NEW YORK CITY—The assignment comes shortly after Thor Equities vice president of leasing Adam Rappaport left the firm to join Jack Resnick & Sons as its managing director of leasing.

NEW YORK CITY—Kaufman Astoria Studios broke ground last month on the project that involves the construction of a new four-story building on the site of a former parking lot at 34-11 36th St. in Astoria.

NEW YORK CITY—Greenberg, who had been a managing director of leasing at Jack Resnick & Sons since joining the firm in 2010, replaces Dennis Brady who is retiring after 40 years of employ at the firm.

NEW YORK CITY—The VOA has signed a 16-year lease for 30,282 square feet at the 23-story 861,000-square-foot office building.

NEW YORK CITY—The fixed-rate loan at an annual rate of 3.43% replaces a $1.6-billion loan package that was set to expire in October.

NEW YORK CITY—York Studios EVP of operations John Battista tells Globest.com that work on the $45-million first phase at 1410 Story Ave. has begun and will take about 16 months to 18 months to complete.

NEW YORK CITY—A year-long probe by the New York State Attorney General's office found that Croman purchased buildings with rent-stabilized units and, immediately after purchase, began the process of displacing rent-stabilized tenants while simultaneously attempting to refinance the initial mortgage.

NEW YORK CITY—Brokerage firm Avison Young reports that it arranged a five-year, 12,000-square-foot lease for the personal injury litigation law firm at the 40-story building.