** Shares of SL Green Realty SLG.N down 1.5% to $78 in
extended trading as it looks to raise equity
** Manhattan office REIT commences $400 mln stock offering
** It plans to use net offering proceeds for general
purposes, including new debt and equity investment opportunities
and debt repayment
** Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan, TD Securities, BMO and Deutsche
Bank jt bookrunners
** Co after the bell also says it closed on sale of an 11.0%
interest in One Vanderbilt Avenue to Japan's Mori Building Co.,
Ltd
** SLG shares on Thurs closed up 1.8% at $79.15. Stock up
75% YTD and has more than doubled over the past 12 months
** Co has 66.7 mln shares outstanding as of Nov 21, per latest
SEC filing, giving co market cap of ~$5.3 bln
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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