The land under the Beverly Hills flagship retailer of luxurious retailer Neiman Marcus has been bought to a New York investor because the house owners of the division retailer chain promote property to pay money owed.
Neiman Marcus, which has occupied the 9700 Wilshire Boulevard retailer because it opened in 1979, will proceed to serve prospects there as a tenant.
“We made the strategic determination to promote the land beneath the Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills retailer and enter right into a long-term lease with the brand new proprietor,” mentioned a spokesperson for Saks International. “This opportunistic actual property transaction doesn’t influence our day-to-day operations. We stay dedicated to serving our loyal Beverly Hills prospects.”
Saks International, the dad or mum firm of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Saks Off fifth and Bergdorf Goodman, bought the Beverly Hills Neiman Marcus website for an undisclosed worth.
The brand new proprietor of the property on the sting of town’s prestigious Golden Triangle is Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., a non-public actual property funding agency owned by Ben Ashkenazy.
Ashkenazy additionally owns the previous Barneys constructing on Wilshire Boulevard that’s now occupied by Saks Fifth Avenue.
“This strategic acquisition considerably expands Ashkenazy’s presence in Beverly Hills and reinforces the agency’s deal with irreplaceable, best-in-class retail belongings situated in globally acknowledged luxurious corridors,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement.
Executives at Saks International have signaled plans to shore up money by offloading shops, or elevating emergency financing.
It might additionally half with a stake in luxurious retail chain Bergdorf Goodman to assist repay money owed and reinvest in its core retail enterprise, actual property information supplier CoStar mentioned.
The corporate faces a $100-million debt cost deadline on the finish of December and is contemplating Chapter 11 chapter as a final resort, Bloomberg mentioned. The scramble comes a yr after Saks International bought Neiman Marcus in a $2.7-billion deal.
The Beverly Hills retail property market continues to be one of the vital strong within the nation, mentioned actual property dealer Jay Luchs of Newmark. He was not concerned within the Neiman Marcus property sale, however has brokered gross sales and leases of luxurious shops in Southern California for greater than 20 years.
“That is in all probability one of the best it’s ever been in Beverly Hills,” he mentioned, with “primarily nothing obtainable” on Rodeo Drive for retailers seeking retailer area and demand climbing on close by streets resembling Wilshire Boulevard.
Some top-shelf manufacturers are making their shops bigger, and luxurious manufacturers, together with LVMH, Chanel, Hermes and Richemont, are shopping for their shops as a substitute of renting them, he mentioned.
“They don’t do this except they’re making an amazing amount of cash, except they wish to be there ceaselessly,” Luchs mentioned, “they usually notice that Los Angeles and Beverly Hills is a vital marketplace for them.”
