NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY) (“Annaly” or the “Company”) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Annaly Commercial Real Estate Group, Inc. has provided a $592 million loan to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII (“Blackstone”), and their partner Fairstead Capital for the purchase of a 24 building New York City multi-family apartment portfolio.
Annaly capitalized on Blackstone’s strong relationship with the institutional commercial real estate origination team that recently joined Annaly from GE Capital Real Estate.
“This transaction is another example of the progress we are making in growing our commercial real estate business through high quality institutional relationships”, said Kevin Keyes, President and incoming CEO of Annaly. “We will continue to utilize our balance sheet strength as a strategic advantage as we build out our commercial real estate platform.”
“While this is our first commercial transaction with Annaly, we look forward to growing the relationship based on the quality of execution,” commented Michael Lascher, a Managing Director in the Real Estate group and the Global Head of Real Estate Debt Capital Markets of Blackstone.
About Annaly
Annaly’s principal business objective is to generate net income for distribution to its shareholders from its investments. Annaly is a Maryland corporation that has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”). Annaly is managed and advised by Annaly Management Company LLC.
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