Investment

Vornado Refinances NYC’s 11 Penn Plaza for $450M

Vornado Realty Trust has completed a $450 million refinancing of Eleven Penn Plaza, a 23-story, 1.1 million-square-foot Manhattan office building.

Rockwood Capital Acquires 130 Lytton in Downtown Palo Alto for $53M

In a recent grab for a shrinking market of office space in the San Francisco metropolitan area, Rockwood Capital teamed up with Tarlton Properties to buy 130 Lytton, a 50,000-square-foot building in downtown Palo Alto.

Ashkenazy Buys Manhattan’s 625 Madison Ave. for $400M

The ground lessor’s position at 625 Madison Ave., in Manhattan’s Plaza District, has been purchased by Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. for $400 million from 625 Ground Lessor.

AEW Buys 375-Unit Apartment Building in NYC from Gotham Organization

AEW Capital Management has acquired New Gotham, a 375-unit rental building at 520 W. 43rd St. on Manhattan’s West Side, from the Gotham Organization and its investor member AIG Affordable Housing for a reported $170 million.

Peter Hobbs: Who’s Buying

IPD managing director of research Peter Hobbs talks on CPE TV about prospects for global real estate investment.

Witkoff, Jynwell Close on NYC’s Park Lane Hotel for $660M

An investment consortium led by The Witkoff Group and majority backer Jynwel Capital has acquired the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel in New York City for $660 million from the Leona and Harry Helmsley Charitable Trust.

CCIT Buys 5 Net-Lease Office Properties for $202M

Cole Corporate Income Trust has acquired five single-tenant corporate properties with a total of 733,062 square feet for $202 million, including two in San Jose and one each in Houston, St. Louis and Colorado Springs.

IMMOFINANZ Subsidiary Buys M-F Portfolio in Berlin for $81M

BUWOG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IMMOFINANZ Group, has bought a 1,185-unit residential portfolio in the greater Berlin area, stemming from an insolvency estate, for $81 million.

WRIT Pockets $307M on First Phase of MOB Portfolio Sale

In two separate transactions with Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, Washington Real Estate Investment Trust closed the sale of office buildings totaling 877,000 square feet, two office assets featuring significant medical office tenancy and a parcel of land for $307.2 million.

Prudential Parks $324M with Dutch Garage Operator

Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. has provided $324 million of financing to Q-Park, Europe’s second-largest parking company, secured against a portfolio of 13 parking structures, totaling about 8,900 spaces, in the Netherlands.