NorthStar Asset Management to buy The Townsend Group from GTCR
NorthStar Asset Management Group Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to buy a roughly 85 percent stake in The Townsend Group. for about $380 million. GTCR is the seller. New York-based Townsend is a specialty real estate advisory and investment firm. NorthStar said it has obtained a $500 million financing commitment, which is being led by Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc. The deal is expected to close in early 2016. Morgan Stanley advised NorthStar.





