Monday, January 13, 2014

Public Ledger in receivership with Newmark Grubb Knight Frank in line to receive the property



Public Ledger, an office building overlooking Independence Mall, is in receivership.

Newmark Grubb Knight Frank is in line to become the receiver of the property, according to people familiar with the situation. The special servicer is LNR Partners and a $42.5 million loan remains outstanding on the building.

Local real estate investor Joe Grasso and a fund managed by Citi Property Investors originally bought the building in 2006 for $43 million. Then, a fund involving Apollo Global Real Estate had control of the property and has subsequently decided to relinquish control of it.

The 12-story, 466,000-square-foot building at Sixth and Chestnut streets is about 11 percent vacant and had been appraised in 2013 for around $38 million, or about $80 a square foot.

It is leased to a lot of small tenants and the General Services Administration serves as its anchor with about 120,000 square feet. It’s listed on the National Register as a historic property and was last renovated in 1991.

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