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Ashkenazy Picks Up NY Suburban Retail in “Irreplaceable Location”

Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. has added Vernon Hills Shopping Center in Eastchester, NY to its 14-million-square-foot portfolio. The New York City-based private real estate investment firm purchased the five-building, 380,000-square-foot Westchester County asset for more than $125 million from Vernon Hills Shopping Center LLC.

“Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. had been eying this investment property—with its irreplaceable location and remarkable tenant demand—for more than 15 years,” said Cushman & Wakefield’s Andrew Merin. “This was a family-owned and operated asset since it was originally developed in the 1950s, and as such it can be considered a once-in-a-lifetime acquisition.”

Cushman & Wakefield’s Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Brian Whitmer, Frank DiTommaso and Kyle Schmidt orchestrated the sale with colleagues Matt Lisk and Al Mirin. The firm’s John Alascio, Gideon Gil, Sridhar Vankayala, TJ Sullivan and Maya Steinberger represented Ashkenazy in arranging acquisition financing.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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