NEW YORK CITY—Rockwood Capital, Jamestown, Murray HillProperties, and Crown Acquisitions have entered into a contract tosell 530 Fifth Ave. for $595 million. The buyer of the26-story office and retail building—which occupies the entirewestern block of Fifth Avenue between 44th and45th Streets—is a partnership led by Thor Equities. Thedeal is expected to close in mid-September.

The selling group was represented by Eastdil; GlobeSt.com couldnot ascertain the names of the individual brokers on the deal atpresstime, or details on which firm represented the buyer.Representatives of Thor did not return a request for comment byGlobeSt.com by press time. Thor's partners on the deal, accordingto the New York Post, are General Growth Properties andRXR Realty.

530 Fifth Ave. contains approximately 480,000 square feet ofoffice space and another 55,000 square feet of retail space,fronting on Manhattan's famed Fifth Avenue. Current retail tenantsinclude Desigual, a Barcelona-based clothing retailer; JPMorganChase; and Fossil. Office tenants include MassachusettsMutual, Diageo North America, Cablevision, Lionsgate and AthyriumCapital.

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Rayna Katz

Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.