URDANG and Onyx Equities Sell White Plains, NY, Office Building for $82 Million
November 05 2008 - 7:39AM
PR Newswire (US)
Onyx and URDANG Upgraded 320,000-Square-Foot Structure Prior to
Sale PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
URDANG, part of BNY Mellon Asset Management, and Onyx Equities,
LLC, have completed the sale of a 320,000-square-foot office
building in White Plains, New York, for $81,775,000. The
multi-tenant, fully occupied building at 1311 Mamaroneck Avenue had
been part of the URDANG Value-Added Fund, L.P. portfolio, a real
estate investment vehicle formed by URDANG Capital Management, Inc.
to acquire a portfolio of value-added properties located throughout
the United States. "Onyx Equities and URDANG are pleased to have
been able to enhance this Class A office building with significant
capital improvements during our period of ownership," said Jonathan
Davis, vice president, Onyx Equities. "Upgraded landscaping and
signage and other improvements coupled with a successful leasing
effort were key factors that enabled the sale of this trophy asset
in such a timely manner." The building is situated on a 25-acre,
park-like setting. It features a full-service cafeteria with indoor
and outdoor seating, a fitness center equipped with locker rooms,
an executive parking garage, on-site management and concierge
service, and a shuttle to the Metro-North train station in
Mamaroneck, N.Y. It is near major highways including the Hutchinson
River Parkway, Interstate 95 and Interstate 287. Tenants include
Acadia Realty and OrthoNet; and the building formerly was the
headquarters of International Business Machines (IBM). Davis, John
Saraceno, managing principal of Onyx; Vincent Sanfilippo, chief
investment officer of URDANG; and David Spoont, senior vice
president of URDANG, negotiated the sale. Matthew Keefe, president
and co-owner of the HK Group, represented the buyer. Ernest
DesRochers, senior vice president of NorthMarq Capital, and Deanna
Polizzio, senor producer of Northmarq Capital, assisted in the loan
assumption process. Headquartered in Woodbridge, New Jersey, Onyx
Equities, LLC was formed in 2004 and currently owns a portfolio of
3,396,000 square feet of office, retail, and industrial properties
located in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania and
Florida. Since its inception, Onyx has acquired over $680 million
in assets throughout the region. For more information on Onyx
Equities, LLC, contact the firm at (732) 362-8800, or visit
http://www.onyxequities.com/. Founded in 1987 with an exclusive
focus on institutional investment grade real estate, URDANG offers
a variety of strategies and products, managing more than $2.2
billion in public real estate securities through URDANG Securities
Management, Inc. and $1.2 billion in private real estate
investments through URDANG Capital Management, Inc. for
institutional investors and high net worth individuals throughout
global markets and across public and private capital sectors.
URDANG's research-driven process combines top down economic
analysis and market/country selection with bottom up underwriting
of properties, companies and management teams to earn high,
risk-adjusted returns. It is one of the investment boutiques of BNY
Mellon Asset Management, one of the world's largest global asset
managers with approximately U.S. $1.1 trillion in assets under
management. The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is a global
financial services company focused on helping clients manage and
service their financial assets, operating in 34 countries and
serving more than 100 markets. The company is a leading provider of
financial services for institutions, corporations and
high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and
wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing
services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused
team. It has more than $22.4 trillion in assets under custody and
administration, approximately $1.1 trillion in assets under
management and services $12 trillion in outstanding debt.
Additional information is available at bnymellon.com. DATASOURCE:
BNY Mellon Asset Management CONTACT: Mike Dunn, for URDANG, +1
212-922-7859, , or Vickie Bello, Beckerman Public Relations,
+1-201-610-1008 ext. 14, , for Onyx Equities Web Site:
http://www.bnymellon.com/ http://www.onyxequities.com/
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