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Infinity, KB Realty Partners Bag 75 Kenmare Street’s Retail Condo for $12M

Via Commercial Observer · July 20, 2026
Compiled by Real Estate Trail Editorial · July 20, 2026

Why this matters

Retail has become a quiet outperformer. A decade of effectively zero new development has left necessity-driven, grocery-anchored, and Sun Belt strip product with negligible vacancy and re-leasing spreads in the high single digits. Cap rates have compressed in step, and the bid for stabilized portfolios is again broad across REITs, pension funds, and institutional core-plus capital. New York continues to bifurcate sharply: trophy office leasing at record rents, commodity Class B in conversion discussions or court-supervised processes. Rent-stabilized multifamily remains supply-constrained and tightly held. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.

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Excerpt from Commercial Observer:
A joint venture went shopping near SoHo and didn’t come away empty-handed. Infinity Real Estate and KB Realty Partners just acquired the retail condominium at 75 Kenmare Street in Manhattan’s Nolita neighborhood…
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