莫瑞街111号效果图（内图，左起：开发商Howard Lorber, Steven Witkoff及Winston Fisher）
据本刊消息，美国开发商Witkoff、Fisher Brothers和Howard Lorber在曼哈顿翠贝卡区联手开发的莫瑞街(Murray Street)111号公寓楼项目日前说服一家中国保险企业为其注资。具体是哪家企业尚不可知，交易也尚未尘埃落定，但据熟悉该交易的人士透露，其股权投资额将达到近十亿美元。
Witkoff, Fisher Brothers and Howard Lorber have wooed a Chinese insurance company to fund their Tribeca condominium project at 111 Murray Street, The Real Deal has learned. The insurer is making an equity investment in the “high nine digits,” according to sources familiar with the deal, which has yet to close.
2013年，开发商以$2亿美元购置下这块曾是圣约翰大学卫星校园的地皮。这栋新公寓楼由纽约知名建筑事务所Kohn Pedersen Fox设计，将达260米高，共有139套公寓，户型涵盖单间至五居室和顶层套房。公寓销售由纽约最大的经纪公司Douglas Elliman负责。
In 2013, the developers paid $200 million for the site, which used to be a satellite campus of St. John’s University. The upcoming Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed tower, formerly known as both 101 Murray Street and 101 Tribeca, will rise 857 feet tall and have 139 apartments, ranging from studios to five-bedroom pads and penthouses. Douglas Elliman Development Marketing is handling sales.
过去一年来，中国保险企业在纽约地产市场投资十分活跃。今年二月，安邦保险集团以$19.5亿美元收购华尔道夫酒店。本周四，安邦再收购第五大道717号大楼的写字楼部分。但据知情人透露，安邦并非莫瑞街111号公寓楼的投资者。
Eastdil Secured and Howard Michaels’ Carlton Group both advised Witkoff on the equity investment deal, according to sources. Neither could be reached for comment. Chinese insurers have been active investors in New York real estate over the past year. In early February, the insurer Anbang Group closed on the $1.95 billion purchase of the Waldorf Astoria hotel. On Thursday, the firm closed on the office portion of 717 Fifth Avenue for $415 million. Anbang is not the investor in 111 Murray Street, according to sources.
在由本刊主办的地产论坛上，鑫苑置业执行副总裁梁朝晖称，继公寓买家和开发商之后，保险企业将是第三轮中国投资者中的生力军。他说，“刚刚起步的第三轮浪潮将是机构性投资者，他们对商业地产更感兴趣：长期的创收项目，并可以通过现金流借贷。这种类型的投资目前正在美国寻找机会。”
Xinyuan Development’s CEO John Liang argued insurers are part of a third wave of Chinese investors, after apartment buyers and developers. “The third wave, which is just starting, they’re institutional investors,” he said. “They’re more interested in commercial real estate: long-term, income generating and it can be leveraged by cash flow. This type of money right now is looking for opportunities here in the U.S.”
