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Newmark Facilitates $90M Green Loan for GDSNY with Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG at 1245 Broadway
1245 Broadway is a newly constructed Class A+ boutique office building in NoMad, New York. NEW YORK, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Newmark Group, Inc.
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[{"type":"text","content":"1245 Broadway is a newly constructed Class A+ boutique office building in NoMad, New York.\nNEW YORK, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK) (\"Newmark\" or \"the Company\"), a leading full-service commercial real estate business, announces Corem AB and GDS Development LLC (GDSNY) have closed a $90 million loan on their trophy office tower at 1245 Broadway with German bank Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb), one of Europe's leading real estate financing institutions. Newmark's Debt & Structured Finance team secured the loan on behalf of ownership. The low-leverage take-out facility will include financing current and future tenant fit-outs for the 200,000-square-foot tower in NoMad.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"We are delighted to be partnering with a lending institution with pbb's stellar reputation for the financing at 1245 Broadway,\" said Alan Rudikoff, co-founder of GDSNY. \"This property is well-positioned to capitalize on the 'flight-to-quality' seen in the office sector.\"\n1245 Broadway is an award-winning 23-story Class-A office building at the corner of 31st Street and Broadway in NoMAD, one of New York City's most dynamic neighborhoods. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and developed by GDSNY, the building features architectural cast-in-place concrete, large triple-glazed windows, a private club, food and beverage catering to tenant floors and panoramic views of the city. The building has received LEED-Gold certification and offers the latest touchless technology and air quality.\nThe financing qualifies as pbb's first Green Loan in the United States, having launched the product in this region at the start of the year. With Green Loans, pbb finances for its customers the purchase or recapitalization of commercial properties that meet strict environmental criteria and investments in the sustainability of existing properties. For this purpose, the bank has developed a proprietary scoring model that considers ten criteria in the three categories \"energy efficiency,\" building certification\" and \"other sustainability factors.\" 1245 Broadway scored high in all categories.\n\"1245 Broadway has quickly gained a reputation as one of Manhattan's environmentally sustainable trophy office buildings, and our organization is pleased to be playing a role in its continued success,\" commented Andrew ...