Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX:BAM.A) acquired a 51% stake in Portfolio of 5 Multifamily and Mixed-Used Properties in New York and California from Carmel Partners, Inc. on December 30, 2021. The portfolio includes a 30-story rental tower in Manhattan and buildings in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Brookfield is taking full ownership of the portfolio after acquiring 49% of the interests in the portfolio in 2017 in a real estate secondaries transaction. In connection with the closing, Brookfield refinanced one of the properties and assumed the debt secured by the remaining properties. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP acted as legal advisor to Brookfield Asset Management Inc. The Cleary real estate team on the transaction included partner Steve Wilner and senior real estate staff attorney David Groman.

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX:BAM.A) completed the acquisition of a 51% stake in Portfolio of 5 Multifamily and Mixed-Used Properties in New York and California from Carmel Partners, Inc. on December 30, 2021.