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Floyd Mayweather is investing in a $10 billion collection of office buildings
Floyd Mayweather is expanding his real estate portfolio to incorporate office properties across the country in addition to multi-unit apartment buildings he purchased in New York for $402 million.
The latest investment of the legendary boxer in the 601W company equalizes him the office owner’s extensive portfolio, which incorporates a $10 billion collection spanning 18 buildings and 10 million square feet, The Real Deal reports. The source said this is Mayweather’s “most significant” investment up to now.
With the investment in 601W, Mayweather becomes an owner-partner of significant properties akin to the Amazon-anchored 410 tenth Avenue in New York’s Hudson Yards district, the Aon Center and Old Post Office Building in Chicago, and the Harborside office complex in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Mayweather is confident the office market will get better post-pandemic and sees “tremendous growth” in the 601W portfolio, citing the owner’s strong track record, in keeping with a spokesman.
Mayweather’s investment will support the repositioning of existing assets and financing of recent acquisitions, said Mark Karasick, managing member of 601W. Mayweather is also targeting distressed office deals in big cities like Chicago and New York, Karasick added.
The entry into the office sector comes after Mayweather’s $100 million investment in a partnership with office owner SL Green and a month after he acquired a portfolio of apartments from Black Spruce Management in Upper Manhattan for $402 million. This transaction, which incorporates over 60 buildings for rent, will probably be one of the most important transactions in the town this yr.
“New York is the center of the world,” Mayweather said in a statement. “A wise person once told me that if you buy a property in New York and hold on to it for years, you will always make money and win.”
Mayweather’s Millions Made in the Ring solidified your status as an experienced investor. He has amassed a net value of $1.2 billion, including roughly $300 million from a single fight in 2015.