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Regional Digests
Mixed-Use Project May Spell Doom for Historic Atlanta Building
Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionAtlanta's old Gulf Oil Building, once considered the first example of modernist architecture, may be converted into a 1.1 million-square-foot mixed-use project. Developers are hoping that the two-story building at 131 Ponce de Leon can be preserved in some...
Baltimore Law Firm to Lease 150,000-SF at 750 E. Pratt
Baltimore SunVenable LLP, a 450-person law firm, has signed a lease for 150,000 square feet at 750 E. Pratt St. in downtown Baltimore. The firm will leave its current headquarters at Charles Center, where it has occupied space for nearly...
2 Oklahoma City Apartment Complexes Sell for $13.5Mln
The OklahomanMcKinley Properties has sold two apartment complexes totaling 475 units in Oklahoma City, Okla., for a combined $13.5 million. A California investor bought the properties: Potomac House, at 2830 SW 59, with 288 apartments, and Meridian Ridge Apartments, at...
1.1Mln-SF Mixed-Use Complex Approved in Boston
The Boston GlobeThe Boston Redevelopment Authority has approved construction of Waterside Place, a 1.1 million-square-foot, mixed-use complex along the city's waterfront. The complex will include retail space, residential units and a hotel. Drew Co., a Boston development firm, will begin...
KBS Realty Buys Dallas Office Building
Dallas Morning NewsKBS Realty Advisors of Newport Beach, Calif., has purchased the 2525 McKinnon building, 109,810-square-foot building in Dallas, from Seneca Investments. A purchase price was not disclosed. Seneca planned to sell the property in 2006, but scrapped the idea and...
Michigan Mall to be Demolished, Replaced with Outdoor Shops
Crain's Detroit Business The Universal Mall in Warren, Mich., will be demolished and replaced with an outdoor shopping plaza and lifestyle center. Universal Mall Properties LLC, which owns the property on Dequindre Road, will spend $23 million to raze the...
Population Growth to Result in Industrial Space Absorption in San Antonio
San Antonio Business JournalThe San Antonio-area commercial real estate market is expected to absorb 781,000 square feet of industrial space from 2007 through 2011, according to data compiled by Delta Associates. The Arlington, Va., research firm cites population growth as...
Multiple Bids Received for St. Paul, Minn., Jail, Govt. Offices
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners has received seven proposals to buy and redevelop the former Ramsey County jail, along with two government buildings, in downtown St. Paul, Minn. Bidders include Opus Northwest, Wingfield Corp., and...
Suburban San Diego Apartments Sell for $9.1Mln
A private venture managed by WLA Investments has paid $9.1 million for the Bahia Jewell Apartments, a 45-unit residential property in the San Diego suburb of Pacific Beach, Calif. The Cruz Family Trust, which marketed the building through Hendricks &...
2 Oklahoma City Apartment Complexes Sell for $13.5Mln
The OklahomanMcKinley Properties has sold two apartment complexes totaling 475 units in Oklahoma City, Okla., for a combined $13.5 million. A California investor bought the properties: Potomac House, at 2830 SW 59, with 288 apartments, and Meridian Ridge Apartments, at...
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