5B%7B%22icon%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fcdn.lavamap.com%5C%2Fwp-lavamap-link%5C%2Fpublic%5C%2Fimg%5C%2FviewOnMap.svg%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Flavamap.com%5C%2Fproperty%5C%2F161-Remsen-Street-Brooklyn-NY-11201%5C%2F3002500014-0%22%2C%22urlLabel%22%3A%22View%20on%20LavaMap%22%7D%2C%7B%22icon%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fcdn.lavamap.com%5C%2Fwp-lavamap-link%5C%2Fpublic%5C%2Fimg%5C%2Fownership.svg%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Flavamap.com%5C%2Fproperty%5C%2F161-Remsen-Street-Brooklyn-NY-11201%5C%2F3002500014-1%22%2C%22urlLabel%22%3A%22View%20Ownership%20on%20LavaMap%22%7D%2C%7B%22icon%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fcdn.lavamap.com%5C%2Fwp-lavamap-link%5C%2Fpublic%5C%2Fimg%5C%2FleaseComps.svg%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Ftherealdeal.com%5C%2Fnew-research%22%2C%22urlLabel%22%3A%22TRData%22%7D%5D" data-articleList="%5B%5D" rel="noopener">159-161 Remsen Street</a> in Brooklyn Heights, proposed rendering (credit: Palette), Francis Greenburger (credit: Jason Malihan Photography) and Matthew Rosenzweig

From left: 159-161 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights, proposed rendering (credit: Palette), Francis Greenburger (credit: Jason Malihan Photography) and Matthew Rosenzweig

The co-op board for a seven-story Brooklyn Heights building developed by Francis Greenburger’s Time Equities is putting the property on the market for $30 million, The Real Deal has learned.

The 20-unit, 20,000-square-foot property at 159-161 Remsen Street, between Clinton and Court streets, has not changed hands since it was converted in 1982. The project marked the first time that Time Equities had converted a vacant commercial building into a residential co-op.

Matthew Rosenzweig, who handles Brooklyn investment sales at Marcus & Millichap, is marketing the building as a possible development site for condominiums. A developer would have to demolish the existing structure to take full advantage of the 45,000 buildable square feet and 185-foot height limit.

The act of co-op board members banding together to sell the building is far from a regular occurrence. Last year, the co-op owners of 303 East 37th Street in Murray Hill and 61-63 Crosby Street in Soho put their buildings on sale, with Massey Knakal Realty Services (now Cushman & Wakefield) and Eastern Consolidated as the respective brokers, as previously reported.

“It is a highly unusual set of circumstances for co-op owners in a building to want to release their occupancy and move on,” Rosenzweig told TRD.

There is currently a discount clothing store and a vacant former home of Kaffe Deli Market Place on the ground floor.

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