The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) is seeking to sell its Boston Area tower at a staggering $2.2 billion. According to Bloomberg.com, Blackstone has hired Eastdil Secured LLC to oversee the marketing of the proposed sale.
The building is a 42 story skyscraper, which will soon be Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) headquarters. The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) is eyeing the sale to take advantage of many buyers who are willing to pay huge sums for buildings in prime locations.
If the sale goes through, it will be among the biggest real estate sales in history. Thypin, director of market analysis at the property-research company, said in a telephone interview,
“If they were to hit this number, it would show the market is still extremely strong for these assets, …. If you want to buy an office building of this size, you only have so many choices.”
The 1.2 million-square-foot tower currently hosts Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET), an insurance company, and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), which is set to make the building its headquarters today. The location of the building, its architecture, and the renovation that was carried out by The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) after it acquired the building definitely makes it lucrative for businesses.
The Wall Street Journal, in an elaborate article, states that The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) has been on a selling drive in a bid to take advantage of the current market boom that has seen the prices of prime properties skyrocket. It’s also in line with a strategy by the company to sell out some of the buildings that it purchased and renovated.
Efforts to reach representatives of either The Blackstone Group or Eastdil Secured LLC for comment have been futile.
This article has been writte by Victor Ochieng.
