December 6, 2000 By Brad Berton, Commercial Real Estate Direct Contributing WriterA group of local investors operating as Signal Hill LLC has acquired twin three-story office buildings totaling 108,863 square feet in Signal Hill, Calif., for $9.6 million,...

December 6, 2000 RESTON, Va. – Access Properties, a California investment firm, has purchased the Sunrise Plaza office building in Reston, Va., from Lend Lease Real Estate Investments for about $25 million or $179/sf.The six-story building contains of...

December 6, 2000 CarrAmerica to develop build-to-suit for NAC Int'l in Atlanta PRNewswire, December 5ATLANTA – NAC International has agreed to lease 65,000 square feet in a 90,000-sf office building that CarrAmerica Development Inc. is constructing at the...

December 5, 2000 STERLING, Va. – Plank Inc. purchased the 123,000-square-foot Village Mart shopping center in Sterling, Va., for $15.3 Million , or $124/sf.The retail center, which opened in 1987, is on Route 7 near Tysons Corner. It...

December 5, 2000 WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.– Keystone Property Trust (Amex:KTR) has named Robert Savage its chief operating officer.Savage was formerly partner of Hudson Bay Partners LP, a private equity firm. Before that, he was with Merrill Lynch, where...

December 5, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Pan Pacific Retail Properties Inc. (NYSE:PNP) today filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC to register 3 million shares of common stock for future issuance.The Vista, Calif., REIT said it is registering...

December 5, 2000 Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportWells Fargo and Bank of America have provided Newhall Land and Farming Co. (NYSE:NHL) with a total of $220 million of financing to replace maturing credit lines.The two lenders provided...

December 5, 2000 By Brad Berton, Commercial Real Estate Direct Contributing WriterHigh-tech businesses, and companies that serve them, have altered demand over the last four years for commercial space in southern Orange County, Calif., according to a just-completed...

December 5, 2000 BOSTON – Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC has formed a joint venture with Divco West Properties to purchase Manhattan Towers, a 310,000-square-foot office complex in Manhattan Beach, Calif.As previously reported, Charlesbank and Divco paid $55 million,...

December 5, 2000 By Brad Berton, Commercial Real Estate Direct Contributing WriterSuperior Super Warehouse, a grocery chain, has purchased a 111,600-square-foot retail center in Pomona, Calif., which straddles the Los Angeles/San Bernardino County border.The Lynwood, Calif.-based grocery operator,...

December 5, 2000 GREAT NECK, N.Y.– BRT Realty Trust (NYSE:BRT) has originated two bridge mortgages.The loans are a $7.8 million first mortgage on a 168-unit apartment building in Miami and a $2.6 million first mortgage on an 85,000-square-foot...

December 5, 2000 Legacy Hotels to buy two hotels for C$305 MlnCanada Newswire, December 5TORONTO – Legacy Hotels REIT has received shareholder approval to purchase the Fairmont Express and the Fairmont Ch?teau Frontenac hotels from Canadian Pacific Hotels...

December 4, 2000 By Orest Mandzy, Commercial Real Estate Direct Managing EditorDespite all its efforts, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will not be able to complete the sale of $760 million of multifamily and health-care...

December 4, 2000 PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – Kramont Realty Trust (NYSE:KRT) has appointed Basil S. Donnelly as vice president and general counsel of the REIT.Donnelly will oversee the company's legal responsibilities.Prior to joining Kramont, Donnelly was a senior...

December 4, 2000 NORTHBROOK, Ill. – The directors of Grubb & Ellis Co. (NYSE:GBE) have approved the firm's purchase, via a self tender, of up to 7 million of its shares at $7/each, or a total of $49...

December 4, 2000Banc One/FCCC Commercial Mortgage Loan Trust, 2000-C1ClassAmount($mln)Sub. Level(%)RatingFitchRatingMoody'sRatingS&PAvg.LifePriceTalk(BP)>Final Pricing(BP)BenchMarkA-151519AAAAaaAAA2.4+23-24+23SwapsA-2182.919AAAAaaAAA2.5+22-23+221-mo. LiborB4314AANRAA5.9+53 area+56SwapsC34.510ANRA6.8+68 area+71SwapsD8.69A-NRA-7.4+78 area+81SwapsE15.17.25BBBNRBBB7.7+120 area+122SwapsF8.66.25BBB-NRBBB-7.9+280 area+280Treas.X861.5NAAAAAaaAAA------

December 4, 2000 VALENCIA, Calif. – The California State Teachers Retirement System and Thomas Properties Group has paid Newhall Land and Farming Co. (NYSE:NHL) $72.3 million, or about $183/sf, for four office buildings totaling 395,000 square feet.The buildings,...

December 4, 2000 NEW YORK – A venture between Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund III and SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE:SLG) has agreed to buy 469 Seventh Ave. in midtown Manhattan for $45.7 million, or $180/sf.The property is...

December 4, 2000 TORONTO – RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:REI.UN) has closed on its $19.8 million purchase of the remaining interest in the Northumberland Mall in Cobourg, Ontario.The REIT, which had previously acquired a 50 percent interest...

December 4, 2000 Weston Cos. to build out Midway CenterMemphis Business Journal, December 4MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Weston Cos. will build three spec industrial warehouses, totaling 778,000 square feet at a cost of $22 million. Phase I will be...

December 4, 2000 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Healthcare Co. (NYSE:HCA) has completed the sale of 116 medical office buildings to MedCap Properties LLC for about $250 million as well as for a minority interest in MedCap.MedCap is a...

December 4, 2000 NEW YORK – Boston Properties Inc. (NYSE:BXP) has acquired the 100 percent leasehold interest and ground rent credits for the site of the future "Times Square Tower" from The Prudential Insurance Co. of America for...

December 4, 2000 NEW YORK – Standard & Poor's today removed its ratings on Meditrust Corp. from CreditWatch, with negative implications and affirmed the company's double-B-minus corporate credit rating. The outlook is negative. S&P placed the ratings on...

December 4, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Lehman Brothers analysts David Shulman and David Harris today said that real estate investment trusts "offer a compelling total return investment story at this time of market uncertainty."The analysts wrote in a brokerage...

December 4, 2000By Thomas J. Walsh, Commercial Real Estate Direct Senior WriterLONDON – Molinaro Koger, a U.S. hotel brokerage with offices in McLean, Va., and Chicago, this month opened its first European branch in London and promptly completed...