130 Prince Street
Transaction Summary
- Acquisition Date: July 2007
- Purchase Price: $112 Million
- Sale Price (2012): $141 Million
- Asset Type: Office/Retail Building
- Location: New York, NY
Situation Overview at Purchase
- Asset not properly positioned in market.
- Presented a re-leasing and capital repositioning opportunity, complicated by the Property’s location in a landmark district.
- Company gained Landmark approval to renovate storefronts, leading to retail rents never previously achieved in Soho from credit tenants.
- Investment thesis based on granular market knowledge of coming change to SoHo; Company relationship with Apple executives was key (Apple’s first store was opened one block from 130 Prince).
- Company quickly executed on its leasing strategy and various capital projects despite financial market shock of 2007-2009.