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January 24, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) -- Sam Zell and affiliated entities filed with the SEC today to report holding a combined 6.0% stake in Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE:EOP).Zell currently serves as chairman of the Chicago-based REIT.The investment group's holdings are...

January 24, 2000 By Brad Berton, IPGDirect.com Contributing EditorRREEF Funds has acquired The Embassy, a 197,000-square-foot office building in the Office Center development in the Las Colinas district of Dallas.Although a purchase price could not be learned, comparable properties have...

January 24, 2000 CLEVELAND – First Union Real Estate Investments (NYSE:FUR) is planning to spin-off to shareholders its parking operations.The REIT is forming Imperial Parking Corp., which will then be spun-off to shareholders, who will own the company in the...

January 24, 2000Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, 2000-WF1ClassAmount($mln)Sub. Level(%)RatingDuff & PhelpsRatingFitchAvg.LifePricetalk(BP)BnchMarkA-1260.119.5AAAAAA5+88-90Treas.A-245519.5AAAAAA10+105-107Treas.B31.116AAAA10+120-122Treas.C35.512AA10+135-137Treas.D8.911A-A-10+145-147Treas.E26.68BBBBBB10+180-185Treas.F8.97BBB-BBB-10+240-250Treas.X*888.3N/AAAAAAA--+350 areaTreas.* Interest only.

January 24, 2000OAK BROOK, Ill. – CenterPoint Properties Trust (NYSE:CNT) and a venture between the California Public Employees Retirement System and Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) have formed an investment fund to buy industrial properties in the Midwest.The venture between CalPERS...

January 24, 2000 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – BRE/St. Francis LLC of New York has agreed to buy the 1,192-room Westin St. Francis in San Francisco for $243 million, or $204,000/unit.The property was purchased from Westin St. Francis LP, a partnership...

January 24, 2000 4th-Qtr 994th-Qtr 9812-mos 9912-mos 98FFO $17.8 mln $15.6 mln $70.7 mln $58.2 mln FFO/shr (diluted)$0.57 $0.52 $2.20 $2.00 Extra Gain (Loss) – ($0.4 mln) – ($0.6 mln) Net Income $15.1 mln $30.3 mln $45.7 mln $56.4 mln...

January 24, 2000 By Brad Berton, IPGDirect.com Contributing EditorOnvia.com has agreed to lease the entire 102,000-square-foot Mercer Yale building that was just completed by Blume Co. in the South Lake Union area north of Seattle's central business district.Through the transaction...

January 24, 2000 The operating unit of Charles E. Smith Residential Realty Inc. (NYSE: SRW) has closed on the purchase of Ocean View at Sunset Pointe, a five-building, 1,470 unit property located in Southeast Florida, for about $102 million, or...

January 24, 2000 Davis Real Estate and its entities have accumulated a 5.5 percent interest in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (NYSE: ARE) as detailed in a Form SC 13G/A that was filed with the SEC.