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Blackstone/EOP Sets Another Record

A few months after the $3-billion first mortgage on the Peter Cooper Village/ Stuyvesant Town apartment complex in New York City first went into special…

By Paul Bubny - Northeast region editor of GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum. | Updated on December 09, 2011

A few months after the $3-billion first mortgage on the Peter Cooper Village/ Stuyvesant Town apartment complex in New York City first went into special servicing and then into foreclosure proceedings, another high watermark deal of the current market has started down a similar route. The Blackstone Group in late May transferred to a special servicer the $4.9 billion of CMBS debt remaining from its $39.2-billion purchase of Equity Office Properties Trust. It’s reportedly now the largest loan in special servicing.

In reporting the transfer, Fitch Ratings cited “imminent default” as the reason. Peter Rose, a spokesman for Blackstone, told Bloomberg that his company had begun talks with the lender, Bank of America, on extending the debt. “Special servicing is simply a routine administrative step in order to start these discussions.” Rose said in May. Calls by Distressed Assets Investor for additional comment were not returned by deadline.

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