Kushner Cos. Pays $1.1 Billion for Suburban Apartment Portfolio

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Source: The Wall Street Journal.

REAL ESTATE
Kushner Cos. Pays $1.1 Billion for Suburban Apartment Portfolio
Acquisition of 6,000 apartments from Lone Star Funds marks family firm's biggest deal in over a decade

By Peter Grant
Feb. 22, 2019 8:46 a.m. ET

Kushner Cos., the family real-estate company of President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, said it has acquired a portfolio of rental apartments for $1.1 billion in the firm's largest transaction in more than a decade. ... The purchase comes less than a year after the company unloaded a Manhattan office tower at 666 Fifth Avenue to Brookfield Asset Management Inc. in a deal that valued the property at about $1.25 billion.

The earlier transaction, in which Brookfield leased the office building for 99 years, relieved Kushner Cos. of $1.1 billion in debt due this year. That liability had been hanging over the firm and had raised questions about whether Kushner Cos. had the means to transact any large deals. ... The acquisition of more than 6,000 rental apartments in Maryland and Virginia from the private-equity firm Lone Star Funds is the clearest sign yet that Kushner Cos. is re-emerging after that period of uncertainty.
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Executives also have said the company has remained financially healthy even when it faced the uncertainty of the 666 Fifth Ave. debt obligation. ... The losses Kushner Cos. faced represented "a small piece" of the family's net worth, said Laurent Morali, president of Kushner Cos. "Even in the worst case scenario, it would not have been pleasant, but it would not have been a financial disaster by any stretch of the imagination."
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Mr. Morali said Kushner Cos. plans to borrow about 70% of the cost of the Lone Star portfolio. He said the firm was running a competitive process to choose a lender.
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David Fahrenthold Retweeted

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Oh nothing, just Jared Kushner's family seeking $800 million in bank financing.

Link to tweet

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God (https://www.joemygod.com/2019/02/kushner-cos-buys-apartments-group-for-1-1-billion/) for pointing this tweet out:

1. Jared Kushner's family business is paying $1.1 billion for a portfolio of apartments
2. It plans to borrow money for about 70% of that payment

This sounds like a familiar story...

Link to tweet

[sandensea]

1. All those emoluments from Putin and Bibi, plus the money extorted from Qatar, are paying off

Best gummint money can buy.

[PeeJ52]

2. Just think, and only 2 short years ago his family name was poison in the financial world...

amazing turnaround... financial wizards!!!

[okaawhatever]

3. Let's see, who'd be interested in bugging apts in the DC metro area? China? Russia? SA? I'm sure

Jared will find a lender on this one, what with one of the aforementioned countries guaranteeing the debt.

[PSPS]

4. LOL. " he firm was running a competitive process to choose a lender."

[yaesu]

5. oh my, crime does pay

as long as you are well connected, above the law & backed by the GOP.

[Grasswire2]

6. he's going to meet MBS next week --- $$$$$$$? nt

[sarcasmo]

7. The Kushner's like the Trump's are one big Madoff type grift, borrowing 70% is a red flag.

[Bengus81]

8. You live in one of those your rents are going to get JACKED......

Borrowing $800M or so,the interest would be unreal per year. That's $133,333 in borrowed money PER apt then you can pile interest on top of that.

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. That's about $180K per unit

Not exactly high end property for Virginia and Maryland.