The sale of the 256,220-sf commercial loft-office building at 11West 19th St., was arranged by teams from Eastern Consolidated.Brian Ezratty, vice chairman and principal, together with ScottEllard, director financial services, acted for the seller, theGoodstein family, while Deborah Gutoff, senior director and also aprincipal in the firm, represented Kaufman.

Gutoff says Kaufman, lead by Robert Savitt, is "bullish on thelong-term viability" of area. "Savitt is betting on the area'sstrong office leasing market. Due partially to the number ofcommercial buildings that have been converted to luxurycondominiums, office rents in the District have been steadilyrising and the availability of office space is diminishing."

The building has frontage on 19th and 20th streets and featuresa separate entrance on 20th. Also known as 10-16 West 20th St., theproperty occupies the entire block-through site between West 19thand West 20th streets. Current tenants include Time Warner Cable,Nautica Design, BMG Music, Universal Music; Sam Flax occupies theground-floor retail space.