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	<title>The Commercial Observer &#187; Waterbridge Buys 360 Broadway For Over $22 Million</title>
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		<title>Waterbridge Buys 360 Broadway For Over $22 Million</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Waterbridge Capital is in contract to acquire 360 Broadway, an office building with ground floor retail space for over $22 million sources say.</strong></p>
<p>The building is part of a large portfolio of properties being sold by the <strong>Gindi family, owners of the department store chain Century 21</strong>.</p>
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<p><div id="attachment_237675" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 193px"><a href="http://www.commercialobserver.com/2012/08/waterbridge-buys-360-broadway-for-over-22-million/360-broadway-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-237675"><img class="size-full wp-image-237675" title="" src="http://nyocommercialobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/360-broadway1.jpg" alt="" width="183" height="275" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">360 Broadway</p></div></p>
<p><strong>Bob Knakal, chairman of the large brokerage company Massey Knakal</strong>, along with a sales team from his firm, is handling the disposition of the 26 buildings the Gindis are selling.</p>
<p>Mr. Knakal began marketing the properties in March, sending a letter to potential buyers that encouraged bidders for both individual assets, portions of the portfolio, or the entire bundle of buildings, <strong>which market sources have estimated is worth north of $200 million in total</strong>.</p>
<p>It appears from the sale, and the acquisition of another building in the group, 164-17 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, that, so far, the properties are receiving higher bids individually. <strong>164-17 Jamaica Avenue recently sold to a buyer names Avi Dishi for around $9 million</strong>.</p>
<p>Many of the buildings, which Massey Knakal dubbed the <strong>Century Portfolio</strong> in marketing literature released by the company, feature retail space with prominent frontage a source familiar with the buildings said - a component that played to the sensibilities of the Gindis who have been successful in the retail business.</p>
<p>Waterbridge has been an active investor in the market in recent years. In 2011, the company puchased about 110,000 square feet of 40 Broad Street, a building that houses a club and spa run by the Setai, for about $17 million, then flipped some of the space shortly afterward for a profit to the investment firm Declaration Management. More recently, the company has been focused on leasing a block of retail space it acquired on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg Brooklyn in the spring for about $66 million.</p>
<p>Mr. Knakal nor representatives at Waterbridge could be reached for comment.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Waterbridge Capital is in contract to acquire 360 Broadway, an office building with ground floor retail space for over $22 million sources say.</strong></p>
<p>The building is part of a large portfolio of properties being sold by the <strong>Gindi family, owners of the department store chain Century 21</strong>.</p>
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<p><div id="attachment_237675" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 193px"><a href="http://www.commercialobserver.com/2012/08/waterbridge-buys-360-broadway-for-over-22-million/360-broadway-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-237675"><img class="size-full wp-image-237675" title="" src="http://nyocommercialobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/360-broadway1.jpg" alt="" width="183" height="275" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">360 Broadway</p></div></p>
<p><strong>Bob Knakal, chairman of the large brokerage company Massey Knakal</strong>, along with a sales team from his firm, is handling the disposition of the 26 buildings the Gindis are selling.</p>
<p>Mr. Knakal began marketing the properties in March, sending a letter to potential buyers that encouraged bidders for both individual assets, portions of the portfolio, or the entire bundle of buildings, <strong>which market sources have estimated is worth north of $200 million in total</strong>.</p>
<p>It appears from the sale, and the acquisition of another building in the group, 164-17 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, that, so far, the properties are receiving higher bids individually. <strong>164-17 Jamaica Avenue recently sold to a buyer names Avi Dishi for around $9 million</strong>.</p>
<p>Many of the buildings, which Massey Knakal dubbed the <strong>Century Portfolio</strong> in marketing literature released by the company, feature retail space with prominent frontage a source familiar with the buildings said - a component that played to the sensibilities of the Gindis who have been successful in the retail business.</p>
<p>Waterbridge has been an active investor in the market in recent years. In 2011, the company puchased about 110,000 square feet of 40 Broad Street, a building that houses a club and spa run by the Setai, for about $17 million, then flipped some of the space shortly afterward for a profit to the investment firm Declaration Management. More recently, the company has been focused on leasing a block of retail space it acquired on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg Brooklyn in the spring for about $66 million.</p>
<p>Mr. Knakal nor representatives at Waterbridge could be reached for comment.</p>
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