November 2, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Legg Mason Wood Walker today upgraded Mission West Properties (AMEX:MSW) to strong buy from buy, according to a source at the brokerage house.Analysts at the firm also hiked their price target on the...

November 2, 2000 WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – Keystone Property Trust (Amex:KTR) has sold four noncore industrial properties in New Jersey to Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. for $15.8 million, at a 9.3 percent cap rate.The properties, which total...

November 2, 2000 NEWTON, Mass. – HRPT Properties Trust (NYSE:HRP) said its $128 million sale of 7 W. 34th St. in Manhattan to Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) will result in a gain of about $17 million.HRPT Properties had...

November 1, 2000By Brad Berton, Commercial Real Estate Direct Contributing EditorWestlodge Hospitality has sold four development sites in Albuquerque, Phoenix, Ariz., Santa Fe, N.M., and its hometown of San Diego.Westlodge, a division of Houston-based Westmont Hospitality Group, inherited...

November 1, 2000 TORONTO – Legacy Hotels REIT (TSE:LGY) is buying two historic luxury hotels from Canadian Pacific Hotels & Resorts Inc. for C$305 million (US$199.2 million) in cash and stock.Legacy is buying The Empress in Victoria, B.C.,...

November 1, 2000 3rd-Qtr 003rd-Qtr 999-mos 009-mos 99FFO (mln)$24.6 $20.9 $69.5 $60.5 FFO/shr (diluted)$0.49 $0.42 $1.40 $1.24 Extra Gain (Loss) $1.0 $1.0 $10.9 $57.7 Net Income $12.7 $11.9 $36.9 $33.7 Net/shr$0.27 $0.26 $0.96 $1.87 Revenue (mln)$37.3 $26.4 $101.8...

November 1, 2000 Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportORIX Real Estate Equities Inc. has hired CB Richard Ellis to market 1450 Broadway, a 42-story pre-war tower in Manhattan's Garment District.The 352,000-square-foot building is located on the southern tip...

November 1, 2000 British company to lease space in N.C.The Charlotte Observer, November 1CHARLOTT, N.C. – Britax Child Safety Inc., designer and manufacturer of child safety seats, will lease a 123,200-square-foot facility in the South Point Business Park,...

November 1, 2000 3rd-Qtr 003rd-Qtr 999-mos 009-mos 99FFO (mln)$30.6 $27.8 $90.6 $81.5 FFO/shr (diluted)$0.65 $0.61 $1.88 $1.81 Extra Gain (Loss) $9.5 $3.5 $9.6 $3.5 Net Income $19.8 $11.1 $41.2 $26.1 Revenue (mln)$73.1 $70.2 $216.7 $212.6 Shares Out. (mln)47,381.6...

November 1, 2000 By Brad Berton, Commercial Real Estate Direct Contributing EditorWells Fargo & Co. has emerged as the winning bidder for an 83,131-square-foot office building in Santa Ana, Calif., that it occupies as sole tenant.Wells has agreed...

November 1, 2000 3rd-Qtr 003rd-Qtr 999-mos 009-mos 99FFO (mln)$4.3 $4.7 $13.1 $13.7 FFO/shr (diluted)$0.46 $0.50 $1.38 $1.44 Extra Gain (Loss)$(1.3) $(.13) $(2.9) $(.67) Net Income $4.7 $3.9 $13.3 $10.8 Net/shr$0.49 $0.41 $1.39 $1.14 Revenue (mln)$6.9 $7.3 $21.6 $21.5...

November 1, 2000 Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportNorth American Van Lines has leased 176,435 square feet of warehouse space at the Legacy Stone Business Park in Poway, Calif., in northern San Diego County.The seven-year deal with landlord...

November 1, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) –- United Dominion Realty (NYSE:UDR) received a demotion in its investment grade to intermediate-term neutral from accumulate from Merrill Lynch analyst Steve Sakwa, who cited "uncertainty associated with the strategy and management changes taking...

November 1, 2000By Brad Berton, Commercial Real Estate Direct Contributing EditorBixby Land Co., a century-old Southern California real estate developer, has paid $26 million, or $173/sf, for three office buildings in southern Orange County.The three buildings, each of...

November 1, 2000 NEW YORK – Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, a unit of Mass Mutual Life Insurance Co., has sold a pre-war office building in midtown to Macklowe Properties for $22 million, or about $310/sf.Macklowe had been managing...

November 1, 2000 DALLAS – The Staubach Co. has expanded its coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean through two new partnerships."The growing transnational needs of our clients have led us to establish a formal presence in the...

November 1, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Through a spate of recent open market stock purchases, entities affiliated with Fortress Partners LP have recently increased their ownership stake in Capstead Mortgage Corp. (NYSE:CMO) to 32.9 percent from the 31.2 percent...

November 1, 2000 3rd-Qtr 003rd-Qtr 999-mos 009-mos 99FFO (mln)$10.0 $9.1 $29.8 $27.6 FFO/shr (diluted)$1.00 $0.89 $2.99 $2.70 Extra Gain (Loss) $----- $------ $9.5 $.86 Net Income $5.0 $4.6 $24.3 $14.8 Net/shr$0.51 $0.45 $2.47 $1.46 Revenue (mln)$30.2 $29.9 $91.1...

November 1, 2000 3rd-Qtr 003rd-Qtr 999-mos 009-mos 99FFO (mln)$8.6 $8.6 $26.5 $24.1 FFO/shr (diluted)$0.58 $0.57 $1.79 $1.68 Net Income $5.9 $6.2 $18.6 $17.1 Net/shr$0.40 $0.41 $1.25 $1.19 Revenue (mln)$13.7 $12.5 $41.7 $36.0 Shares Out. (mln)14.7 15.1 14.8 14.4

October 31, 2000 3rd-Qtr 003rd-Qtr 999-mos 009-mos 99FFO (mln)$6.4 $11.8 $17.3 $28.7 FFO/shr (diluted)$0.37 $0.56 $0.97 $1.41 Extra Gain (Loss) $(.98) $.55 $(1.6) $.10 Net Income $1.4 $5.0 $.42 $11.2 Net/shr$0.02 $0.20 $(0.32) $0.38 Revenue (mln)$20.2 $20.5 $61.7...

October 31, 2000 NEW YORK – Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown analyst Amy Young on Monday initiated coverage of Boston Properties Inc. (NYSE:BXP) with a strong buy investment rating on the shares and a 12-month stock price target of...

October 31, 2000 Legacy Hotels to buy 2 Canadian landmark hotelsCanadian Newswire, October 31TORONTO – Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust will acquire Le Ch?teau Frontenac and The Empress hotels for C$305 million (US$199 million) from Canadian Pacific...

October 31, 2000 3rd-Qtr 003rd-Qtr 999-mos 009-mos 99FFO (mln)$26.4 $26.6 $79.6 $78.8 FFO/shr (diluted)$0.66 $0.67 $1.97 $1.97 Net Income $20.2 $20.2 $61.8 $61.6 Net/shr$0.46 $0.47 $1.42 $1.42 Revenue (mln)$49.6 $46.5 $147.7 $137.8Shares Out. (mln)40.3 40 40.3 39.9

October 31, 2000 CHICAGO – Rodamco North America NV (Amex: RDMA) has completed its tender offer for all outstanding shares of Urban Shopping Centers Inc. (NYSE:URB) for $48 per share in cash. A total of 20 million Urban...

October 31, 2000 3rd-Qtr 003rd-Qtr 999-mos 009-mos 99FFO (mln)$22.5 $23.7 $67.6 $66.7 FFO/shr (diluted)$0.75 *$0.73 *$2.21 *$2.03 *Extra Gain (Loss) $19.3 $4.0 $19.3 $4.7 Net Income $25.6 $15.3 $48.4 $36.2 Net/shr$1.00 $0.49 $1.72 $1.10 Revenue (mln)$60.3 $62.9 $181.4...