Ivanhoe虂 Cambridge and its partner, Callahan Capital Properties have paid $2.2bn for a New York office asset.

The Three Bryant Park office property in midtown Manhattan was sold by Blackstone to the joint venture.

As previously  last year, the sale was expected to trade at a yield of around 4.5%.

The 1.2m sqft building at 1095 Avenue of the Americas is multi-let to tenants including MetLife, Verizon and Dechert.

鈥淭he opportunity to acquire a truly iconic property like Three Bryant Park is extremely rare,鈥 said Arthur Lloyd, executive vice president of global investments at Ivanhoe虂 Cambridge.

The 97%-let asset, he added, was a 鈥漜ornerstone鈥 as it looks to expand its US office platform and 鈥redeploy capital that has been rotated out of non-core assets globally鈥.

鈥淚t fits perfectly into our investment strategy of building a diversified portfolio of top-quality office properties in gateway US office markets.鈥

 last year bought a 40% stake in a US office portfolio from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB).

The real estate subsidiary of the Caisse de de虂po虃t et placement du Que虂bec paid $200m (鈧160m) for the stake in a portfolio of properties in Denver, Colorado.

The portfolio included the US Bank Tower and the Tabot Center.

The latest transaction is Ivanhoe虂 Cambridge鈥檚 seventh with Callahan Capital Properties, which asset manages properties for the joint venture as well as being an equity partner.

As of November last year and prior to the Three Bryant Park deal, the two companies had jointly invested more than $2.4bn in US real estate.