{"id":1004159738,"date":"2016-11-22T02:11:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T10:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004159738"},"modified":"2020-05-13T02:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T10:00:57","slug":"ing-provides-financing-for-olayans-nyc-asset-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ing-provides-financing-for-olayans-nyc-asset-again\/","title":{"rendered":"ING Provides Financing for Olayan NYC Asset\u2014Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004159745\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/550-Madison-Avenue-courtesy-of-Olayan-America.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004159745\" data-attachment-id=\"1004159745\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ing-provides-financing-for-olayans-nyc-asset-again\/550-madison-avenue-courtesy-of-olayan-america\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/550-Madison-Avenue-courtesy-of-Olayan-America.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"550 Madison Avenue, courtesy of Olayan America\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/550-Madison-Avenue-courtesy-of-Olayan-America.jpg?w=900\" class=\"wp-image-1004159745 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/550-Madison-Avenue-courtesy-of-Olayan-America.jpg\" alt=\"550 Madison Ave., courtesy of Olayan America\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/550-Madison-Avenue-courtesy-of-Olayan-America.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/550-Madison-Avenue-courtesy-of-Olayan-America.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/550-Madison-Avenue-courtesy-of-Olayan-America.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004159745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">550 Madison Ave., courtesy of Olayan America<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>New York\u2014<\/strong>There\u2019s something about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olayan.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Olayan America<\/a>. Acting as administrative agent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ing.com\/en.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ING Capital LL<\/a> recently headed-up the refinancing of a $570 million senior mortgage loan collateralized by 550 Madison Ave., an 852,000-square-foot, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/mixed-use\/\" target=\"_blank\">mixed-use<\/a> Manhattan office building owned by Olayan. The transaction marks the second time in five months that ING has come through with financing for the Americas investment arm of Saudi Arabia-based Olayan Group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cING is pleased to have earlier this year been the sole lender on the bridge loan for the acquisition of the property and, together with our co-lenders, is now further committed to financing the asset&#8217;s repositioning,&#8221; Craig Bender, managing director &amp; head of U.S. real estate finance at ING, said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p>The ING-led financing consortium included co-lead arrangers and co-lead bookrunners Bank of East Asia New York Branch, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale, and Natixis Real Estate Capital LLC. The opportunity to provide a half-billion dollars probably wasn\u2019t a tough sell; the sponsorship and the premier status of the property tick two major boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee, 550 Madison first opened its doors in 1984 as the headquarters of AT&amp;T. In 1992, Sony set up shop in the 37-story high-rise under a 770,000-square-foot lease, before acquiring it for $236 million in 2002. Fast forward to 2013, and Sony sells what had become known as the Sony Building to The Chetrit Group in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sony-to-sell-manhattan-hq-to-chetrit-partners-in-1b-sale-leaseback\/\" target=\"_blank\">$1.1 billion sale-leaseback deal<\/a>. And in June 2016, Olayan and asset manager Chelsfield picked up the property, now vacated by Sony, for $1.4 billion with the assistance of ING. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ing-finances-olayans-purchase-of-sony-building\/\" target=\"_blank\">ING had stepped up as sole lender<\/a> on the $570 million senior secured bridge loan for the partners\u2019 purchase of the asset, which also features prime retail square footage fronting Madison Avenue, and exhibition and museum space.<\/p>\n<p>The refinancing of 550 Madison marks ING\u2019s third collaboration on a premier asset with Olayan. In 2014, ING, acting as global coordinator and financial advisor, spearheaded a group that provided debt financing for Olayan and London-headquartered Chelsfield\u2019s acquisition of a 750,000-square-foot Paris real estate portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>With the closing of the refinancing of 550 Madison, Olayan and Chelsfield are ready to take the iconic property to new heights through a repositioning program entailing renovations and space reconfigurations. \u201cThe lending group has provided us with financing that gives us the time and flexibility we need to maximize the building&#8217;s value,&#8221; Nadim Tabbara, CFO of The Olayan Group, noted in prepared remarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bank provided a $570 million senior mortgage loan to refinance Manhattan&#8217;s iconic Sony Building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":969,"featured_media":1004159745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21808,21825,1600,21742,10,21747],"tags":[32803],"class_list":["post-1004159738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-finance","category-new-york","category-latest","category-northeast","category-office","tag-olayan-america"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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