{"id":1004188748,"date":"2017-08-28T01:03:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T09:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004188748"},"modified":"2022-12-08T14:15:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:15:16","slug":"sl-green-vornado-snag-1-2b-refi-for-manhattan-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sl-green-vornado-snag-1-2b-refi-for-manhattan-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"SL Green, Vornado Snag $1.2B Refi for Manhattan Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Barbra Murray<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004188756\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/08\/280-Park-Ave.-in-Manhattan.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004188756\" data-attachment-id=\"1004188756\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sl-green-vornado-snag-1-2b-refi-for-manhattan-tower\/280-park-ave-in-manhattan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/08\/280-Park-Ave.-in-Manhattan.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"280 Park Ave. in Manhattan\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;280 Park Ave. in Manhattan&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;280 Park Ave. in Manhattan&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/08\/280-Park-Ave.-in-Manhattan.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004188756 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/08\/280-Park-Ave.-in-Manhattan.jpg\" alt=\"280 Park Ave. in Manhattan\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/08\/280-Park-Ave.-in-Manhattan.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/08\/280-Park-Ave.-in-Manhattan.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/08\/280-Park-Ave.-in-Manhattan.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004188756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">280 Park Ave. in Manhattan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SL Green Realty Corp. and Vornado Realty Trust have reeled in big-ticket <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vornado-sl-green-jv-completes-refi-of-280-park-ave\/\">refinancing for 280 Park Ave.<\/a> in Manhattan for the second year in a row. The co-owners of the nearly 1.3 million-square-foot trophy office property just closed a $1.2 billion loan, replacing the previous $900 million loan obtained in May 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The current refinancing of 280 Park, sited in Midtown Manhattan\u2019s Plaza District, came in the form of a floating rate, interest-only loan with a current rate of 2.97 percent\u2014LIBOR plus 1.73 percent\u2014and a maturity date in September 2024. Last year\u2019s refinancing trailed the completion of a $150 million renovation and repositioning of the 1960s\u2019-era tower. This time around, lenders were presented not just with a comprehensively upgraded asset, but one that is also 97 percent leased.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Refinancing frenzy <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201c2017 is a particularly busy year for the refinancing business,\u201d<\/em> as noted in a second quarter Manhattan office market report by real estate services firm ABS Partners Real Estate. The whirl of 10-year loans issued in 2006 and 2007 have a little something to do with it and, per the report, <em>\u201cfurther refueling the refinancing market is the continued historical low interest rates, despite the gradual return of rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Other recent big-ticket refinancing deals in the Manhattan office market include 237 Park Ave., for which Walton Street Capital secured an $850 million loan to replace a $419.6 million CMBS mortgage. Crown Acquisitions and Oxford Property Group landed a $1 billion refinancing package for 641-645 Fifth Ave., and at 767 Fifth Ave., the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/manhattans-gm-building-lands-2-3b-refi\/\">Boston Properties-led consolidated joint venture<\/a> ownership secured $2.3 billion to replace $1.6 billion in debt.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Vornado Realty Trust<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new loan on the 280 Park Ave. office building, now 97 percent leased following its emergence from a sweeping $150 million renovation, replaces the $900 million refinancing secured in 2016. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":969,"featured_media":1004188756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21808,21825,1600,21742,10,21747],"tags":[35055,32895,33030],"class_list":["post-1004188748","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-abs-partners-real-estate","tag-sl-green-realty-corporation","tag-vornado-realty-trust"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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