ICER Properties Picks Up 9 Upper Manhattan Properties for $31M

ICER Properties, led by Joseph Jemal, paid $30.5M for nine multifamily properties in Hamilton Heights, Bisnow has learned.

The nine rent-stabilized properties span 91K SF and feature 107 units. The seller was an LLC registered to Marlena Demenus of Sky Lake Partners, according to brokerage RM Friedland, which arranged the sale.

The price works out to be about $330 per SF and $285K per unit.

“This was the first sale for these family-owned properties in nearly 30 years, and we were thrilled with the reception,” RM Friedland Senior Vice President Marco Lala, who led the team on the deal, said in a statement. “The portfolio was listed and under contract within two weeks, with 10 offers within 72 hours. This is a true testament to the uniqueness of the properties and the interest in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood.”

The properties include 606, 610 and 614 and 622 St. Nicholas Ave. and 129, 133, 135, 137 and 139 Edgecombe Ave.

“We are excited to expand the portfolio and we look forward to more opportunities in the neighborhood,” an ICER spokesperson told Bisnow.

Multifamily sales in the city slowed in the first quarter, and uncertainty around rent regulations has impacted the market.

The number of deals for residential rental buildings in the first quarter of this year was 127, according to data from B6 Real Estate Advisors, which is nearly half the number of deals during the same time period last year. Sales dollar volume dropped from $2.3B down to $1.3B, a decrease of 43%, according to B6.

CORRECTION, JUNE 5, 5 P.M. ET: An LLC registered to Marlena Demenus sold the portfolio to ICER Properties, where Joseph Jemal is a principal, for $30.5M. An earlier version of this story misstated the price and names of the people involved in the transaction. This story has been updated.