VORNADO REALTY TRUST (NYSE:VNO) announced today that a joint venture, in
which it has a co-controlling 20.1% interest, acquired 650 Madison
Avenue, a 27-story, 594,000 square foot Class A office tower located on
the full western blockfront of Madison Avenue between 59th and 60th
Street. The property contains 523,000 square feet of office space and
71,000 square feet of retail space. The office space is the world
headquarters for Polo Ralph Lauren, which occupies 274,000 square feet.
The retail space is primarily leased to Crate & Barrel for its flagship
Manhattan store (61,400 square feet) and to Tod’s, a shoe and leather
goods specialty store (7,900 square feet).
The purchase price for the property is $1.295 billion which is being
financed with a new $800 million seven-year 4.39% interest-only loan.
Vornado will co-manage and co-lease the property.
Vornado Realty Trust is a fully integrated equity real estate investment
trust.
Certain statements contained herein may constitute “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be
materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Such factors include, among others, risks associated with the timing of
and costs associated with property improvements, financing commitments
and general competitive factors.
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