Company: SLG-PI
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001040971-25-000010
Chunk: 201

Company: SL GREEN REALTY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 201
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23.3% as of December 31, 2024. Overall average asking rents in Manhattan decreased in 2024 by 0.8% from $73.33 per square foot as of December 31, 2023 to $72.73 per square foot as of December 31, 2024, while Manhattan Class A asking rents increased to $81.19 per square foot, up 0.3% from $80.98 as of December 31, 2023.

Acquisition and Disposition Activity

According to Cushman & Wakefield, overall Manhattan sales volume increased by 7.2% in 2024 to $14.8 billion as compared to $13.8 billion in 2023. In 2024, we continued to sell joint venture interests in quality assets as well as dispose of properties that were considered non-core or had a more limited growth trajectory, raising efficiently priced capital that was used primarily for debt reduction. During the year, we closed on the sales of all or a portion of our interests in 717 Fifth Avenue, 719 Seventh Avenue, 625 Madison Avenue, Palisades Premier Conference Center, One Vanderbilt Avenue, and the Giorgio Armani Residences at 760 Madison Avenue for total gross valuations of $6.4 billion, generating net proceeds to the Company of $500.7 million.

Debt and Preferred Equity

In 2023 and 2024, in our debt and preferred equity portfolio we continued to focus on underwriting financings for owners, acquirers or developers of properties in New York City as well as expanding our special servicing business. At the same time, some investments were repaid, the proceeds of which were utilized for debt repayment, and we converted one investment into equity ownership. Our investment strategy provides us with the opportunity to fill a need for additional debt financing, while achieving attractive risk adjusted returns to us on the investments and receiving a significant amount of additional information on the New York City real estate market. During 2024, our debt and preferred equity portfolio decreased as a result of the repayment of an investment with a carrying value of $64.6 million, offset by $21.6 million of advances under future funding obligations, discount and fee amortization, and paid-in-kind interest, net of premium amortization. This does not include the origination of a $235.4 million preferred equity investment made by the Company and its joint venture partner, which is included in Investment in unconsolid