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Extell nabs $440M in financing for Midtown assemblage
Gary Barnett-led firm also bought out Meridian Capital and SL Green’s stake
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In one of its last big deals of 2019, Gary Barnett’s Extell Development tightened its grip on a Midtown development site, and sewed up $440 million in new financing for a future project there.
The site, not far from Extell’s International Gem Tower, is comprised of a 13-part assemblage at Fifth Avenue between 46th and 47th streets.
In two separate transactions in late December, Extell bought out Hong Kong-based Meridian Capital Limited’s stake in the assemblage for $263.7 million. It also bought out SL Green’s interest at 562 Fifth Avenue for $52.4 million.
Extell also landed the $440 million in financing for the deals, according to PincusCo Media, which first reported on the loan and buyout. The total includes a $340 million senior loan from JPMorgan Chase and another bank and a $100 million mezzanine loan from Meritz Financial Group. The project — which has as-of-right development potential of 607,557 square feet — is likely to be an office building, Extell began assembling pieces of the site in 2008, and has shelled out $540 million to date.
Since 2011, Meridian — which is linked to some of Kazakhstan’s wealthiest individuals — has invested more than $200 million into Extell’s New York real estate projects, according to an analysis of property records by The Real Deal. [PincusCo] — E.B. Solomont
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