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Transactions - AUGUST 1, 2018

Brookfield sells stake in NYC office portfolio for $1.8b, sells self-storage assets for $1.3b

by Andrea Zander

Brookfield Property Partners has sold a 28 percent stake in its New York core office portfolio, with a plan to syndicate up to an additional 7 percent interest in this portfolio, with total projected proceeds of $1.8 billion, according to the firm’s second-quarter earnings report.

The portfolio encompasses all of the company’s core holdings in Manhattan.

And subsequent to quarter-end, Brookfield Property Partners executed a sale agreement for 112 assets in its self-storage portfolio for $1.3 billion. This transaction is expected to close in September.

The proceeds raised from asset sales were used to invest in the firm’s active development pipeline and  fund new acquisitions, including:

  • Land for two additional sites at its residential development in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, for $144 million.
  • Two office buildings in Northern Virginia for $95 million.
  • Interests in three industrial properties in New Jersey for $250 million.
  • The Hilton Fort Lauderdale Hotel & Marina for $177 million.
  • A 79 percent interest in IC Campus, a student housing company in Europe, for $148 million.
  • 660,000 square feet of office space on seven floors above Macy’s State Street department store in Chicago for $27 million.

Additional acquisitions occurred subsequent to quarter-end:

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