There were 211 transactions totaling $407 million filed in New York City records in the 24 hours before 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
🏆 Residential: The top home sale to hit records was for a townhouse in Lenox Hill. Barry S. Friedberg, co-chairman of the Board of the New York Private Bank & Trust Company, sold a home at 134 East 71st Street for $16.7 million to a trust. Friedberg had owned the residence since 2002. The home spans about 7,600 square feet and has five bedrooms, an elevator, a rooftop terrace and a wine cellar. Sotheby’s International Realty’s Nikki Field and Dana Kirshenbaum had the listing, which went live in September with an asking price of $14.5 million.
🏆 Commercial: Hudson Yards had the top commercial sale recorded in New York City. San Francisco-based Shorenstein Investment Advisers and Dreamscape Cos. closed on the sale of an apartment tower known as Henry Wall at 509 West 38th Street for $129 million. The buyer was Denver-based Amstar Group. The building stands 33 stories tall and has 226 units. It was built in 2017.
📊 Residential: Veronique Bich, the ex-wife of Bruno Bich, whose father founded the Bic pen company, parted with a penthouse and a storage unit at 936 Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side for $13.8 million. The buyer was Dr. Sachin Shridharani, a plastic surgeon. The 3,800-square-foot co-op is a duplex with three bedrooms, 2,400 square feet of outdoor space and Central Park views. It went on the market in September 2024 for $17.5 million. Brown Harris Stevens’ Lisa Simonsen, Charles R. McDonald and Nadia Scott represented Bich.
📊 Residential: The Canadian embassy purchased three 1,600-square-foot condos at The Brooklyn Grove at 10 Nevins Street in Downtown Brooklyn for just voer $6.3 million. The units are sponsor units, and the project was developed by Adam America Real Estate, Slate Property Group and Vanke US. The Shemesh Team at Nest Seekers International is handling sales at the building.
📊 Commercial: Yeshiva Rambam offloaded its building at 3340 Kings Highway in the Marine Park section of Brooklyn for $10 million. The buyer was Yeshivat Lev Torah. The property spans more than 21,000 square feet and stands two stories tall. Yeshiva Rambam acquired the building in 2014 for $1.2 million.
By the Numbers: CRE activity ticked up in February. Will deals follow?
Commercial real estate activity hit a four-year high last month. Whether it signals a comeback or another false start is far less clear.
In February, CRE activity rose 7 percent month over month, according to an index from LightBox, a real estate data firm that tracks listings, environmental due diligence and lender-driven appraisals — a mix of signals that typically precede transactions.
The increase builds on a sharp rebound at the start of the year; activity jumped 28 percent in January and continued its rise in February. But more listings don’t necessarily mean more deals, and transaction volume across property types remains below normal.
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