SL Green Revamps Portfolio Through Strategic Dispositions
Zacks Investment Research | Jun 04, 2018 09:55PM ET
SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) is disposing its stake in a joint venture asset and redeeming its investment in a property. These retail transactions are in line with the company’s efforts to improve its overall portfolio mix and enhance shareholders value.
Particularly, the company entered into an agreement to sell its ownership stake at 724 Fifth Avenue to its joint venture partner, Jeff Sutton. Notably, Prada has a flagship presence in the building occupying 15,540 square feet of retail space among four floors and 5,200 square feet of office space.
Additionally, SL Green’s investment in 720 Fifth Avenue, a 132,317-square-foot building, will be redeemed. The building currently has Abercrombie & Fitch’s (NYSE:ANF) flagship store. Moreover, the company will be partly repaid on one of its partnership loans.
All the above transactions are subject to customary closing conditions and are likely to be completed by third-quarter 2018. These are expected to collectively generate net proceeds of $85.5 million for SL Green.
Moreover, in May 2018, the company announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell the fee interest at 635 Madison Avenue for a gross consideration of $151 million. Further, the company had also declared that it had successfully bid on the leasehold interest at 2 Herald Square (NYSE:SQ).
These transactions to dispose non-core assets, gives SL Green an opportunity to channelize the proceeds in high-growth properties. The company is the largest commercial landlord of New York City that primarily acquires, manages, develops and leases commercial office properties in the New York Metropolitan area, especially in mid-town Manhattan. The company is likely to experienced decent demand for its properties amid a recovering economy and healthy job market environment.
However, increased supply of office space in some of its markets remains a concern. There is intense competition from developers, owners and operators of office properties, and other commercial real estates and this is likely to restrict its ability to attract and retain tenants at relatively higher rents than its competitors.
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