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Landmarked Scheffel Hall Trades in Gramercy Park

Ariel Property Advisors arranged the sale of a vacant four-story, 5,980-square-foot landmarked commercial building with approximately 17,000 buildable square feet of air rights at 190 Third Ave. in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan. The landmarked property, also known as Scheffel Hall, traded for $4.35 million.

An Ariel team led by founding partner Michael Tortorici and director Howard Raber closed the transaction on behalf of the seller. The buyer was Kahen Properties.

“We’re excited to see the restoration of Scheffel Hall and, eventually, the utilization of its significant amount of air rights to bring much needed housing to Gramercy Park,” said Tortorici.

Built in 1894 and landmarked in 1997, 190 Third Ave. was originally known as Scheffel Hall and used as a German restaurant and beer hall. The German-American Renaissance Revival architecture was modeled after the 17th Century Heidelberg Castle and named after the German poet and novelist, Viktor Von Scheffel.

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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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