May 4, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Deutsche Banc Alex Brown analyst Amy Young today upgraded Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) to "strong buy" from "buy."Further information wasn't readily available on the rating move.

May 4, 2000 Business KoreaSEOUL, Korea – The Saehan Group is planning to sell its headquarters building and other real estate holdings in order to keep its promise with creditor banks to improve its financial status. Properties put...

May 4, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Post Properties (NYSE:PPS) saw its rating from Prudential Securities climb to "strong buy" from "hold" yesterday, owing to a move from analyst Lou Taylor, who believes the worst is over as far as...

May 4, 2000Lourde John Constable has taken a controlling interest in Arizona Land Income Corp. (AMEX:AZL), according to a Form SC 13G/A filed today with the SEC.In addition to the 278,950 shares (12.7 percent) he holds himself, his...

May 4, 2000MINNEAPOLIS – American Hospitality Management Co. has posted an 81-unit EconoLodge for sale in the real estate section of eBay. The hotel was posted for auction on April 29th, with a minimum bid of $2.5 million.According...

May 4, 2000 ARLINGTON, Va. – Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. Inc. (NYSE:FBR) has initiated coverage of Home Properties of New York (NYSE:HME) with a "Buy" rating and a 12-month price target of $31. "Given the consistent performance...

May 3, 2000 NEW YORK – Clarion Partners has acquired Waltham Woods Corporate Center, a 394,000-square-foot office complex outside of Boston from an investment group led by Leggat McCall Properties and DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners.Terms of the...

May 3, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – BRE Properties (NYSE:BRE) has filed with the SEC today to register 11.8 million shares of its Internet services subsidiary, VelocityHSI, for distribution to its shareholders.In the distribution, shareholders of BRE, a San Francisco-based...

May 3, 2000MADISON, N.J. – American Home Products Corp. (NYSE:AHP) has agreed to buy the Aventis Pharmaceuticals (formerly Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, now combined with Hoechst Marion Roussel) campus in Collegeville, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia.Neither company is disclosing financial...

May 3, 2000 WASHINGTON – CarrAmerica Realty Corp. (NYSE:CRE) and FrontLine Capital Group (Nasdaq:FLCG) extended their closing date to May 31 for the merger of HQ Global Workplaces, CarrAmerica's executive office suites affiliate, with Vantas Inc., Frontline's executive...

By Brad Berton, Commercial Real Estate Direct Contributing EditorBascom Group LLC, of Irvine, Calif., has pushed its Southern California apartment portfolio beyond 4,200 units with the $21.2 million acquisition of Hillpointe Apartments in the southern Orange County community...

May 3, 2000 Lend Lease Real Estate Investments Inc. said it has purchased a majority interest in the Leo Burnett Building from Starwood Capital Group on behalf of an institutional client, according to an article in The Chicago...

May 3, 2000 Clarion Partners purchases Lenox BuildingThe Wall Street Journal, May 3 ATLANTA – Clarion Partners has purchased the Lenox Building from Simon Property Group for an institutional client. According to people with knowledge of the deal,...

May 3, 2000 NEW YORK – RealPulse.com, the new real estate technology firm that until now has been secretive about its plans as it has hired away top commercial mortgage industry leaders, today announced plans for an interactive...

May 3, 2000 OXNARD, Calif. – The board of directors of LTC Properties Inc. (NYSE: LTC) has adopted a stockholder rights plan but says that action was not taken in response to any offers to acquire the company.Under...

May 3, 2000 1st-Qtr 001st-Qtr 99FFO $15.4 mln$14.5 mlnFFO/shr (diluted) $0.63 $0.59 Net Income $25.9 mln $7.3 mlnNet/shr$1.23 $0.32 Revenue$30.8 mln $30.5 mln Shares outst.24.5 mln 24.5 mln

May 3, 2000 1st-Qtr 001st-Qtr 99FFO $68.5 mln$73.8 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $1.00 $0.97 Net Income $12.7 mln $30.6 mln Net/shr$0.21 $0.45 Revenue$126.8 mln $126.9 mln Shares outst.68.7 mln 76 mln

May 3, 2000 1st-Qtr 001st-Qtr 99FFO $6.5 mln$6.2 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.35 $0.33 Net Income $7.7 mln $2.3 mln Net/shr$0.43 $0.16 Revenue$14.6 mln $13.7 mln Shares outst.18.8 mln 17.3 mln

May 3, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst Merrill Ross today lowered FelCor Lodging Trust (NYSE:FCH) to "accumulate" from "buy." Citing an increase in leverage and interest expense as reasons for the move, Ross placed a $21...

May 3, 2000 1st-Qtr 001st-Qtr 99FFO/shr (diluted) $0.55 $0.48 Net Income $31.8 mln $15 mlnNet/shr$0.19 $0.10 Revenue$316 mln $271 mln

May 2, 2000 KENT, Wash. – Boeing Realty Corporation (NYSE:BA) unveiled a 200-acre business park plan called "Pacific Gateway Business Park," located next to the Boeing Space Center.The redevelopment of surplus land project calls for more than 2...

May 2, 2000 HARRISBURG, Pa. – Hersha Hospitality Trust (AMEX: HT) has acquired four hotel properties located in the metropolitan Atlanta market from Noble Investment Group Ltd., while simultaneously entering into sale-leaseback agreements with Noble for the four...

May 2, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) -- Franchise Finance Corp. of America (NYSE:FFA) had its rating from A.G. Edwards & Sons analyst Ann Melnick scaled back to "accumulate" from "buy," based on the weaker-than-expected performance of one of the company's...

May 2, 2000 NEW YORK – A syndicate of 12 banks led by Bank of New York provided $140 million of first mortgage financing to a group led by Silverstein Properties Inc. for its purchase of 120 Broadway...

May 2, 2000 IRVING, Texas – FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. (NYSE:FCH) has received $186 million in first mortgage financing from Chase Manhattan Bank.The financing is secured by eight Embassy Suites hotels. It carries an 8.69 percent fixed interest...