Lone Star Funds
The building was originally built by Broadway Tower 655, LLC, a limited partnership of which Robert V. Lankford of Lankford &amp; Associates, Inc. was the managing partner. In July 2007, the building was sold to the Dutch firm Wereldhave USA under the direction of Carmen Taveras-Cruz, the company's former president for $210 million. Wereldhave sold the building in March 2013 to Lone Star Funds, a Dallas-based private equity firm, for a reported $140.88 million, representing a loss of over $70 million on Wereldhave's investment. The building was sold by Lone Star Funds in 2014 for $156.8 million to 655 WB Operating, LLC.