By Carl Gaines 2/29/12 3:53pm

Financing

900 Third Avenue. (Courtesy Property Shark)

Paramount to Acquire Stake in 900 Third Avenue

Paramount Group is the buyer set to acquire a 49 percent stake in 900 Third Avenue from Investa Office Fund, sources told The Commercial Observer. That stake was IOF’s final US property. The sale is set to close in late March 2012 and was announced in mid-February with a sale agreement of $172.7 million, though IOF didn’t disclose the buyer at that time.

“The sale of IOF’s interest in the New York asset will complete the fund’s exit from the US market in line with our stated strategy, at an overall premium of 9.4 percent to June book value,” IOF Fund Manager Toby Phelps said in a prepared statement. Read More

By Emily Geminder 3/10/10 3:54pm

Japanese Cosmetics Concern Renews at Paramount’s 900 Third

Shiseido, Japan’s largest cosmetics company, began selling skin lotion in 1897. The lotion, Eudermine, is still sold today, though the company has expanded into just about every other beautifying sector imaginable. Shiseido’s American subsidiary, meanwhile, is renewing its Third Avenue headquarters, just down the street from where beauty competitor Avon recently secured a Read More