NYTimes.com: A Rental Market Surge in Brooklyn |

In the case of 111 Kent, the original developer had intended the building to be a condominium, but after constructing the majority of the building, financing dried up and Stellar Management and its partner Largo Investments acquired the property for $24.6 million. Stellar invested $8 million to finish the building and quickly rented out the units, some for as high as $70 a square foot, said Mathew Lembo, a vice president at Stellar. Then, earlier this month, Stellar sold the investment to American Realty Advisors, which plans to hold the property for the long term

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