Houston Business Journal Construction is underway on a 116,500-square-foot medical-office building in Houston Healthpeak Properties Inc is developing the five-story property at 7500 Fannin St It already is 36 percent preleased and will include a...
The SEC has launched an inquiry into Standard & Poor’s July 2011 decision to pull, at the last minute, its ratings on a 2011 CMBS deal that was being marketed by Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal...
New rules governing how buildings are designed could significantly add to the costs of constructing apartment properties, according to a study commissioned by the National Multi Housing Council and National Apartment Association The study, conducted...
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report An SEC rule aimed at stemming the practice of “rating shopping” by issuers of structured-finance transactions could very well result in greater volatility of ratings of existing CMBS...
October 12, 2004 Kennedy Wilson Inc (Nasdaq:KWIC) is making plans to go privateThe Beverly Hills, Calif, real estate investment and services firm intends to file a Form 15 with the SEC on Nov 1, to deregister its common stock and suspend its...
January 15, 2004 Reckson Associates Realty Corp (NYSE:RA) has agreed to sell a 104,000-square-foot unencumbered office property in Mineola, NY, for about $185 million Reckson expects the sale to close this month and will use the proceeds to repay...
November 24, 2003 Reckson Associates Realty Corp (NYSE:RA) has agreed to sell 538 Broadhollow Road in Melville, NY, for $243 million, or about $134/sf The sale of the 181,000-square-foot Long Island office building is slated to close in the fourth...
October 9, 2003 IStar Financial Inc (NYSE:SFI) has registered to sell up to $1 billion of common and preferred stock, debt securities, depository shares and warrants The shelf registration, filed today with the SEC, is a reflection of the recent...
August 29, 2003 Developers Diversified Realty Corp (NYSE:DDR) has filed to sell up to $1 billion of debt and equity securities The Cleveland REIT plans to use proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes such as acquisition or...
April 14, 2003 Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report LNR Property Corp (NYSE:LNR) has filed to sell up to $500 million of common and preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities, warranties and guarantees The Miami company plans to add...
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