| Norway, surprisingly, now ranks second among foreign U.S. commercial real estate buyers, topped only by Canada. The sovereign fund that manages the country’s substantial oil wealth made a play for Blackstone Group’s 1095 Sixth Avenue just last week, in a deal that is expected to fetch up to $2.25 billion.
The move followed the Norges Bank Investment Management’s purchase of a 45 percent interest in 601 Lexington for $1.5 billion. In total, the country has spent over $3.2 billion on U.S. real estate so far this year, according to data from research firm Real Capital Analytics cited by Bloomberg News. The push comes as Norway looks to invest as much as 5 percent of its assets in real estate...............................................Full Article: Source
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