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TIAA-CREF

730 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 490-9000
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TIAA-CREF

TIAA-CREF is a large pension fund investing for academics, researchers, government workers and others. It was founded in 1918 by Andrew Carnegie, and has since become a major player in the real estate industry. The fund began investing in real estate in 1934 and then broke into direct ownership in New York City real estate at the end of World War II when the fund purchased a storefront in Queens and an office building in Midtown. TIAA-CREFs real estate account has outpaced comparable real estate funds in recent years, averaging roughly 10 percent returns in recent years. It also has bought stakes in various office buildings and high-end retail storefronts (such as Apples 14th Street building). Among TIAA-CREFs premier properties over the years are the famed Seagram Building (which it sold in 2000) and 7 World Trade Center. Its most recent expansion, the 2014 acquisition of Henderson Global Investors, resulted in a huge boost to the pensions real estate holdings to more than $80 billion.

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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 780 Third Avenue
  • Neighborhood Plaza District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 5,462
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The bank signed a deal to renew its lease for the Plaza District location.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 780 Third Avenue
  • Neighborhood Turtle Bay
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 8,546
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The venture capital group inked a renewal for the 48th and 49th floors of the 50-story building.
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  • Event Financing
  • Address 1511 Third Avenue
  • Neighborhood Upper East side
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 18,280
  • Price $ 50,800,000
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The company secured a $50.8 million loan for the retail condominium.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 475 Fifth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Midtown
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 3,000
  • Publication Date 05/01/2016
  • Event Date 03/17/2016
  • Party 1 TIAA-CREF, Norges Bank Investment Management
  • Party 1 Brokerage Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
  • Party 1 Broker Brian Waterman, Scott Klau, Erik Harris
  • Party 2 Populous
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The architecture firm signed a lease.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 685 Third Ave
  • Neighborhood Grand Central
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 13,683
  • Publication Date 06/01/2015
  • Event Date 04/22/2015
  • Party 1 TIAA-CREF
  • Party 1 Brokerage JLL
  • Party 1 Broker Don Kollar
  • Party 2 Chang Hwa Commercial Bank
  • Party 2 Brokerage First New York Realty
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 475 Fifth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Grand Central
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 32,000
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 475 Fifth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Central Park South
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 56,000
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The publishing company signed a lease to occupy the second, third, 14th and 16th floors.
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  • Event Retail Leasing
  • Address 475 Fifth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Midtown
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 15,500
  • Publication Date 02/01/2015
  • Event Date 12/18/2014
  • Party 1 TIAA-CREF and Norges Bank Investment Management
  • Party 1 Brokerage RKF
  • Party 1 Broker Ariel Schuster
  • Party 2 Muji
  • Party 2 Brokerage Okada & Company
  • Party 2 Broker Christopher Okada
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The Japanese design store signed a lease to occupy the ground floor. The reported asking rent was $400 per square foot.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 636 Sixth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Chelsea
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Price $ 42,000,000
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 685 Third Avenue
  • Neighborhood Midtown
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 27,235
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The United Nations non-profit signed a lease to occupy the 12th floor.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 475 Fifth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Grand Central
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 16,029
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The investment management firm signed a 10-year lease for the entire 10th floor.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 475 Fifth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Grand Central
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 7,842
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The bank signed a 10-year lease for the entire 18th floor.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 475 Fifth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Grand Central
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 4,319
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The global provider of air conditioning and refrigeration signed a 10-year lease for the entire 21st floor.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 685 Third Avenue
  • Neighborhood Grand Central
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 22,372
  • Publication Date 11/01/2013
  • Event Date 09/22/2013
  • Party 1 TIAA-CREF
  • Party 1 Brokerage CBRE
  • Party 1 Broker Zach Freeman, Anthony Dattoma, Howard Fiddle
  • Party 2 Integrated Corporate Relations
  • Party 2 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
  • Party 2 Broker Kevin Daly
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The financial communications consultancy signed a 10-year lease for the entire second floor, the New York Observer reported.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 685 Third Avenue
  • Neighborhood Grand Central
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 58,527
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The publishing company signed a 15-year lease on the ninth and 10th floors. The tenant is relocating from 711 Third Avenue.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 1511 Third Avenue
  • Neighborhood Yorkville
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Price $ 60,000,000
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The property sold for $60 million. The building is fully leased to two retail tenants: the Gap on the ground floor and basement and Equinox on the upper three floors. The New York Observer reported that the buyer was TIAA-CREF and that the seller was the Related Companies.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 685 Third Avenue
  • Neighborhood Grand Central
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 74,349
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The enterprise cloud computing company signed a 10-year lease for the entire sixth and seventh floors, as well as part of the eighth floor. The tenant is relocating and expanding from a smaller, 16,350-square-foot space at 2 Grand Central Tower.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 470 Park Avenue South
  • Neighborhood Garment District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 9,361
  • Publication Date 09/01/2012
  • Event Date 07/23/2012
  • Party 1 TIAA-CREF
  • Party 1 Brokerage JRT Realty
  • Party 1 Broker Greg Smith, John Thompson, Kate Pezzolla
  • Party 2 Civic Entertainment
  • Party 2 Brokerage Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
  • Party 2 Broker Allen Gurevich
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The strategic marketing agency signed a seven-year lease on the 16th floor.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 470 Park Avenue South
  • Neighborhood Garment District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 10,181
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The law firm signed a nine-year lease on the third floor.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 475 Fifth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Grand Central
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 280,000
  • Price $ 144,000,000
  • Price per foot $ 514.29
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The property sold for $144 million, or about $514 per square foot. A joint venture of real estate developer Joseph Moinian and Westbrook Capital acquired 475 Fifth Avenue, located at 41st Street, in 2007 for $160 million, but lender Barclays took the property back in 2009 through a deed in lieu of foreclosure.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 200 West 72nd Street
  • Neighborhood Lincoln Square
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Price $ 209,000,000
  • Price per foot $ 1,400.00
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The rental building known as the Corner sold for $209 million, or about $1,400 per square foot. The selling group will hold onto the 48,000-square-foot retail space in the property, currently home to Trader Joe's and Duane Reade.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 425 Park Avenue
  • Neighborhood Plaza District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Price $ 315,000,000
  • Publication Date 07/01/2011
  • Event Date 05/22/2011
  • Party 1 Goelet family
  • Party 2 TIAA-CREF
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The land underneath the building sold for $315 million.
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  • Event Sales
  • Address 685 Third Avenue
  • Neighborhood Grand Central
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Price $ 100,330,000
  • Publication Date 05/01/2011
  • Event Date 03/22/2011
  • Party 1 Pfizer
  • Party 2 Future Fund Board Guardians
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A 49.99 percent interest in the building sold for $100.33 million. TIAA-CREF purchased the property last year for $190 million.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 470 Park Avenue South
  • Neighborhood Garment District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 20,362
  • Publication Date 05/01/2011
  • Event Date 03/22/2011
  • Party 1 TIAA-CREF
  • Party 1 Brokerage JRT Realty
  • Party 1 Broker Greg Smith
  • Party 2 Peppercom
  • Party 2 Brokerage JLL
  • Party 2 Broker James Quinn, Gary Youm, Ryan Masiello
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The strategic communications agency signed a 15-year lease renewal for the entire fourth and fifth floors.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 780 Third Avenue
  • Neighborhood Plaza District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 4,146
  • Price per foot $ 70.00
  • Publication Date 12/01/2010
  • Event Date 10/22/2010
  • Party 1 TIAA-CREF
  • Party 1 Brokerage JRT Realty
  • Party 1 Broker Jodi Pulice, Greg Smith, Kate Pezzolla
  • Party 2 Jeffrey Modell Foundation
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The nonprofit signed a lease on the 47th floor.
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