Lexington Realty Trust Buys $302M Manhattan Land Portfolio

Lexington Realty Trust ("Lexington") LXP, a real estate investment trust focused on single-tenant real estate investments, announced today that it acquired a portfolio of three parcels of land in New York, New York consisting of an aggregate of 0.6 acres, which are net leased to tenants under non-cancellable 99-year leases. The aggregate purchase price was $302 million, which was funded from cash balances and Lexington's unsecured revolving credit facility. The improvements on these parcels are owned by the tenants under Lexington's leases and currently consist of three high-rise hotels built in 2010, which contain an aggregate of approximately 480,000 square feet, 103 floors and 1,179 guest rooms. The hotels are known as the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel New York City - Financial District, the Sheraton Tribeca New York Hotel and the Element New York Times Square West. The aggregate initial annual rent under the leases is approximately $14.9 million, which represents approximately 4.93% of the purchase price. The rent under each lease increases by a minimum of 2.0% each year with further annual increases, not to exceed 3.0% per annum in the aggregate, at specified intervals based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index See full press release