LA’s Third-Tallest Tower Sells for 45% Below 2014 Price

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  1. Aon Center, the third-tallest tower in Los Angeles, has sold for $147.8 million — about 45% less than its last purchase price in 2014 — as office values continue to suffer from high vacancies and financing costs.

    The sale is the largest office deal this year in downtown Los Angeles, which has been among the hardest-hit US office markets since the pandemic as remote work becomes more popular and escalating interest rates drive down values, wiping out owners’ equity.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...d-tallest-tower-sells-for-45-below-2014-price

    Now, that price is TRULY DEFLATIONARY! :sneaky:
     
  2. zdreg

    zdreg

    Please copy and paste article.

    Winning deflation number(67%) is my local gypsy card reader. Price went from $25 to $10.
     
  3. destriero

    destriero

  4. destriero

    destriero

    The 40-story, 701,888-square-foot office building sold for between $105 million and $110 million, according to sources familiar with the deal. KBS REIT acquired the same building from Hines for $208 million in 2010, records show, and also completed a $20 million renovation.

    Union Bank Plaza sale... incredible. 50% vacancy.
     
  5. hilmy83

    hilmy83

    The wiwang tower

    https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Wiwang_Tower
     
  6. %%
    GOOD news for the buyer, maybe.
    WONDER how much the location ,location, location had to do with it??
    DONt know LA, or earthquake insure premiums myself.
     
  7. S2007S

    S2007S

    Now if only housing prices could follow that kinda drop. Entire world economies need a correction!!
     
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  8. Nobert

    Nobert

    We had a 120 ft~ apartment, selling for $230 000 next to me. Might sound low for some, but it's eatern europe here, hour away from Russian borders.
    Saw old Sillent Hill type of houses being sold for $1Mil + in NYC's outskirts. Rats as big as cats runnin around. (Laughs)
    Heard that Australia is doing, just fine, as well.

    Gonna be interesting.
     
  9. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    Location, Location, Location.

    The same house that's 5MM in a suburb of NYC (1 hour commute) is 1MM where i live (3 hours outside the city).
     
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  10. That better come with a bomb shelter in the basement. I would not call it “cheap” by any means.


    NYC real estate is a unique beast. One of these houses, after some basic work can bring in a nice rental income (assuming the subway is close enough). FWIW, even in the worst of time, NYC prices declined relatively little (IIRC Manhattan prices dipped like 12% in 2008, though it was very uneven and there were deals to be had)
     
    #10     Dec 26, 2023
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