Swedish Pension Fund Completes Massive Global Portfolio

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Swedish Pension Fund Completes Massive Global Portfolio Sale

NEW YORK, NY and LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Feb 20, 2017) -  Despite an uncertain global economic environment, investors and lenders remain drawn to the commercial real estate safe havens of the United States and United Kingdom. On behalf of Alecta, a Swedish occupational pension fund manager with approximately $85 billion under management, JLL's Global Capital Markets experts today announced the firm completed the sale of a global portfolio comprised 47 of office, retail, multifamily and industrial assets across the U.S. and U.K. Blackstone purchased the portfolio's 21 U.S. assets for $1.7 billion, and a global investment bank purchased all 26 assets in the U.K. for approximately $375 million.

JLL also secured acquisition financing on behalf of Blackstone. The Royal Bank of Canada provided a $799 million loan for the purchase of the U.S. office, retail and industrial assets. A government-sponsored enterprise provided a $93 million loan for the multifamily assets.

The portfolio includes locations in key gateway markets such as London, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Chicago and features a diverse range of high-profile tenants. The U.S. portfolio totals approximately 3 million square feet, and the UK portfolio totals 1.5 million square feet.

JLL Capital Markets is a full-service global provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers. The firm's in-depth local market and global investor knowledge delivers the best-in-class solutions for clients -- whether a sale, financing, repositioning, advisory or recapitalization execution. In 2015 alone, JLL Capital Markets completed $140 billion in investment sale and debt and equity transactions globally. The firm's Capital Markets team comprises more than 2,000 specialists, operating all over the globe.

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For more news, videos and research resources on JLL, please visit the firm's U.S. media center Web page: http://bit.ly/18P2tkv .

About JLL JLL ( NYSE : JLL ) is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. A Fortune 500 company, JLL helps real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. In 2016, JLL had revenue of $6.8 billion and fee revenue of $5.8 billion and, on behalf of clients, managed 4.4 billion square feet, or 409 million square meters, and completed sales acquisitions and finance transactions of approximately $136 billion. At year-end 2016, JLL had nearly 300 corporate offices, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of more than 77,000. As of December 31, 2016, LaSalle Investment Management has $60.1 billion of real estate under asset management. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit www.jll.com .

Contact: Heather Filkins Phone: +1 312 228 2139 Email: Heather.Filkins@am.jll.com Scott Sutton Phone: +1 312 228 2863 Email: Scott.Sutton@am.jll.com

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