Lehman looks to up stake in Broadway Partners’ 237 Park Avenue

Lehman Brothers Holdings has asked for permission in Bankruptcy Court to invest $255 million in Broadway Partners’ 237 Park Avenue, the 21-story office tower in which the liquidating bank already has a $437 million investment. Lehman loaned Broadway $1.23 billion to buy the property in 2007 and began negotiating a possible restructuring in August 2009, when it believed Broadway was in danger of imminent default on part of that loan. In a court filing today, Lehman said Broadway Partners is now selling part of its debt and that an additional investment by the failed bank “represents the best means of protecting [LBHI’s] current investment…which could be potentially wiped out if a party other than LHBI buys the debt.” [Bloomberg]

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