Optibase Ltd. (OBAS) Contributes $4M for Stake in Philadelphia Building
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Optibase Ltd. (NASDAQ: OBAS) today announced that it had acquired an approximately 19.66% beneficial interest in the owner of a Class A 20-story commercial office building in Philadelphia known as Two Penn Center Plaza.
The acquisition was undertaken by the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Optibase 2 Penn, LLC as a limited partner in a larger joint venture that acquired 88% of the beneficial interests in the owner of the 2 Penn Center Plaza.
2 Penn Center Plaza has approximately 500,000 rentable square feet and is located in the Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia opposite City Hall and Love Park.
The transaction was based on a valuation of 2 Penn Center Plaza of approximately $66 million including existing nonrecourse mortgage financing in the principal amount of approximately $51.7 million provided by UBS Real Estate Securities ("UBS"). The UBS mortgage loan has a fixed interest rate of 5.61%, matures in May 2021, and requires monthly payments of principal and interest of approximately $300,000.
Optibase made a capital contribution of approximately $4,025,000 to acquire a 19.66% indirect beneficial interest in the owner of the Property.
The acquisition was undertaken by the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Optibase 2 Penn, LLC as a limited partner in a larger joint venture that acquired 88% of the beneficial interests in the owner of the 2 Penn Center Plaza.
2 Penn Center Plaza has approximately 500,000 rentable square feet and is located in the Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia opposite City Hall and Love Park.
The transaction was based on a valuation of 2 Penn Center Plaza of approximately $66 million including existing nonrecourse mortgage financing in the principal amount of approximately $51.7 million provided by UBS Real Estate Securities ("UBS"). The UBS mortgage loan has a fixed interest rate of 5.61%, matures in May 2021, and requires monthly payments of principal and interest of approximately $300,000.
Optibase made a capital contribution of approximately $4,025,000 to acquire a 19.66% indirect beneficial interest in the owner of the Property.
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