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WP Carey Buys 8 Warehouses in France for $91Mln
March 28, 2002 WP Carey (NYSE:WPC) has purchased eight warehouse facilities from Carrefour, France's largest retailer, for about $104 million euros (US$91 million).DePfa/Aareal Bank provided financing for the purchase of the properties.Under the terms of the sale-leaseback agreement,...
Simon Secures Terrorism Insurance for Mall of America, Remainder of Portfolio
March 28, 2002 INDIANAPOLIS – Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE:SPG) has purchased two stand-alone policies of terrorism insurance, each with $100 million total limits.The first policy will insure Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., and the second policy...
S&P Removes Ratings From Sino Commercial Properties Funding
March 28, 2002 HONG KONG – Standard & Poor's has withdrawn its ratings on Sino Commercial Properties Funding Ltd. because the transaction has been paid in full.The transaction was the first Hong Kong-based multiproperty commercial mortgage-backed securitization rated...
Camden Property Trust Begins Construction on $24Mln Houston Apartment Project
March 28, 2002 HOUSTON – Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) has started construction on a $24 million apartment community adjacent to the Royal Oaks Country Club on the south side of Richmond Avenue, between Kirkwod Drive and Old Westheimer...
Hospitality Properties Receives $350Mln Credit Line
March 28, 2002NEWTON, Mass. – Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE:HPT) has received a $350 million revolving credit facility from a syndicate of banks led by First Union Securities and Dresdner Bank Real Estate.The facility replaces a similar facility for...
Southeast Regional Digest (3/28/02): Fla.’s Fashion Mall Sells for $21Mln-plus
March 28, 2002 Fashion Mall in Fla. sold for $21Mln-plusSun-SentinelPLANTATION, Fla. – Cameron Group and Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. have purchased the Fashion Mall, at 321 N. University Drive, for more than $21 million. Currently, the 637,000-square-foot mall has...
Sizeler to Hold 2 Public Offerings of Shares
March 28, 2002 NEW ORLEANS – Sizeler Property Investors (NYSE:SIZ) has commenced two public offerings.The first is an exchange offer to holders of all of its outstanding 8 percent convertible subordinated debentures due July 15, 2003. The second...
FINAL PRICING: $500 Mln Newcastle CDO I Ltd./Newcastle CDO I Corp.
March 28, 2002 Collateralized debt obligation, underwritten by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Collateral consists of CMBS, REIT debt, ABS and a small amount of corporate securities and bank loans. The collateral manager, Newcastle Investments, is the former Fortress...
IRS Ruling on Impact Fees Applies to All Sectors, Trade Group Says
March 28, 2002 Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportThe Real Estate Roundtable, a Washington-based industry lobbying and trade group, has clarified the scope of a recent IRS ruling concerning developer tax write-offs for impact fees.The measure in question,...
2 Bed & Breakfasts in San Francisco on the Block
March 28, 2002 SAN FRANCISCO – The owner of two bed and breakfast inns has hired Marcus & Millichap to market the 26-unit properties for sale.The two properties, located on Bush Street, have an asking price of $10...
Canada Digest (3/28/02): Caisse Moves on NY, Also Plans on Toronto
March 28, 2002 Caisse moves on NY, also plans on TorontoThe Financial PostMONTREAL – The Caisse de d?p?t et placement du Qu?bec became an even bigger player in New York with its purchase of a 45 percent equity...
Spanish Hotel Family to Buy Crestline Capital for $602Mln
March 28, 2002 Barcelo Hotels & Resorts of Spain is buying Crestline Capital Corp. (NYSE:CLJ) in a $602 million deal slated to close by the end of June.Barcelo has agreed to buy the Bethesda, Md., hotel company via...
UK Hotel Co. Sells 37 Properties for $525.3Mln; Morgan Stanley Provides Financing
March 27, 2002 Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportLONDON – Orb Estates has agreed to buy 37 properties from Thistle Hotels for 600.4 million pounds ($525.3 million).The transaction includes about 555.4 million pounds of outstanding debt and a...
Southeast Regional Digest (3/27/02): Wayne Etheridge Takes Over Grubb’s Southeast Region
March 27, 2002 Etheridge takes over Grubb's Southeast regionThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionATLANTA – Grubb & Ellis has named Wayne Etheridge to the post of regional managing director for the Southeast. Etheridge starts April 22 and will work out of...
Canada Digest: O&Y REIT Completes C$50Mln Private Placement
March 27, 2002 O&Y REIT completes C$50Mln private placementTORONTO – O&Y Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:OYR) has completed its planned private placement of 4.62 million units for C$10.85/unit and total gross proceeds of just over C$50 million (US$31.5...
TGS Hires Corporate Structure Advisers
March 27, 2002 CALGARY, Alberta – TGS Properties Ltd. (TSE:TGP.TO) is reviewing alternative corporate structures as a way to enhance shareholder value and has hired RBC Capital Markets, Deloitte & Touche LLP and Felesky Flynn LLP to help...
Kennedy-Wilson Hires David Walker to Lead Real Estate Unit
March 27, 2002 BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Kennedy-Wilson Inc. (Nasdaq:KWIC) has hired David Walker as a managing director responsible for leading the company's real estate investment banking division.Walker had worked at Nomura Asset Capital Corp. with Ethan Penner...
Shareholders OK Rodamco Liquidation
March 27, 2002 Shareholders of Rodamco North America NV have voted in favor of selling the company's assets to Westfield America Trust (ASX:WFA), Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) and Rouse Co. (NYSE:RSE) in a $5.3 billion transaction.About 87 percent...
Calif. Apartments Fetch $64Mln
March 27, 2002 LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. – BRE Properties Inc. (NYSE:BRE) last quarter bought Ventanja at Rancho Niguel.The REIT paid about $64 million, or about $139,130/unit, for the 460-unit apartment property at 28188 Moulton Parkway.Ventanja, built in 1988,...
PRICE TALK: $500 Mln Newcastle CDO I Ltd./Newcastle CDO I Corp.
March 27, 2002 Collateralized debt obligation, underwritten by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Collateral consists of CMBS, REIT debt, ABS and a small amount of corporate securities and bank loans. The collateral manager, Newcastle Investments, is the former Fortress...
Equity Inns Prices 3.1Mln Common Shares at $8/share
March 26, 2002 GERMANTOWN, Tenn. – Equity Inns (NYSE:ENN) has priced 3.1 million common shares at $8/share.Proceeds of $23.5 million will be used to pay down outstanding balances under the company's revolving credit line. Salomon Smith Barney is...
David Stockert to Succeed John Williams as CEO of Post Properties
March 26, 2002 ATLANTA – Post Properties (NYSE:PPS) has named David P. Stockert, currently president, as chief executive officer, effective July 1.Stockert will succeed John A. Williams, the company's founder and chairman. Williams will continue as chairman of...
Sonnenblick-Eichner Arranges Financing for San Diego Apartments
March 26, 2002Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportWachovia Securities has provided $36 million of senior financing for University City Village Apartments in San Diego in a transaction arranged by Sonnenblick-Eichner Co.Sonnenblick-Eichner, a Los Angeles real estate adviser, also...
Prudential Promotes Bernard Winograd, Charles Lowrey
March 26, 2002 NEWARK, N.J. – Prudential Financial Inc. (NYSE:PRU) has named Bernard Winograd president of Prudential Investment Management and chairman of Prudential Real Estate Investors.The pension fund advisor has also promoted Charles Lowrey, the current president of...
Southeast Regional Digest (3/26/02): Julien J. Studley Loses More Brokers in Atlanta
March 26, 2002 Golden leaves Julien J. Studley; Sanders, Duffy followThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionATLANTA – Brokers Bert Sanders and Patrick Duffy have followed Neal Golden's move and resigned from the Atlanta office of commercial real estate brokerage Julien J....
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