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Fitch Rates BRE’s $150Mln Senior Notes Offering Triple-B-Plus
March 14, 2002 NEW YORK – Fitch Ratings has assigned its triple-B-plus rating to BRE Properties' (NYSE:BRE) $150 million senior unsecured notes due March 2007.Fitch's rating is based o n the firm's asset quality, solid property fundamentals in...
Developers Diversified Prices Stock; Issues Medium Term Notes
March 14, 2002 CLEVELAND – Developers Diversified Realty (NYSE:DDR) has priced $150 million of class F cumulative perpetual preferred stock and has issued $100 million of medium term notes. The class F preferred stock has a $25 liquidation...
Carlton Group Adds Executives
March 14, 2002 NEW YORK – The Carlton Group has hired two executives to beef up its investment-sales and mortgage placement operation.The executives, Jon Glickman and Steve Maloy, were hired as senior vice presidents.Glickman was most recently with...
Captec Hires Marcus & Millichap to Sell National Retail Portfolio
March 14, 2002 Captec Inc. has hired Marcus & Millichap to market a $40 million portfolio of restaurant and retail service properties across the country.The portfolio includes such brands as Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Tony Roma's, Hollywood Video,...
CBL Closes $1.3Bln Retail Property Buy
March 14, 2002 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – CBL & Associates Properties Inc. (NYSE:CBL) has completed its $1.3 billion purchase of a 23-property portfolio from The Richard E. Jacobs Group Inc. In this final stage of the acquisition, CBL acquired...
Southeast Regional Digest (3/14/02): St. Joe Begins Work on Fla. Retail Complex
March 14, 2002 St. Joe begins work on Fla. retail complexPANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – The St. Joe Co. has begun construction of a retail complex here. Pier Park is a venture between the company and the city....
HQ Global Workplaces Seeks Chapter 11 Protection
March 14, 2002 DALLAS – HQ Global Workplaces and 32 of its affiliates have filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. In conjunction with the filing, HQ has received a commitment...
Albertson’s Closing, Selling Stores in Tenn., Texas
March 14, 2002 BOISE, Idaho – Food and drug retailer Albertson's (NYSE:ABS) intends to exit four under-performing markets in Tennessee and Texas through store closures and sales.The markets are in Memphis, Nashville, Houston and San Antonio.Combined, the markets...
Bauer to buy Mall in Texas
March 14, 2002 ARLINGTON, Texas – The Bauer Partnership Inc. (OTC BB:BUER) has agreed to buy the Six Flags Mall for $23.5 million.The real estate investment company's subsidiary, Bauer Capital Management Ltd., is buying the 1.2 million-square-foot mall...
Canada Digest (3/14/02): Developer Pays C$29Mln for Development Site in Vancouver
March 14, 2002 Developer pays C$29Mln for development site in VancouverThe Vancouver SunVANCOUVER, British Columbia – Developer Peter Wall has out-bid four rivals to purchase one of the most coveted development sites in downtown. Wall Financial Corp. is...
Whitemark Homes Launches $34Mln Long Point Cove Project in Florida
March 14, 2002 PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Whitemark Homes (OTCBB:WTMK) has purchased 15 acres near Panama City for its $34 million Long Point Cove marina condominium project.Phase I will consist of 4.5 acres of commercial and retail space...
Manhattan’s 609 Fifth Ave. Sold for $415/sf
March 14, 2002 NEW YORK – Investors Jeff Sutton and Eli Gindi have joined forces with the Blackstone Group to buy the boutique office building at 609 Fifth Ave. for $65 million, or $415/sf.The 13-story, 156,700-square-foot property near...
Equity Residential Confirms Naming Duncan President
March 14, 2002 CHICAGO – Equity Residential Properties Trust (NYSE:EQR) has named Bruce W. Duncan president and a member of its board. The move, which was expected, calls for Douglas Crocker to relinquish his role as president. He...
Colonial Bank Provides $23.3Mln of Financing for 2 Multifamily Complexes
March 14, 2002 DALLAS – Colonial Bank has provided nearly $23.3 million in financing to AmeriSouth Realty for its purchase of two apartment properties, one each in Dallas and Fort Worth.Holiday Fenoglio Fowler's Dallas office arranged the two...
Metropolitan Fund Corp. Provides $48.2Mln for Apartment Portfolio
March 14, 2002 HOUSTON – Metropolitan Fund Corp. has provided $48.2 million in financing to Trimark Realty Investments for its Octagon portfolio of seven apartment properties totaling 1,845 units in Houston and Fort Worth.The 35-year, fixed-rate financing was...
Red Mortgage Funds $13.5Mln Fannie DUS Loan
March 14, 2002 Red Mortgage Capital Inc. has provided $13.5 million of Fannie Mae financing for Summerlin Apartments, a 147-unit complex in suburban Portland, Ore.The financing, a forward commitment mortgage, was structured under Fannie's delegated underwriting and servicing...
FINAL PRICING: $317 Mln GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp, 2002-LT (Lucent)
March 13, 2002 Underwriter: UBS Warburg. Click here for related article from Tuesday, March 12, 2002. Class Amount (mlns) Rating S&P Rating Moody's Avg. Life Price Talk Priced Benchmark A-1 60 AAA Aaa 1 S+70 area +65 Euros...
Prudential Gets Special Servicing Rating From Fitch
March 13, 2002 NEW YORK – Fitch Ratings has given Prudential Asset Resources a special servicer rating of CSS3-plus. Fitch noted that although Prudential Asset has no CMBS special servicing experience, it is special servicer for loans held...
Odetics Selling Real Estate in Calif.
March 13, 2002 ANAHEIM, Calif. – Odetics Inc. (Nasdaq:ODETA) has agreed to sell and lease back its real estate holdings in Anaheim to an undisclosed buyer.The company and the buyer have opened escrow, and the deal, which is...
Moody’s Downgrades Nortel Lease-Backed Deal Again
March 13, 2002 NEW YORK – Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Nortel Networks Lease Pass-Through Trust, 2001-1, to Baa3 from Baa2 because Nortel's corporate rating had been downgraded to Baa3.The transaction is backed by leases on properties Nortel...
Liberty Property Trust Promotes William Hankowsky to President
March 13, 2002 MALVERN, Pa. – Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY) has promoted William P. Hankowsky to president of the company.Hankowsky, who has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of Liberty for more than a year,...
WP Carey Buys 4 Facilities for $13.7Mln
March 13, 2002 NEW YORK – W.P. Carey & Co. (NYSE:WPC) has purchased and leased back four facilities from PW Eagle (NYSE:PWEI) for about $13.7 million. The four properties, which total 245,000 square feet, will be leased under...
Corporate Office Expands Credit Facility to $150Mln
March 13, 2002 COLUMBIA, Md. – Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE:OFC) has expanded its existing secured revolving credit facility to $150 million from $125 million.The facility was arranged by Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Inc. and includes eight banks.The...
Motorola Hires Jones Lang LaSalle to Manage Real Estate
March 13, 2002 Motorola (NYSE:MOT) has hired Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) to manage a significant number of its U.S. facilities and provide project management services for its owned and leased real estate portfolio.The five-year contract covers 12.5 million...
Westfield, Zurich Insurance Resolve World Trade Center Insurance Dispute
March 13, 2002 Westfield America Trust (ASX:WFA) has resolved a dispute with Zurich Insurance over supplementary insurance on the retail component of the World Trade Center. The insurance in question is separate from the $3.5 billion "per occurrence"...
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