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Crescent Deal with Trimarchi Collapses; Equastone in Talks as Buyer
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportTimarchi Management's agreement to purchase 3.1 million square feet of Dallas office space from Crescent Real Estate Equities has collapsed because of funding issues. Equastone has emerged as a likely buyer. Trimarchi, an...
Thayer Buys 3 Miami Hotels; Renovations Planned
Thayer Lodging Group has purchased three Marriott-brand hotels with 825 rooms at the Miami International Airport from Marriott International Inc. for $57.5 million. The Annapolis, Md., real estate company plans to invest an additional $65 million on a...
Pru Lends $100Mln for Calif. Warehouses
Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. provided $100 million of fixed-rate financing to Lion Industrial Properties for a portfolio of nine industrial buildings in Commerce, Calif., with 2.1 million square feet.The financing, originated by Pru's Chicago office, was securitized through...
Larry Wilemon Named MD at HFF
Larry Wilemon, a former senior vice president with George Smith Partners, has joined HFF Inc. as managing director in the firm's Los Angeles office.Wilemon is an attorney who had helped complete more than $2 billion of financing transactions...
Thomas Sells Houston Office for $24.2Mln
Thomas Properties Group has sold the Intercontinental Center, with 196,895 square feet in Houston, to Bresler & Reiner Inc. for $24.2 million.Thomas, headquartered in Los Angeles, had taken over the property two years ago when it purchased, with...
Hines Affiliate Buys Austin Office from Crescent
National Office Properties LP has purchased 301 Congress, a 418,338-square-foot office property in Austin, Texas, from a venture between Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. and Aetna.National Office is a venture between Hines and the California Public Employees' Retirement...
Condo Conversion Gone Bad in Omaha, Neb., on Sales Block
The Brandeis Building, an Omaha, Neb., office property that was being converted to residential condominiums, is on the sales block.NAI NP Dodge Commercial Real Estate of Omaha is marketing the property, which was placed on the sales block...
Ann Arbor, Mich., Developer Seeks Equity Partner for Mixed-Use Project
The Concannon Co. is seeking a joint venture equity partner for The Gallery, a 305,222-square-foot mixed-use development in Ann Arbor, Mich.The Ann Arbor development firm has tapped Marcus & Millichap to seek a partner to pay $67 million,...
UrbanAmerica Sells 7 Washington, D.C., Properties for $48.5Mln
UrbanAmerica LP has sold seven office and retail properties with 331,000 square feet in the Washington, D.C., area for $48.5 million.The properties were sold to a local investor group operating as Urban Retail Investors LLC. They are: 3907...
AIG Provides $17.8Mln for Suburban Alexandria, Va., Office Buildings
AIG Global Investment Group has provided $17.8 million to finance Towngate III and IV, a two-building office development with 106,400 square feet in Alexandria, Va.ELV Associates Inc. of Boston received the 10-year, fixed-rate financing, which was arranged by...
Thomas Group Closes $1.2Bln Texas Buy from Blackstone
A venture led by Thomas Properties Group Inc. has completed its $1.15 billion acquisition of a portfolio of 10 office properties with 3.5 million square feet in the Austin, Texas, area from Blackstone Real Estate Advisors. The properties...
Bascom Pays $48Mln for Atlanta Apartments
Bascom Group has paid $48 million for the Dunwoody Club, a 532-unit apartment complex in Atlanta.The Irvine, Calif., firm purchased the complex from Place Properties of Atlanta, which marketed the property through CB Richard Ellis.Bascom plans to renovate...
Office Building in Manhattan’s Herald Square Sells for $105Mln
New York Community Bancorp Inc. has agreed to sell 960 Ave. of the Americas, a 99,000-square-foot office building in Manhattan's Herald Square neighborhood, for $105 million.The lender took over the property last year when it acquired Atlantic Bank...
Morgan Stanley Provides $29Mln for Financing for Portland, Ore., Mixed-Use Project
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Inc. has provided $29 million of acquisition financing for Uptown Shopping Center, a 72,260-square-foot retail development, and the adjacent Uptown Apartments, a 47-unit complex, both in Portland, Ore.Atlas Investing, a Boston retail developer, received...
CIM Group Purchases Two Oakland Hotels Totaling 646 Rooms
CIM Group has purchased two hotel properties in downtown Oakland totaling 646 rooms. The Los Angeles hospitality firm is purchasing the properties, the 484-room Oakland City Center Marriott and a 162-room Courtyard Oakland Downtown, from a joint venture...
Malibu Office Building Sells for $17.5Mln
Kenmore Group LLC has paid $17.5 million for Malibu Vista, 30,742-square-foot office building in Malibu, Calif.The Santa Monica, Calif., investment firm purchased the property from Malibu Vista Partners of Beverly Hills, Calif., which was represented by Sperry Van...
Office Space at Scottsdale, Ariz., Mixed-Use Complex Sells for $88Mln
Levine Investments is paying $88 million for the 250,000-square-foot office portion of the Promenade Corporate Center, a 1 million-sf mixed-use complex in North Scottsdale, Ariz. The Phoenix firm acquired the space from The Pederson Group, a Phoenix developer,...
Heitman Raises $800Mln for Second Value-Add Fund
Heitman LLC has raised $800 million of equity commitments for its latest value-add investment vehicle, Heitman Value Partners II.The capital was raised from 20 institutional clients and could be leveraged into more than $2.4 billion of investments. Heitman,...
Health Care Service Corp. to Expand Chicago Headquarters
Chicago Sun Times Health Care Service Corp. has announced that it will add 24 stories to its building at 300 E. Randolph in Chicago's East Loop. Health Care Service Corp., the parent company for Blue Cross and Blue...
Ann Arbor, Mich., Developer Seeks Equity Partner for Mixed-Use Project
The Concannon Co. is seeking a joint venture equity partner for The Gallery, a 305,222-square-foot mixed-use development in Ann Arbor, Mich.The Ann Arbor development firm has tapped Marcus & Millichap to seek a partner to pay $67 million,...
AIG Provides $17.8Mln for Suburban Alexandria, Va., Office Buildings
AIG Global Investment Group has provided $17.8 million to finance Towngate III and IV, a two-building office development with 106,400 square feet in Alexandria, Va.ELV Associates Inc. of Boston received the 10-year, fixed-rate financing, which was arranged by...
Thomas Group Closes $1.2Bln Texas Buy from Blackstone
A venture led by Thomas Properties Group Inc. has completed its $1.15 billion acquisition of a portfolio of 10 office properties with 3.5 million square feet in the Austin, Texas, area from Blackstone Real Estate Advisors. The properties...
SCI Pays $125Mln for Student Housing Portfolio
SCI Investments has purchased a 1,021-unit portfolio of student housing properties located throughout the country.The Los Angeles firm purchased the property on behalf of tenant-in-common investors from GMH Communities Trust of Newtown Square, Pa., which marketed the portfolio...
Morgan Stanley Provides $29Mln for Financing for Portland, Ore., Mixed-Use Project
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Inc. has provided $29 million of acquisition financing for Uptown Shopping Center, a 72,260-square-foot retail development, and the adjacent Uptown Apartments, a 47-unit complex, both in Portland, Ore.Atlas Investing, a Boston retail developer, received...
CIM Group Purchases Two Oakland Hotels Totaling 646 Rooms
CIM Group has purchased two hotel properties in downtown Oakland totaling 646 rooms. The Los Angeles hospitality firm is purchasing the properties, the 484-room Oakland City Center Marriott and a 162-room Courtyard Oakland Downtown, from a joint venture...
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