Dowling College Oakdale And Brookhaven Properties To Be Sold In Bankruptcy By A&G Realty Partners And Madison Hawk

A&G Realty and Madison Hawk are currently accepting bids for the 25-acre waterfront campus in Oakdale, NY which houses six buildings including the former W.K. Vanderbilt Estate.  The sealed bid deadline for the Oakdale property will be set by the Court.  The firms will subsequently sell a 101-acre Brookhaven location in Shirley, NY in the first quarter of 2017.

The announcement of the sale follows Dowling's filing today of Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of New York, case number 16-75545.

"This unfortunately is the final chapter of a college that has enriched the college experience of thousands of students on Long Island for more than 50 years," says Chief Restructuring Officer Robert Rosenfeld, whose firm RSR Consulting is managing the dissolution of the Dowling College estate.  "We are winding down the estate through an orderly liquidation which is a necessary step to maximize the recovery for all creditors.  We are pleased to have two well-respected and experienced firms in A&G Realty and Madison Hawk to oversee the sale of these prime assets and assist us in this strategic plan."

Dowling College's Oakdale campus is situated on the land of the former W.K. Vanderbilt Estate on the Connetquot River, with immediate access to the Nicoll Bay.  The campus operated under a special permit allowing for College/Educational use and is zoned Residence AA Single-Family Dwelling.  The property includes over 200,000 square feet of space in six educational, administrative and student housing buildings.

"The Dowling campus in Oakdale sits on 25 pristine waterfront acres and offers one of the most unique redevelopment opportunities on the South Shore of Long Island," said Andy Graiser, Co-Founder and Co-President of A&G Realty.  "The property is already zoned residential and is ideal for continued use as an educational institution or redevelopment into residential or other uses. Assets like these rarely become available."

"There's been tremendous interest in the campuses since the school ceased operations," said Jeff Hubbard, President of Madison Hawk.  "Despite the Chapter 11 proceedings and wind-down of Dowling's operations, we have been afforded ample time to sell the properties and proposed an orderly sealed bid format to maximize their value as opposed to simply conducting a liquidation sale."

The Brookhaven property is expected to be offered in the first quarter of 2017.  The 101 acre property, which was home to the college's aviation program, is located on the William Floyd Parkway in Shirley, NY and includes a state-of-the-art athletic complex, a two-story, 65,000 square-foot building; and a 10,000 sq.-ft. airplane hangar with runway access to Brookhaven Airport, all of which provides immediate income potential to developers.  The Brookhaven campus has undergone millions of dollars of infrastructure improvements, greatly reducing development costs to a buyer.

"The Brookhaven location is considered one of the most diverse development sites on all of Long Island with opportunities for residential, education, medical, health-related, senior housing, office, retail, etc.," Mr. Graiser points out.

For additional information on the sale including inspection dates, please visit www.Dowling-RealEstate.com.

About A&G Realty Partners
A&G Realty Partners are the real estate industry leaders in both Chapter 11 and Non-Chapter 11 dispositions.  A&G Realty clients include some of the nation's most recognizable companies in distressed and healthy situations including Sports Authority, ITT Technical Institute, Career Education including Briarcliff College, A&P, Golfsmith, Office Depot and RadioShack. A&G Realty is a leader in finding innovative ways to consolidate and reconfigure real estate to achieve the highest possible value, and has disposed of more than 500 million square feet of space.  A&G Realty Partners was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York with offices in Chicago and Los Angeles. For more information, please visit www.agrealtypartners.com.

About Madison Hawk
Madison Hawk is a national real estate firm and industry leader specializing in Structured Accelerated Sales and Capital Market Solutions to complex real estate situations across all asset classes. The Madison Hawk team is among the most experienced in the industry, having designed and executed over $10 billion worth of commercial and residential sales across all asset classes including; development land, apartment buildings, office buildings, industrial buildings, shopping centers, condominium developments, luxury homes and other special purpose properties.  www.madisonhawk.com

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