{"id":251081,"date":"2026-06-01T17:25:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/251081\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:25:21","slug":"sl-green-to-sell-10-east-53rd-street-to-meadow-partners-for-312m-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/251081\/","title":{"rendered":"SL Green to Sell 10 East 53rd Street to Meadow Partners for $312M \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/sl-green-realty\/\" title=\"SL Green Realty\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SL Green Realty<\/a> is selling 10 East 53rd Street to Jeffrey Kaplan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/meadow-partners\/\" title=\"Meadow Partners\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meadow Partners<\/a> in an offload valued at $312.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>The deal between New York City\u2019s largest office landlord and the real estate private equity manager was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/slgreen.gcs-web.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/sl-green-announces-sale-10-east-53rd-street\">announced Monday<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/newmark\/\" title=\"Newmark\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newmark<\/a>\u2019s Adam Spies, Adam Doneger and Avery Silverstein advised both parties in the transaction. SL Green will continue to manage the property.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/05\/prominent-landlord-sandy-sigal-on-the-lasting-premium-in-retail\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prominent Landlord Sandy Sigal On the Lasting Premium in Retail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sale, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/new-york\/2026\/06\/01\/sl-green-selling-10-east-53rd-street-to-meadow-partners\/\">first reported by The Real Deal<\/a>, is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026. Newmark\u2019s Jordan Roeschlaub and Nick Scribani are handling the debt assignment for the acquisition financing, seeking a 50 percent loan-to-value ratio, Commercial Observer has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The Midtown East office tower, located on 53rd Street between Fifth and Madison avenues, was acquired by SL Green in 2012 for $252.5 million. SL Green took over its partner Canada Pension Plan Investment\u2019s stake two years later at a valuation of $236 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During its tenure at 10 East 53rd Street, SL Green oversaw a $170 million redevelopment to reposition the 390,000-square-foot building as a Class A asset. SL Green\u2019s net cash proceeds from the sale, approximately $100 million, will be used for corporate debt repayment, according to the announcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Harrison Sitomer, president and chief investment officer of SL Green, called the deal a \u201cmeaningful step forward\u201d in executing the company\u2019s $2.5 billion 2026 strategic disposition plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing our acquisition of the remaining ownership interest in the property in December 2024, we positioned the asset to capitalize on strong investor demand for high-quality, well-located Midtown assets, and we look forward to continuing to manage the property moving forward,\u201d Sitomer said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tower\u2019s 37 stories are currently 92 percent leased, according to the announcement, with major office tenants including brokerage Compass <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2016\/03\/swarovski-expands-at-sl-greens-10-east-53rd-street\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">and Swarovski North America<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2014\/12\/sl-green-signs-equinox-in-plaza-district\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Equinox Fitness<\/a> and Metropolitan Bank number among its retail tenants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meadow Partners\u2019 $530 million flagship fund, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20240619018965\/en\/Meadow-Partners-Raises-%24530-Million-of-New-Capital-Commitments\">raised in 2024<\/a>, has targeted New York and London real estate. In September 2025, the firm <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20250929575734\/en\/Meadow-Partners-and-GreenBarn-Investment-Group-Lead-%2436-Million-Preferred-Equity-Investment-in-1166-Avenue-of-the-Americas-in-Midtown-Manhattan\">announced a $36 million preferred equity investment<\/a> in Edward J. Minskoff Equities\u2019 1166 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown, followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/01\/meadow-partners-62-million-pref-equity-51-astor-place\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a $62 million investment<\/a> in Minskoff and LaSalle Investment Management\u2019s 51 Astor Place earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SL Green has stayed busy as well, announcing last week <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/05\/sl-green-346-madison-mori-new-tower\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the sale of a 49 percent stake in 346 Madison Avenue<\/a> to Japanese developer Mori Building Company, with plans to jointly build a new office tower on the Midtown site.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meadow Partners did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Davis can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/06\/sl-green-10-east-53rd-street-sale-meadow-partners\/mailto:edavis@commercialobserver.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">edavis@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SL Green Realty is selling 10 East 53rd Street to Jeffrey Kaplan\u2019s Meadow Partners in an offload valued&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[97944,10909,10910,28548,4461,2664,97945,22114,9,24,97946,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-251081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-10-east-53rd-street","tag-adam-doneger","tag-adam-spies","tag-avery-silverstein","tag-harrison-sitomer","tag-investments-sales","tag-jeffrey-kaplan","tag-jordan-roeschlaub","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nick-scribani-channel","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}