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Blackstone Buys Debt at 1140 Sixth

NEW YORK CITY- The private equity giant reigns king at 1140 Sixth Ave. in the heart of Midtown after HFF announced the closing of a $98.25-million loan sale here yesterday.

By Jacqueline Hlavenka | Updated on May 04, 2011

NEW YORK CITY- It’s official: The Blackstone Group took the title at 1140 Avenue of the Americas yesterday, picking up  $98.25 million of debt on the class A 236,000-square-foot building in Midtown, HFF confirms in a statement. HFF marketed the senior loan and mezzanine loan on behalf of the seller, a bank group led by Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg. GlobeSt.com previously reported that Blackstone was the front-runner out of 30 bidders just weeks ago.

From a citywide perspective, the loan sale “sums up the distressed assets market in New York City,” says Dan Fasulo, managing director at Real Capital Analytics. “The way to play the distressed market in Manhattan is through the debt, and Blackstone’s purchase is a prime example of that strategy,” he tells GlobeSt.com.

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