SL Green pumps another $80m into retail; signs new Apple lease.SL Green Realty realty n. a short form of "real estate." (See: real estate) REALTY. An abstract of real, as distinguished from personalty. Realty relates to lands and tenements, rents or other hereditaments. Vide Real Property. Corp. announced two major additions to its retail joint venture with Jeff Sutton: 717 Fifth Avenue and 720 Fifth Avenue in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The company also announced that its venture with Sutton had entered into a major lease with Apple Computer Inc. at its West 34th Street redevelopment project. This will be Apple's third location in Manhattan. 717 Fifth Avenue is a four-story retail condominium condominium In modern property law, individual ownership of one dwelling unit within a multidwelling building. Unit owners have undivided ownership interest in the land and those portions of the building shared in common. with Hugo Boss and Escada's Manhattan flagship stores as primary tenants. Its unique three-story glass atrium atrium (ā`trēəm), term for an interior court in Roman domestic architecture and also for a type of entrance court in early Christian churches. The Roman atrium was an unroofed or partially roofed area with rooms opening from it. and prime Fifth Avenue location make it among the most desirable retail spaces in the world. SL Green's investment in 717 Fifth Avenue is evidenced by loans totaling $46 million and an option to acquire up to 33% of the ownership interests in the property. 720 Fifth Avenue, located directly across the street from 717 Fifth Avenue, is a prime retail and boutique Boutique A small investment firm specializing in offering specific, but limited services to a select number of individuals. Notes: These investment firms are the alternatives to large financial supermarkets. They provide a highly personalized environment for investing. office property anchored by the most successful Abercrombie & Fitch fitch: see polecat. store in the chain. Its 100,000 square feet of Class A office space is ideal for financial firms and other plaza district tenants, with substantial upside Upside The potential dollar amount by which the market or a stock could rise. Notes: This is basically an educated guess on how high a stock could go in the near future. See also: Bull, Downside due to its 77% office occupancy. SL Green's investment in 720 Fifth Avenue is evidenced by a $35 million loan and a 25% interest in the cash flow from the property, together with an option to acquire a 25% ownership interest at loan maturity. Andrew Mathias, chief investment officer of SL Green Realty Corp., commented, "These series of transactions clearly demonstrate the success of the retail investment program initiated less then two years ago. Over that period of time, we have invested in nine highly desirable retail projects consisting of more than 400,000 s/f of retail and office space. "The signing of the Apple lease and other leases signed to date reinforces the compelling returns available to us in this program." SL Green's retail ownership totals approximately 300,000 s/f at eight properties. |
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