461 Dean St.

NEW YORK CITY—Forest City Realty Trust Inc. has closed on thesale of what has been touted as one of the tallest modularbuildings in the world for $156 million.

The Cleveland-based REIT announced on Wednesday the completionof the sale of 461 Dean St., a 363-unit, 32-story rental apartmentbuilding adjacent to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. 461 Dean St.was 100% owned by Forest City and was not part of the joint venturewith Greenland USA that is continuing the development of thePacific Park Brooklyn (formerly Atlantic Yards) mixed-use project. Phased opening of461 Dean St. began in the third quarter of 2016. A total of 50% ofthe property's units are affordable.

Forest City in a press announcement reports the buyer as “aninternational real estate manager.” GlobeSt.com has confirmed thatthe buyer is Iowa-based Principal Global Investors.

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free ALM Digital Reader.

  • Unlimited access to GlobeSt and other free ALM publications
  • Access to 15 years of GlobeSt archives
  • Your choice of GlobeSt digital newsletters and over 70 others from popular sister publications
  • 1 free article* every 30 days across the ALM subscription network
  • Exclusive discounts on ALM events and publications
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.

John Jordan

John Jordan is a veteran journalist with 36 years of print and digital media experience.