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SL Green Sells Minority Stake in News Building

SL Green Realty Corp. has sold a 49% interest in 220 E. 42nd St., also known as the News Building, to a real estate fund managed by Meritz Alternative Investment Management for gross consideration of $790.1 million. Meritz reportedly paid $387 million for its minority stake.

SL Green retained a 51% interest in the property, which it has owned since 2003, and will continue to oversee management and leasing of the 93% leased building. The transaction generated net cash proceeds to SL Green of $136.1 million.

“This transaction demonstrates the continued global demand for core New York City office properties, particularly those that are well leased on a long-term basis to credit tenants,” said SL Green SVP Harrison Sitomer.

A Cushman & Wakefield team of Adam Spies, Doug Harmon, Marcella Fasulo, Josh King and Avery Silverstein advised SL Green in the sale. 

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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