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Key Wireless Exec Joins LightSpeed Infrastructure
February 1, 2001 HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – LightSpeed Infrastructure, the high-tech development arm of Swerdlow Real Estate Group, has named Richard Swerdlow as vice president in charge of business development.Swerdlow will manage LightSpeed's new business initiatives, including implementing e-commerce...
S&P Upgrades Chase Commercial Mortgage Corp.’s Series 1996-1
February 1, 2001 NEW YORK – Standard & Poor's has raised its ratings on four classes of Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.'s series 1996-1 and affirmed three other classes.The rating agency has raised class B to double-A-plus from...
2001 Looks Good for Real Estate: Prudential Research
February 1, 2001 PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Restraint in debt markets is keeping the nation's commercial real estate market out of recession, according to "2001 Market Outlook," by Prudential Real Estate Investors.That restraint has resulted in little overbuilding.The pension-fund...
First Washington Shareholders OK REIT’s Sale to CalPERS
February 1, 2001BETHESDA, Md. – First Washington Realty Trust Inc.'s (NYSE:FRW) common stockholders yesterday approved the $800 million sale of the REIT to an affiliate of the California Public Employees' Retirement System.The shareholders agreed that the acquisition would...
Acadia Realty Trust Expands Share Repurchase Program
February 1, 2001 LONG ISLAND, N.Y. – Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) will repurchase an additional $10 million of its stock.The company has almost completed its first program to repurchase $10 million of its shares."To the extent that our...
GMAC Provides $30 Mln in Permanent Financing for 2 Calif. Hotels
February 1, 2001 SAN JOSE, Calif. – GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp. has provided $29.6 million of fixed-rate financing for two hotels in Milpitas, Calif.JWMFE Milpitas CY LLC has received a $16 million loan for the 155-unit Courtyard by...
Southeast Regional Digest (2/1/01): Judge may rule Friday on Charlotte, N.C., mall expansion
February 1, 2001 Judge may rule on mall expansion Friday The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, February 1CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The $100 million SouthPark mall expansion project is being threatened by a lawsuit filed by eight residents, who say their...
Jacqueline D. Reses Named CEO at iBuilding
February 1, 2001 SAN FRANCISCO – Jacqueline D. Reses has been appointed chief executive officer at iBuilding.Prior to iBuilding, Reses handled business development at 12 Entrepreneuring Inc., the entrepreneurial operating company that led iBuilding's $15 million in financing.Before...
Winston Hotels 4th Qtr FFO $0.36/shr vs $0.36/shr
February 1, 2001 4th-Qtr 004th-Qtr 9912-mos 0012-mos 99FFO (Mln)$6.5$6.5 $31.8 $31.8 FFO/shr $0.36 $0.36 $1.72 $1.76 Net Income (Mln)$12.1 $2.9 $15.0 $16.9 Net/shr$0.61 $0.07 $0.48 $0.61 Revenue (Mln)$23.9 $13.9 $63.7$62.7 Shares Outstanding (Mln)18.2 18.1 18.2 18.1
Duke-Weeks 4th Qtr FFO $0.63/shr vs $0.57/shr
February 1, 2001 4th-Qtr 004th-Qtr 9912-mos 0012-mos 99FFO (Mln) $97.2$86.4 $377.9 $278.6 FFO/shr (diluted) $0.63 $0.57 $2.46 $2.19 Net Income (Mln) $73.4 $41.2 $213.0 $139.6 Net/shr$0.57 $0.33 $1.66 $1.32 Revenue (Mln)$194.7 $183.6 $794.6$589.6 Shares Outstanding (Mln)154.8 152.0 153.9...
Teachers’ Buy of Kentucky Warehouses Brings Optimism to Market
February 1, 2001 By Patrick Crowley, Commercial Real Estate Direct Contributing WriterOne of the nation's largest education pension funds has made a $28 million purchase of industrial property outside of Cincinnati in northern Kentucky, giving brokers cause to...
Canada Regional Digest (2/1/01): Ivanhoe and Cambridge to merge
February 1, 2001 Ivanhoe and Cambridge to merge Canada Newswire, February 1MONTREAL – Ivanhoe Inc. and Cambridge Shopping Centres Ltd. will merge, and the new organization will be known as Ivanhoe Cambridge. The move follows Ivanhoe's acquisition and...
AMLI Residential Buys Second Denver Apartment Community
February 1, 2001DENVER – AMLI Residential Properties Trust (NYSE:AML) has purchased the Legacy Gateway Park apartment community for an undisclosed purchase price.The community, which has been renamed AMLI at Gateway Park, consists of 328 units set on about...
Radiant May Resell REIT’s Assets
February 1, 2001 It may not be long before most of the assets that First Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments (NYSE:FUR) is now selling hit the market once again.Radiant Investors LLC, which agreed in September to...
Infomart to Build Houston Telecommunications Campus
February 1, 2001 DALLAS – Infomart has partnered with Sarofim Realty Advisors to buy 65 acres at the northwest corner of Interstate 45 and Beltway 8 West in Houston's Greenspoint area from Ray Nasher.Infomart, the Dallas-based developer of...
Cousins Buys Venture Partner’s Interest in LA Office Building
February 1, 2001 LOS ANGELES – Cousins Properties Inc. (NYSE:CUZ) has acquired the remaining 49.9 percent interest in Phase I of the Cerritos Corporate Center for $7.5 million from its venture partner CommonWealth Pacific.Cousins now owns the 222,000-square-foot...
Deutsche Preps Large Loan Deal With J.P. Morgan Chase
February 1, 2001 Commercial Real Estate DirectDeutsche Bank is planning a $750 million large loan securitization. The bank will lead manage the deal and serve as sole bookrunner. J.P. Morgan Chase will be the co-lead manager on the...
Lend Lease Launches European Real Estate Securities Fund
January 31, 2001 NEW YORK – Lend Lease Real Estate Investments Inc. has launched Lend Lease European Real Estate Securities Fund to invest primarily in publicly held real estate companies in the European Union.According to Lend Lease, the...
RREEF Buys Chicago-Area Industrial Property From Prentiss
January 31, 2001By Brad Berton, Commercial Real Estate Direct Contributing WriterRREEF Funds, the Chicago pension-fund adviser, has acquired a 248,000-square-foot industrial park in its own back yard from Prentiss Properties (NYSE:PP).The firm purchased Continental Executive Park, comprised of...
Brookfield Pays $33 Mln for Stake in Toronto Development Project
January 31, 2001 TORONTO – Brookfield Properties (NYSE:BPO) has agreed to pay US$33 million to acquire a 50 percent interest in a proposed 1.8 million-square-foot office building in downtown Toronto. The deal, which is valued at $37/buildable sf,...
Patrick Callahan to Head Equity Office’s Seattle Regional HQ
January 31, 2001 SEATTLE – Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE:EOP) has promoted Patrick Callahan to senior vice president of the new Seattle regional headquarters.Callahan is a 10-year veteran of Equity Office. Previously, he was vice president of property...
Equity Office Takes Over Property Management
January 31, 2001 SEATTLE – Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE:EOP) has decided to bring the leasing and management for the majority of its 8.1 million-square-foot Pacific Northwest portfolio in-house.Office property developer Wright Runstad & Co., which had been...
Southeast Regional Digest (1/31/01): Holder Properties to buy parcel in Atlanta
January 31, 2001 Holder Properties to buy parcel in heart of AtlantaThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 31ATLANTA – The development of Buckhead Plaza may soon be revived, 14 years after its only building was completed. Holder Properties of Cobb...
Roberts Realty 4th Qtr FFO $0.24/shr vs $0.19/shr
January 31, 2001 4th-Qtr 004th-Qtr 9912-mos 0012-mos 99FFO (Mln) $1.7$1.4 $6.2 $5.4 FFO/shr $0.24 $0.19 $0.85 $0.73 Net Income (Mln) $319.0 $(36.0)$2,832.0$716.0 Net/shr$0.07 $(0.01) $0.58 $0.15 Revenue (Mln)$5.1 $4.9 $20.2$19.4 Shares Outstanding (Mln)7.3 7.4 7.4 7.4
California Investment Fund Refutes Dynex Claims
January 31, 2001 Dynex Capital Inc. (NYSE:DX) "has no proper basis" for terminating a merger agreement, California Investment Fund LLC said in documents this week.In a letter sent Monday to Dynex's board and filed with the SEC yesterday,...
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