In Manhattan, the transaction is believed to be the second-largest, single-asset commercial real estate transaction ever in the US, after the $1.72-billion sale last year of the MetLife Building at 200 Park Ave., connected to Grand Central Terminal. Doug Harmon of Eastdil was exclusive representative for the transaction.
The tower is supposedly near 100% occupancy with more than 500,000 sf, currently asking about $55 a sf, scheduled to expire within the next six years. Average asking rents for class A office space along the Avenue of the Americas near Rockefeller Center are around $60 per sf, according to research by Cushman & Wakefield. Rents in the neighborhood, though, can reach as high as $110, depending on the building or floor.
The New York Post and the News Corp. occupy about half of the two million sf in 1211 Ave. of the Americas. Other prominent names among about 20 tenants there include J. P. Morgan Chase, Wachovia Securities and the Boston law firm of Ropes & Gray.
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