Manhattan, NY Fried Frank acted as counsel to SL Green Realty Corp. in connection with the sale of its 25% stake in Tower 46 to Brookfield Asset Management for $275 million.
The sale included 350,000 s/f of commercial condominium, a retail space on West 46th St., the building’s parking garage, and a fitness center at the Midtown tower located at 55 West 46th St. The sale is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021.
The Fried Frank team included real estate partners Jonathan Mechanic and Avi Feinberg and real estate associate Hugh MacKay.
New York tri-state multifamily investors are increasingly reallocating capital to less-regulated markets across the U.S. as rent control and legislative risk erode returns at home. With over 60% of New York City’s rental housing stock classified as rent-stabilized, the traditional value-add model — buying under-performing buildings,