Tishman, BlackRock quit huge NYC housing complex

Reuters, 25 Jan 2010
NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - A group led by Tishman Speyer Properties LP is giving up control of the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village apartment complex in Manhattan to creditors, marking the collapse of one of the largest transactions during the U.S. real estate boom.
The decision came after a joint venture headed by Tishman and a unit of BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) defaulted this month on $4.4 billion of debt used to finance the purchase of the 11,200-apartment property. Full Story

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