36-building portfolio is sold for $555m.The Gale Company, in partnership with SL Green and Wachovia Securities Wachovia Securities, located in Richmond, Virginia (soon to be moved to St. Louis), is the third largest brokerage firm in the United States as of 2006 with $689 billion retail client assets under management. It is a subsidiary of Wachovia Corporation. , has closed on an acquisition of a 36-building office portfolio, including properties in New Jersey, Michigan and Illinois. The Gale Company, which used to be a minority stakeholder stakeholder n. a person having in his/her possession (holding) money or property in which he/she has no interest, right or title, awaiting the outcome of a dispute between two or more claimants to the money or property. in the assets and served as property manager, purchased the portfolio from partners Morgan Stanley UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System for approximately $555 million. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mark Yeager, president of the Gale Company, Morgan Stanely and UBS felt that they had realized their investment in the properties and wanted out of the partnership. Michigan and four in Illinois. "Our partnership with The Gale Company on the Bellemead portfolio during the past seven years has been very successful," said Michael Franco, managing director of Morgan Stanley. "This long-term investment afforded great results for our investors and we believe it was an opportune time to monetize the portfolio." Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds is part of Morgan Stanley Real Estate, which is comprised of three major global businesses: Investing, Banking, and Lending. Since 1991, the firm has acquired more than $30 billion of real estate assets worldwide on behalf of its clients. Using its own capital, Morgan Stanley also originates upwards of $7 billion in commercial mortgages annually. |
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