Natalie Wong

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U.S. Commercial Real Estate Reporter at Bloomberg News

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The family feud over a $2.6 billion New York property empire

2 days ago | smh.com.au | Natalie Wong |Ava Benny-Morrison

By Natalie Wong and Ava Benny-Morrison June 5, 2025 — 6.25am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The heirs to Sol Goldman’s real estate fortune are taking a new step in their battle over a property empire worth more than $US1.7 billion ($2.6 billion).
Blackstone Lowers Offer for Warehouse REIT, Extends Deadline

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Natalie Wong

The Blackstone headquarters in in New York, US, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Blackstone Inc.'s real estate arm weighed on the investment giant’s second-quarter results, as high interest rates crimped property valuations and investors pumped less money into the business. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Funds managed by Blackstone Inc.
NYC Property Heirs Battle Over More Than $1.7 Billion in Assets

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Natalie Wong |Ava Benny-Morrison

Buildings in the Manhattan skyline in New York, U.S., on Thursday June 17, 2021. New York state's pandemic mandates were lifted last week, after 70% of the adult population has now been given at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- The heirs to Sol Goldman’s real estate fortune are taking a new step in their battle over a property empire worth more than $1.7 billion.
Bravo Partners With Middle East Investor on US Property Loans

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Natalie Wong

(Bloomberg) -- Bravo Property Trust, a real estate credit investment platform, signed an agreement with a Middle Eastern investment manager to finance $400 million of property loans in the US. Bravo signed an agreement with a Middle Eastern asset manager that oversees sovereign wealth fund capital, according to a statement that didn’t name the investor. The capital will be deployed across whole loan bridge, construction and stabilized apartment and healthcare-property deals.
Office-Bond Bet Gone Wrong Deals Lord Abbett a $60 Million Blow

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Carmen Arroyo |Natalie Wong

The Aspiria campus, formerly the headquarters of telecom giant Sprint, in Overland Park, Kansas, in 2001. (Bloomberg) -- Lord Abbett & Co. was dealt a more than $60 million blow on a commercial mortgage-backed security tied to an office campus in suburban Kansas City, after the underlying loan was sold at a steep discount.
Trump’s Fannie, Freddie Pitch: Who Stands to Win or Lose

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Natalie Wong |Prashant Gopal |Norah Mulinda

Prospective buyers attend an open house at a home in San Francisco. (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’s weighing a public offering of US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sent their shares soaring, extending gains this year for hedge funds and other investors to almost $50 billion. But for US homebuyers, taking the entities public comes with risks that threaten to add more than $40,000 in costs to the typical borrower over the lifetime of the loan.
Hong Kong to host carnival at former Tiananmen vigil site for third straight year

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Natalie Wong

NowKey News Asian equities were risk-off due to President Trump’s budget, which, according to the WSJ, is expected to increase the deficit by $2.7 trillion over the next decade. The US 30 Treasury bond yield has risen from a September 2024 low of 3.92% to 5.14% this morning, while the Japanese Treasury …
NYC Developer to Buy Bank Building for Conversion to Housing

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Natalie Wong

Developer Vanbarton Group agreed to buy a midtown Manhattan building that houses Emigrant Bank offices, with the intent to convert it to housing, according to people familiar with the deal. Vanbarton is under contract to buy 6 E. 43rd St. from Milstein Properties for about $140 million, said the people, who asked not to be named citing private information. A spokesperson for Vanbarton declined to comment. A spokesperson for Milstein didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
NYC Developer to Buy Bank Building for Conversion to Housing

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Natalie Wong

Buildings in the Manhattan skyline in New York, U.S., on Thursday June 17, 2021. New York state's pandemic mandates were lifted last week, after 70% of the adult population has now been given at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Developer Vanbarton Group agreed to buy a midtown Manhattan building that houses Emigrant Bank offices, with the intent to convert it to housing, according to people familiar with the deal.
Developer RXR Strikes Deal to Buy NYC’s 590 Madison for About $1.1 Billion

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Natalie Wong

590 Madison Ave. in New York(Bloomberg) -- RXR, the Manhattan property developer led by Scott Rechler, agreed to purchase the office tower at 590 Madison Ave. for nearly $1.1 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company is buying the building close to Central Park from the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, the person said, asking not to be named citing private details.