Deal of the Year: Park Tower grabbed Facebook for expansion in ‘choose your own adventure’ highrise


JBC paid $172.5 million in 2015 for the land, with MetLife taking on a stake. Looking at the investment, it was clear that the location, quality of the building and leasing fundamentals meant that MetLife would be comfortable holding onto the asset through any potential market corrections.

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