NEW YORK CITY—Olayan America—the US investment arm of The Olayan Group—has refinanced 550 Madison Ave. with a $570 million senior mortgage loan. ING Capital served as administrative agent of the financing and was joined by Bank of East Asia New York Branch, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Société Générale, and Natixis Real Estate Capital as co-lead arrangers and co-lead bookrunners.
Olayan and asset manager Chelsfield intend to rebrand the property and create value by renovating and reconfiguring the existing space.
The loan is secured by a first mortgage on the property, an iconic skyscraper known most recently as the Sony Building. The 37-story building in the Plaza District of Manhattan has 852,830 square feet of rentable mixed-use space. The building features approximately 776,000 square feet of office space, prime retail frontage on Madison Avenue, and exhibition and museum space.
“The lending group has provided us with financing that gives us the time and flexibility we need to maximize the building's value,” says Nadim Tabbara, CFO of The Olayan Group.
“ING is pleased to have earlier this year been the sole lender on the bridge loan for the acquisition of the property and, together with our co-lenders, is now further committed to financing the asset's repositioning,” adds Craig Bender, managing director and head of US Real Estate Finance at ING. “We are proud to have led this financing for one of our longstanding global clients and look forward to seeing how Olayan and Chelsfield maximize the property's value.”
Construction of the building was completed in 1984 as the global headquarters of AT&T. It has been sold on just two previous occasions—in 2002 to Sony Corp. and in 2013 to the Chetrit Group, the immediate past owner.
Olayan and asset manager Chelsfield intend to rebrand the property and create value by renovating and reconfiguring the existing space.
The loan is secured by a first mortgage on the property, an iconic skyscraper known most recently as the Sony Building. The 37-story building in the Plaza District of Manhattan has 852,830 square feet of rentable mixed-use space. The building features approximately 776,000 square feet of office space, prime retail frontage on Madison Avenue, and exhibition and museum space.
“The lending group has provided us with financing that gives us the time and flexibility we need to maximize the building's value,” says Nadim Tabbara, CFO of The Olayan Group.
“ING is pleased to have earlier this year been the sole lender on the bridge loan for the acquisition of the property and, together with our co-lenders, is now further committed to financing the asset's repositioning,” adds Craig Bender, managing director and head of US Real Estate Finance at ING. “We are proud to have led this financing for one of our longstanding global clients and look forward to seeing how Olayan and Chelsfield maximize the property's value.”
Construction of the building was completed in 1984 as the global headquarters of
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