New York
Clarion Partners Sells SF Office Tower for $100M
Clarion Partners has completed the sale of 100 Spear St., a Class A, LEED Gold office tower in the heart of San Francisco’s Central Business District for $100 million.
Harlem’s Victoria Theater to Be Reborn as Mixed-Use Cultural Venue
Harlem’s historic Victoria Theater on 125th Street will undergo a $142 million renovation spearheaded by Danforth Development Partners and Exact Capital.
Midtown Manhattan Readies for 470 KSF Cutting-Edge Office Tower
The future is coming to Midtown Manhattan. A partnership comprising real estate company Hines, investment entity Pacolet Milliken Enterprises and institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management have broken ground on 7 Bryant Park, a premier office tower that will deliver 470,000 square feet of state-of-the-art office accommodations in the Bryant Park area.
Brickman, DivcoWest Acquire Three Manhattan Office Buildings
San Francisco-based real estate firm DivcoWest has partnered with a private equity firm headed by New York real-estate investor Bruce Brickman to acquire three office buildings in Midtown South from Einstein College at Yeshiva University.
Special Report: IPD Investment Forum: Managing Risk After the Credit Crisis
Today more than ever, real estate investment is all about interpretation of risk.
Green Affordable Housing Building Opens in the Bronx
A new low-income, eco-friendly residential building in the Bronx was officially opened on February 21 during a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). Located at 770 East 166th Street at Tinton Avenue in Morrisania, the nearly $38 million project was built by Blue Sea Development on land that was purchased from NYCHA at below market value.
SL Green Closes $900M Refinancing of Manhattan’s 1515 Broadway
SL Green Realty Corp. has done it again. New York City’s largest office landlord has refinanced its 1.8 million-square-foot office building at 1515 Broadway once again– to the tune of $900 million.
Strategic Hotels & Resorts Urged to Sell its Hotel Portfolio
Orange Capital, a New York-based investment firm, has urged Strategic Hotels & Resorts to sell its entire portfolio of high-end hotels and return the proceeds to shareholders.
Long-Anticipated Senior Living Center Coming to Staten Island
An almost two-decade effort initiated by the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (known as the Met Council), the project is backed by $36 million in tax exemptions through the city’s BuildNYC Resource Corporation–a NYCEDC-administered organization whose main goal is to facilitate access to tax-exempt bond financing for non-profit institutions–and a $45.2 million capital grant from the City Council.
Norwegian Pension Fund Charges into U.S. Market via TIAA-CREF
Norges Bank Investment Management, manager of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, has entered into a $1.2 billion JV with TIAA-CREF and has at one stroke gained substantial interests in five Class A or boutique buildings on the East Coast.