October 6, 2000 LOS ANGELES – CB Richard Ellis Investors has finished raising $324 million for its Strategic Partners LP investment fund.Capital for the fund was raised from 16 U.S. and international investors, including 10 that are new...

October 6, 2000 Commercial Real Estate Direct StaffAt least five investor groups have turned in offers for the Seagram Building in Midtown Manhattan that Teachers Insurance investment is looking to sell.The five bidders are believed to include groups...

October 6, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Investor Peter Kross, in the past a shareholder activist of Malan Realty Investors (NYSE:MAL), has sought and received representation for an affiliate on the company's board of the directors. In an amended Schedule...

October 6, 2000 Office rents catch fire in bay areaSt. Petersburg Times, October 6ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Rental rates for Tampa Bay area office space increased 13.6 percent in the first six months of this year, the fifth...

October 6, 2000 TORONTO – The C$115 million (US$77.2 million) mortgage that Merrill Lynch recently securitized carries a coupon of 7.373 percent.The bonds were priced at 156 basis points above Canadian government securities. The 22-year loan, which was...

October 6, 2000 Office vacancy rate lowest in CanadaThe Ottawa Citizen, October 6OTTAWA – Ottawa's downtown vacancy rate was only 0.9 percent at the end of September, according to CB Richard Ellis. The Class-A vacancy rate for the...

October 6, 2000 CLEARWATER, Fla. – David Becker has resigned as chief financial officer of American Land Lease (NYSE:ANL) to pursue other opportunities.President Bruce Moore will undertake the duties of CFO.American Land Lease, which resulted from the merger...

October 6, 2000 NEW YORK – Fortress Investment Corp. has agreed to buy the remainder of Impac Commercial Holdings Inc. (AMEX:ICH) for $7.55/share or $41.4 million.Impac has about 8 million shares of common stock on a fully diluted...

October 6, 2000 A venture between John Buck Co. and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter is expected to tap the commercial mortgage-backed securities market in order to finance a hotel/retail complex along North Michigan Avenue in Chicago. The Chicago...

October 6, 2000 CHICAGO – Prime Group Realty Trust (NYSE:PGE) has sold 33 N. Dearborn St. and a stake in 122 S. Michigan Ave., jointly valued at $65.1 million.The sales – 33 N. Dearborn was sold to Vornado...

October 5, 2000 NEW YORK – Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) has objected to the reorganization plan filed by its main tenant, hospital and nursing home operator Vencor Inc. (OTCBB:VCRIQ).Vencor, the country's largest provider of long-term health care, had...

October 5, 2000 KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Bedford Property Investors Inc. (NYSE:BED) has recovered $31.3 million from the sale of nine Kansas City properties totaling 463,000 square feet.The REIT no longer owns any properties in Kansas City. It...

October 5, 2000 MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. – Madison Marquette has completed its $90 million purchase of the Manhattan Village mall in Manhattan Beach from AMB Institutional Realty Advisors Inc. and Macerich Co. (NYSE:MAC).Madison Marquette, which is based in...

October 5, 2000 Developer seeks $29 Mln for Boca Raton, Plantation propertiesDaily Business Review, October 5BOCA RATION, Fla. – Real estate developer Bruce Rendina plans sell about $29 million in assets in Boca Raton and Plantation. Reese Stigliano,...

October 5, 2000By Brad Berton, Commercial Real Estate Direct Contributing EditorSEATTLE – Safeco has leased the entire 129,351-square-foot first phase of the two-building Roosevelt Commons project planned for north of the central business district.Financial details of the 12-year...

October 5, 2000 Spieker Properties Inc. (NYSE:SPK) has purchased Lincoln Center in Portland, Ore., and Drakes Landing in Marin County, Calif., for $159 million.The purchase is being funded with proceeds of the recent sale of industrial properties.Lincoln Center...

October 5, 2000Top office space in short supplyToronto Star, October 5TORONTO – An acute shortage of office space in prime downtown Toronto locations means rents will likely go up by a minimum 20 percent. The office vacancy rate...

October 5, 2000 IRVING, Texas – FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. (NYSE:FCH) said it expects third quarter funds from operations to exceed analyst estimates by more than 8 percent.The company said it expects FFO to be $1.12/share. That compares...

October 5, 2000 ATLANTA – AMLI Residential (NYSE:AML) has sold the AMLI at Pleasant Hill apartment community in Atlanta for about $39.2 million.AMLI received about $10.4 million of net proceeds from the sale, which will be used to...

October 5, 2000ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – W.P. Carey & Co. LLC (NYSE:WPC) has acquired a 74,000-square-foot office and light industrial facility from TransCore Holdings Inc. for about $6.1 million, on behalf of its affiliate Corporate Property Associates 14 Inc.The...

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October 5, 2000 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Summit Properties Inc. (NYSE:SMT) has sold three apartment communities, two in Cincinnati and one in Indianapolis, for about $55.3 million.The properties, totaling 873 units, were Summit Blue Ash and Summit Park, in...

October 4, 2000 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – IBM has sold a 1.9 million-square-foot office, warehouse and manufacturing facility in Charlotte to the Meridian Group.Although a purchase price was not disclosed, Meridian, which is based in Bethesda, Md., is believed...

October 4, 2000 ATLANTA – RFS Hotel Investors Inc. (NYSE:RFS) has sold the 280-room Hawthorn Suites Atlanta Northwest to Schaedle Worthington Hyde Properties LP for $20.75 million or $74,100/unit.The Memphis, Tenn., REIT plans to use proceeds from the...

October 4, 2000 CLEVELAND – KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) has completed its purchase of Newport Mortgage Co., a Dallas lender that specializes in originating multifamily mortgages through various government agency programs.Newport has been integrated into Key Commercial Mortgage, the commercial...