J.W. Mays, Inc. operates a number of commercial real estate properties.
Properties
Properties are leased under long-term leases for varying periods, the longest of which extends to 2073, and in most instances renewal options are included.
Brooklyn, New York
Fulton Street at Bond Street
90% of the property is owned by the company and the remaining 10% of the property is leased by the company under five separate leases. Expiration dates are as follows: December 8, 2043 (1 lease) which lease c...
J.W. Mays, Inc. operates a number of commercial real estate properties.
Properties
Properties are leased under long-term leases for varying periods, the longest of which extends to 2073, and in most instances renewal options are included.
Brooklyn, New York
Fulton Street at Bond Street
90% of the property is owned by the company and the remaining 10% of the property is leased by the company under five separate leases. Expiration dates are as follows: December 8, 2043 (1 lease) which lease currently has one thirty-year renewal option through December 8, 2073, April 30, 2031 (1 lease), and April 30, 2044 (3 leases).
The property is leased to twenty-five tenants of which eight are retail tenants, three are fast food/beverage restaurants, eleven occupy office space, three are dental or medical offices. One tenant leased in excess of 10% of the rentable square footage; the tenant is a department store, occupying 20.60%.
In November 2023, a tenant who occupies 785 square feet renewed its lease for another two-year term through January 31, 2026.
In November 2023, the company leased approximately 1,600 square feet to a restaurant for ten years from rent commencement anticipated December 1, 2024, with two options for an additional five years.
In December 2023, the company leased approximately 5,632 square feet to an office tenant, rent commencing on May 1, 2024, for a term of ten years through May 1, 2034.
In July 2024, a tenant who occupies 25,423 square feet of office space notified the company of its intention to extend its lease for one year through September 30, 2025.
The company uses 17,810 square feet of available space.
Livingston Street
The company has a long-term lease with the City of New York and another landlord for a garage at Livingston Street opposite the company’s Brooklyn Fulton Street at Bond Street Properties. The lease expires in 2043, with a renewal option to 2073. The garage includes truck bays and passage facilities through a tunnel to the Properties. The truck bays, passage facilities and tunnel, total approximately 17,000 square feet. The lease also includes a 20 x 75-foot land plot on which the company constructed a building of six stories and basement annexed to the properties.
Brooklyn, New York—Jowein building at Elm Place
The building is owned. The property is currently leased to fifteen tenants of which one is fast-food restaurant, two are for warehouse space and twelve leases are for office space. Three tenants leased in excess of 10% of the rentable square footage; each occupies office space of 15.64%, 12.59% and 11.44%, respectively.
In September 2023, the company extended a lease of approximately 8,000 square feet for office space for five years expiring June 30, 2028.
In September 2023, the company extended a lease of approximately 500 square feet for restaurant space for two years expiring October 31, 2028.
In March 2024, the company leased 5,800 square feet to an office tenant for a term of eighteen months expiring August 31, 2025.
Jamaica, New York—Jamaica Avenue at 169th Street
Building, improvements and land (‘Jamaica Property’) are leased from an affiliated company, principally owned by a director of the company (‘Landlord’). In July 2022, the company entered into an agreement with Landlord giving the company four five-year option periods for a total of twenty years through May 31, 2050. In April 2023, the company exercised the first five-year option period, extending the lease expiration date to May 31, 2035. Upon lease termination, all property included in operating lease right-of-use assets and leasehold improvements will be turned over to the Landlord.
The Jamaica Property is leased to ten tenants: four tenants are retail, one restaurant, and five occupy office space. Four tenants each occupy in excess of 10% of the rentable square footage; two retail stores occupy 15.82% and 17.66%, respectively; and two office tenants occupy 23.70% and 12.83%, respectively.
In August 2023, a tenant who occupies 22,045 square feet at the Jamaica Property renewed its lease for another five-year term through June 30, 2028.
In December 2023, the company extended a lease with an office tenant for ten years expiring November 30, 2033, including a space reduction from 46,421 to 23,210 square feet.
In June 2024, the company extended a lease of approximately 2,000 square feet of office for one year expiring June 30, 2025.
In August 2024, a tenant who occupies 38,109 square feet of office space notified the company of its intention to extend its lease for one year through September 30, 2025.
Fishkill, New York—Route 9 at Interstate Highway 84
The company owns the entire property. In July 2019, the company leased 47,000 square feet to a community college at its Fishkill, New York building, for a term of fifteen years with two five-year option periods.
In September 2023, the company leased 25,000 square feet at the company’s Fishkill, New York building for use as storage space for four months which expired in December 2023.
There are approximately 156,000 square feet of the building available for lease.
Levittown, New York—Hempstead Turnpike
The company owns the entire property. In October 2006, the company entered into a lease agreement with a restaurant. The restaurant constructed a new 10,000 square foot building, which opened in May 2008. In September 2022, the restaurant extended its lease for an additional five years expiring May 3, 2028. Ownership of the building reverts to the company at the conclusion of the leasing arrangement, currently May 3, 2028.
Massapequa, New York—Sunrise Highway
The company is the prime tenant of this leasehold. The lease expires May 1, 2030. The leasehold is currently subleased to one tenant occupying 113,400 square feet of the property, with the other 20,000 square feet of the property available for sublease.
Circleville, Ohio—Tarlton Road
The company owns the entire property. The property is leased to two tenants. The tenants use these premises for warehouse and distribution facilities.
In April 2024, a tenant who occupies warehouse space exercised its option to reduce the size of the leased premises from 84,000 to 72,000 square feet. In May 2024, this same tenant exercised its option to reduce the size of the leased premises from 72,000 to 60,000 square feet.
History
J.W. Mays, Inc. was founded in 1924. The company was incorporated in 1927.