Property Types
Retail
Elk Crossing Shopping Center Sold in Chicago Suburb
Aug. 19, 2008
Mid-America Real Estate Corp.'s Investment Sales Group of Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., announced the sale of Elk Crossing, a 121,507-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center in Elk Grove Village, a northwest suburb of Chicago.
Teen Retailer Buys Office Space in Manhattan
Aug. 19, 2008
rue21, a leading specialty value teen retailer for girls and guys is on the move in New York City. The 400 plus store retailer has acquired and customized a 3,800-square-foot office located in the Fashion District.
Ramco-Gershenson Adds Shopping Center to Florida JV
Aug. 19, 2008
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust has sold the 330,000-square-foot Plaza at Delray shopping center in Delray Beach, Fla., to its $450 million joint venture with the state of Florida, which is advised by Heitman L.L.C.
Office
Skinner Announces Move to Marlborough, Mass.
Aug. 20, 2008
Skinner Inc., the auction house, has announced it will move from its long-time Bolton, Mass. gallery to a new facility located at 274 Cedar Hill Street in Marlborough, Mass.
Icahn Nabs AT&T's Dallas HQ in Sale-Leaseback
Aug. 20, 2008
Transferring its headquarters from San Antonio to Dallas, telecom giant AT&T Inc. has moved into a 37-story high-rise and sold the building in a sale-leaseback deal to Icahn Enterprises for an undisclosed amount.
Multi-Family
Och-Ziff, Kolter in $1B Southeast Residential JV
Aug. 20, 2008
New York-based Och-Ziff Capital Management Group and Kolter Group of West Palm Beach, Fla., have announced the formation of a $1 billion joint venture that will target residential properties in the Southeast that are at any stage of development, from undeveloped, unentitled land to finished projects.
The Orbach Group Acquires Miry Run Apartments in New Jersey
Aug. 19, 2008
The Orbach Group has purchased the Miry Run Apartments, a nine-building complex housing 144 units. The acquisition is the second Hamilton, N.J. property in the company’s portfolio, joining Victoria Apartments, bringing the Hamilton total to 460 units.
Fowler Buys 420-Unit Atlanta M-F, Plans Upgrades
Aug. 19, 2008
Conifer Crossing, a 420-unit multi-family property in Norcross, Ga., has traded hands for $31.75 million. The buyer was San Francisco-based Fowler Property Acquisitions; the seller, Denver-based Simpson Housing L.L.L.P.
Industrial
Skinner Announces Move to Marlborough, Mass.
Aug. 20, 2008
Skinner Inc., the auction house, has announced it will move from its long-time Bolton, Mass. gallery to a new facility located at 274 Cedar Hill Street in Marlborough, Mass.
W.P. Carey Closes $58M Sale-Leaseback in Germany
Aug. 20, 2008
New York City-headquartered W.P. Carey, acting through its publicly held non-traded REITs CPA(R):15 and CPA(R):17 - Global, has completed a sale-leaseback transaction in Germany with U.K.-based automotive supplier Wagon Plc.
Indian Firm Buys Land for $100M HQ in Little Rock
Aug. 18, 2008
Man Industries, a pipe-manufacturing firm based in Mumbai, India, has made its first venture into the United States with the purchase of 155 acres of land in Little Rock, Ark., with plans to build a $100 million facility to serve as its North and South American headquarters. Construction will begin later this month in an existing industrial area on Greenfields. No targeted completion date was released.
Hospitality
Deferred Loan Payments Confirm Delay of Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas
Aug. 18, 2008
Groundbreaking on The Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas--would-be sibling to the landmark Manhattan hotel of the same name--has been put off till next year, in conjunction with an agreement by Goldman Sachs Group and Credit Suisse Group to give the project’s developer an additional six months to repay $625 million in loans.
Seniors Housing
Senior Living Facilities Draw More Men
Aug. 18, 2008
Senior living communities, traditionally home to populations of predominantly female residents, are now experiencing significant growth of their male populace. The trend is particularly prevalent at independent living facilities--be they dedicated independent living properties or housing units within continuing care retirement communities.
HCP Wraps Up $500M Offering
Aug. 13, 2008
Long Beach-headquartered HCP Inc. has just concluded its offering of 14.95 million shares of common stock, which, at a price of $33.50 per share, yielded the healthcare REIT an aggregate $500 million. The company originally priced the offering of just 13 million shares on August 6 with hopes of taking in $435 million. HCP plans to use the proceeds from the offering to repay part of its outstanding debut under a bridge loan facility. In other recent financial transactions, in late May, the company placed $259 million of secured debt on 21 of its nearly 300 senior housing properties. The debt, featuring a seven-year term with a fixed interest rate of 5.83 percent, was provided by Grandbridge Real Estate Capital L.L.C. and purchased by Fannie Mae.
Life Sciences Trends Point to Continued RE Demand
Aug. 12, 2008
The life sciences industry's real estate needs in the nine key U.S. markets continue as soaring construction costs hinder the upgrading of existing office space, international players compete for the limited pool of high-end accommodations and businesses increase reliance on outside real estate services providers, according to a new report by CB Richard Ellis Inc.
Mixed-Use
Port of Corpus Christi Opens Trade Lines to Venezuela
Aug. 19, 2008
Establishing a dedicated monthly shipping service between Texas's Port of Corpus Christi and Venezuela opens a two-way trade route that hadn’t existed at the port before. The opening of the trade route comes on the heels of the selection of Federal Development as the master developer of a $400 million project that includes the development of La Quinta Trade Gateway.
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