The $360 million mortgage for Goldman Sachs’ former headquarters at 85 Broad St. is a “loan of concern,” Fitch Ratings said.Goldman developed the 1.1 million-square-foot building in 1983 to house its entire workforce of 1,500 before moving out in 2010 for new headquarters on West Street. Only two years after development, the firm sold the tower for $310 million to MetLife, which in 2014 sold a piece to Beacon Capital Partners and the co-owners upgraded the 30-story building described as an “ungainly bulk” by the "AIA Guide to New York City."The owners spent $36 million on renovations, which paid off when WeWork agreed in 2015 to lease 300,000 square feet, or approximately eight floors, through 2033. The up-and-coming office coworking firm paid $46 a square foot, which was 17% below market rate. Others moved in, including Nielsen Holdings and Vox Media, owner of New York magazine and The Verge. In 2017, 85 Broad was acquired for $650 million by Ivanhoé Cambridge, a subsidiary of Canadian pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.85 Broad was 20% vacant at the end of last year, better than some Financial District buildings but a big change from its prepandemic 6%. Fitch said in a report last month that mortgage investors face a 12% loss, or $43 million over the entire loan. “The loan was flagged as a loan concern due to exposure to WeWork,” Fitch said.Around the time WeWork emerged from bankruptcy this spring it had moved out of 120,000 square feet, or three... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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What American Booksellers Association CEO Oren Teicher called Amazon's "bullying assault of a major publisher" was a key concern among indie booksellers at both Thursday afternoon's ABA Town Hall and Annual Meeting. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Text-based Web publishers like Business Insider and Vox Media are trying their hands at video. But some are doing a better job of it than others. The post Digital publishers chase video with mixed results appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
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Time Inc.'s All You is broadening its distribution, moving beyond the exclusive newsstand deal it had with retail giant, Walmart. The April issue of the smart-shopping magazine will be available at major retailers across the country, including Target, CVS, Walgreens and Barn Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Digital media is thriving. Online advertising is growing faster than any other medium. The Web is hot. Except for the fact that the Web has had all sorts of growing pains. And major business challenges. And it changes constantly, sometimes quite radically. It's certainly never boring, and... Continue reading at AdWeek
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SheKnows.com, a women's lifestyle site, has been acquired by Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm specializing in high-growth companies. Formerly under the umbrella of Evolve Media Corp., SheKnows.com was a hallmark property of the brand, responsible for over 41 million unique visitors... Continue reading at AdWeek
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Pearson has acquired education company EmbanetCompass for $650 million in cash. EmbanetCompass... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Glam Media built a big collection of online blogs aimed at women on the premise that by serving up high-quality content, it could appeal to brand advertisers who have shunned lower cost ad networks. The company appears to have had the right idea; launched in 2005, it now claims some 2,500... Continue reading at AdWeek
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