(Read more on the debt and equity markets.)

NEW YORK CITY-In the largest deal in the company's history, Forest City Ratner Cos. has refinanced the New York Times Building, located at 620 Eighth Ave., for $640 million. The closing of the financing with HSH Nordbank comes one month before the 1.5-million-sf building is slated to hold its grand opening.

FCRC co-owns the Midtown property with the New York Times Co. The Times owns the second through 27th floor; FCRC owns the 29th through 50th floors, the 52nd floor and 21,000 sf of ground-floor retail. The two jointly own the 28th and 51st floor.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.