SAN FERNANDO, CA-Comcast Corp., a Philadelphia-based media conglomerate, has acquired the NBCUniversal headquarters building for $420 million. Normandy Real Estate Partners of Morristown, NJ, formerly owned the 35-story high rise, which is located at 10 University Plaza.

With 813,892 square feet, the per-square-foot purchase price of the building is $517, making the sale what is said to be the largest in the Valley and one of the largest in Los Angeles County since 2003. Located in a prime location, the building borders Universal Studios Hollywood theme park and Universal Studios' headquarters.

“This is massive,” says Troy Pollet, senior associate for CBRE, a tenant in the building. “No other investor would have paid this price, but it makes sense for them because of their presence in the building.” Pollet is referring to NBCUniversal, which Comcast Corp. recently purchased from General Electric Co. for $30 million.

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.