Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sales of five properties in Brooklyn and Manhattan totaling $13.5 million. The transactions include the following: 
   • 729 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. A four-story multifamily building in Bedford-Stuyvesant sold for $5.05 million. Director Dov Chein arranged the transaction with director Benjamin Vago and founding partner Victor Sozio. 
   • 188 Cooper St., Brooklyn. A newly constructed luxury multifamily building in Bushwick sold for $3.55 million. Directors Chein and Matthew Gillis managed the transaction. 
   • 344 Lorimer St., Brooklyn. This development site offering 6,698 buildable square feet in Williamsburg sold for $2.175 million. Director Benjamin Vago facilitated the transaction along with partner Sean Kelly and president and founder Shimon Shkury. 
   • 158 W. 23rd St., #1C, Manhattan. Director Howard Raber and  Shkury managed the $1.5-million sale of this vacant, turnkey, 1,831-square-foot retail condo. 

   • 193 34th Street, Brooklyn. A 4,320-square-foot former church in Greenwood Heights sold for $1.22 million. Kelly arranged the transaction with director Stephen Vorvolakos and associate Julian Montilus