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	<title>The Commercial Observer &#187; Lehman to Sell Stake in 425 Park Avenue</title>
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		<title>Lehman to Sell Stake in 425 Park Avenue</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><b>Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.</b> is aiming to sell its 90 percent stake in <b>425 Park Avenue</b>, a source familiar with the matter confirmed with <i>The Commercial Observer</i>. <b>Eastdil Secured</b> is marketing the property, according to the source.</p>
<p>A publicly available spreadsheet of Lehman’s commercial real estate holdings lists a building with a description similar to <strong></strong>425 Park Avenue: "Sandwich ground lease in an existing Class B building in New York City that is slated for demolition and redevelopment into a new office tower beginning 2015.” The list of holdings identifies <strong>Adam Spies</strong> of Eastil Secured as the broker for the property. The source familiar confirmed Spies as the broker for 425 Park Avenue, but the listing could not be immediately verified.</p>
<p><i>The Wall Street Journal</i> first <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323949404578312460204543472.html?mod=WSJ_NY_RealEstate_LEFTTopStories">reported the story earlier today</a>. The Midtown East building is set to be demolished and replaced with a new office tower designed by <strong>Foster + Partners</strong>.</p>
<p><!--more--><a href="http://nyocommercialobserver.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/1-01310-0001-fghisxmg.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-247437 alignleft" alt="1-01310-0001.fGhISXMG" src="http://nyocommercialobserver.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/1-01310-0001-fghisxmg.jpg?w=225" width="225" height="300" /></a>The new tower is being developed by <strong>L&amp;L Holdings</strong>, which owns the remaining 10 percent portion of the building. Lehman and L&amp;L acquired the building in 2006, according to <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>. As previously reported, the expiring ground lease allows L&amp;L Holdings to empty the existing building as of May 2015 and replace it.</p>
<p>The current building at 425 Park Avenue is 31 stories and 567,340 square feet. In 2007, Lehman valued the property at $84 million, according to bankruptcy documents viewed by <i>The Journal</i>.</p>
<p>Lehman Brothers Holdings previously agreed to sell <b>237 Park Avenue</b> to <b>RXR Realty</b> for approximately $800 million, <i>The Commercial Observer</i> <a href="http://commercialobserver.com/2013/02/rxr-realty-acquires-237-park-avenue/">reported last week</a>.</p>
<p>Calls to Eastdil Secured were not immediately returned.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.</b> is aiming to sell its 90 percent stake in <b>425 Park Avenue</b>, a source familiar with the matter confirmed with <i>The Commercial Observer</i>. <b>Eastdil Secured</b> is marketing the property, according to the source.</p>
<p>A publicly available spreadsheet of Lehman’s commercial real estate holdings lists a building with a description similar to <strong></strong>425 Park Avenue: "Sandwich ground lease in an existing Class B building in New York City that is slated for demolition and redevelopment into a new office tower beginning 2015.” The list of holdings identifies <strong>Adam Spies</strong> of Eastil Secured as the broker for the property. The source familiar confirmed Spies as the broker for 425 Park Avenue, but the listing could not be immediately verified.</p>
<p><i>The Wall Street Journal</i> first <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323949404578312460204543472.html?mod=WSJ_NY_RealEstate_LEFTTopStories">reported the story earlier today</a>. The Midtown East building is set to be demolished and replaced with a new office tower designed by <strong>Foster + Partners</strong>.</p>
<p><!--more--><a href="http://nyocommercialobserver.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/1-01310-0001-fghisxmg.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-247437 alignleft" alt="1-01310-0001.fGhISXMG" src="http://nyocommercialobserver.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/1-01310-0001-fghisxmg.jpg?w=225" width="225" height="300" /></a>The new tower is being developed by <strong>L&amp;L Holdings</strong>, which owns the remaining 10 percent portion of the building. Lehman and L&amp;L acquired the building in 2006, according to <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>. As previously reported, the expiring ground lease allows L&amp;L Holdings to empty the existing building as of May 2015 and replace it.</p>
<p>The current building at 425 Park Avenue is 31 stories and 567,340 square feet. In 2007, Lehman valued the property at $84 million, according to bankruptcy documents viewed by <i>The Journal</i>.</p>
<p>Lehman Brothers Holdings previously agreed to sell <b>237 Park Avenue</b> to <b>RXR Realty</b> for approximately $800 million, <i>The Commercial Observer</i> <a href="http://commercialobserver.com/2013/02/rxr-realty-acquires-237-park-avenue/">reported last week</a>.</p>
<p>Calls to Eastdil Secured were not immediately returned.</p>
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