GIC, formerly known as the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, is partnering the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and US real estate firm Related Companies to purchase $1.3 billion worth of office space from Time Warner Inc.
The 1.1 million sq. ft. commercial space in the prime location of Columbus Circle in Manhattan, New York, will be leased back to Time Warner until early 2019.
Time Warner plans to shift all its operations to Hudson Yards in another part of New York, to be more cost-effective.
In a move to diversify its porfolio, GIC partnered British Land Co. Plc. to buy US private equity firm Blackstone Group LP’s 50 percent stake in London’s Broadgate office complex for around £1.7 billion ($2.78 billion) just last month.
The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute ranks GIC the number eight biggest sovereign wealth fund with assets of $285 billion. Real estate made up 10 per cent of the fund’s assets in March, according to GIC’s 2012/2013 annual report.
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Source(s): Businessweek, Gulf News
