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Overview

ICBC provides $15.8 million USD to $60.8 million USD syndicated loan facility to Pi Capital Partners for several New York properties (Linked to Record ID#107445)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$15,899,481
Commitment Year2018Country of ActivityUnited StatesDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationUnited StatesSectorBusiness And Other ServicesFlow TypeLoan

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 18, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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The properties are located across Manhattan and Queens, New York City, New York, and include the following: a 1956 commercial condo unit 130 Water St.; a 1925 six-story building at 474 Seventh Ave.; a 1920 three-story property located at 459 Lexington Ave; a 1927 two-story building at 82-02 Roosevelt Ave.; and the 339 Fifth Ave. property, located on the corner of East 33rd and Fifth Streets. The 339 Fifth Ave. property was previously was the Demarest Building, an iron-framed,19th-century structure across the street from the Empire State Building. The 339 Fifth Ave. building was demolished in 2022. More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/278076373 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/265276994 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/250587975 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/265260886.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Ultimate beneficial owners

At least 25% host country ownership

Funding agencies

State-owned Commercial Banks

  • Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)

Cofinancing agencies

State-owned Commercial Banks

  • Bank of China (BOC)

Receiving agencies

Private Sector

  • J.P.K. Associates, L.L.C.

Loan desecription

December 2018 ICBC and BOC syndicated $60.8 million USD loan to Pi Capital for several properties in the United States

Interest typeUnknown

Collateral

The loan was collateralized against the 339 Fifth Ave. property.

Narrative

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Project narrative

In December 2018, Bank of China (BOC) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) entered into a $60.8 million USD syndicated financing facility with J.P.K Associates, LLC— a subsidiary of Pi Capital Partners, a New York-based private real estate development and management firm — for several New York City properties. The loan was collateralized against the 339 Fifth Ave. property. Record ID#107444 captures ICBC's $15.8 million USD contribution to the syndicate. The funds were allocated to the 339 Fifth Ave. property, the Demarest Building, an iron-framed, 19th-century structure across the street from the Empire State Building. The 339 Fifth Ave. property is located on the corner of East 33rd and Fifth Streets. The property previously was the Demarest Building, an iron-framed, 19th-century structure across the street from the Empire State Building. The 339 Fifth Ave. building was demolished in 2022. Record ID#107445 captures BOC's $45 million USD contribution. BOC's contribution financed the 339 Fifth Ave. property, a 474 Seventh Ave. property, a 459 Lexington Ave. property, a commercial condo unit at 130 Water St. and 82-02 Roosevelt Ave. in Queens.

Staff comments

1. Simon Cices of Troutman Sanders LLP represented the lender(s).