Norway sovereign wealth fund invests $543 million in Manhattan offices
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Norway’s 2 trillion -dollar sovereign asset fund plans to invest more than half billion dollars in a New York City Office building, which is the last major investment in the main global real estate.
The fund, the largest of the world’s species, is managed by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) on behalf of the Norwegian population.
Nbım in question On Tuesday, the US, also known as Sixth Avenue, will pay $ 542.6 million for an office property on an office property on 1177 Street.
Purchasing will be a joint venture with real estate investment company Beacon Capital Partners. A side organization of Beacon will take 5% stake of the building and Beacon will supervise asset management for 1 million square meters of property.
The agreement, which values $ 571.1 million, is expected to be completed in the third quarter of this year.
NBIM and Beacon will buy the Office Building from California State Teachers Pension System and Silverstein Properties, which are currently under a joint venture.
The value of the dominant reserve fund of the country, which was established to deposit more income from the Norwegian oil and gas industry in the 1990s, the value of 19.8 trillion Norway Kroner ($ 1,98 trillion).
The main focus of the fund is global stocks – Apple– Nvidia– TeslaGerman defense giant Rheinmetall and Chipmaker TSMC – 1.9% of its investments are in real estate.
The portfolio already contains more than a dozen New York building with holdings on the Prime Manhattan property. The Fund has a 45% stake in Times Square Tower and invests in the New York City’s Broadway on Madison Boulevard and its new investment in the properties that will be adjacent to the American Street.
NBIM’s property owners are further spread throughout the United States with shares in Boston, San Francisco, Las Vegas and other major cities – but the real estate portfolio is focused globally.
As of June 30, NBIM’s real estate holding covered 15 countries and 486 real estate investments in the US more than $ 16 billion.
Earlier this year, it was announced that the fund will invest $ 740 million to buy 25% of a real estate portfolio in London’s Luxury Covent Garden region.
The NBIM also agreed to pay 240 million euros ($ 279 million) earlier in this year for 40% stake of Axa Lifestyle Housing, which has students and life properties in Spain and France and has a platform that operates together.
In the first half of the year, the Fund recorded a return of 4% of unprecedented real estate investments.
