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GMAC Arranges $20 Mln in Financing for California Apartment Complex
October 11, 2000 HORSHAM, Pa. – GMAC Commercial Mortgage has arranged and provided $19.6 million in fixed-rate permanent financing for a multifamily property in Sacramento, Calif.The 302-unit Governor's Square Apartments sits on 8.08 acres and consists of nine...
The Gazit Group Completes Sale of Centrefund Shares to Alony-Hetz
October 11, 2000 TORONTO – Alony-Hetz Properties & Investments Ltd. has completed its purchase of 2.5 million shares of Centrefund Realty Corp. common shares from the Gazit Group for about US$22 million.Alony-Hetz, an Israeli publicly traded REIT, paid...
Entertainment Properties Nixes BRT Realty’s $15/Share Offer
October 11, 2000(NewsTraders.com) – Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE:EPR) has spurned BRT Realty Trust's (NYSE:BRT) offer to purchase 1.3 million shares from the movie theater-focused company at $15 apiece, according to an amended Schedule 13D filing released today.In addition,...
Prudential, Wellsford Affiliate Fund $34 Mln Mezzanine Loan
October 11, 2000 CHICAGO – The Fordham Co. has received $34 million of mezzanine financing from Prudential Real Estate Investors and an affiliate of Wellsford Real Properties Inc. (AMEX:WRP) to build a 50-story condominium tower in Chicago.Creamer Vital...
Pivotal LLC Purchases 650 California St.
October 11, 2000 SAN FRANCISCO – Pivotal 650 California Street LLC, a venture between the Pivotal Group and investor William S. Levine, has purchased a nearly 500,000-square-foot office building from Sarofim Realty Advisors of Dallas through a $160...
Shaner Group Ups Offer for Interstate Hotels to $4.50/share
October 11, 2000 An investment team led by Shaner Hotel Group has upped its offer to buy Interstate Hotel Corp. (Nasdaq:IHCO) to $4.50/share from $4.125/share.The new offer values Interstate at $29 million. It comes just after Interstate rejected...
Southeast Regional Digest (10/11/00): Residents oppose proposed Home Depot in Boca Raton, Fla.
October 11, 2000 Neighbors fight Home Depot in Boca RatonSun-Sentinel, October 11BOCA RATON, Fla. – Home Depot has proposed a 146,000-square-foot store just north of city hall on Northwest Second Avenue. However, residents who live near the 15-acre...
Philips International Stockholders Approve Liquidation Plan
October 11, 2000 NEW YORK – Philips International Realty Corp. (NYSE:PHR) stockholders have approved the company's proposed liquidation plan.At the special stockholders meeting held on Oct. 10, about 80 percent of the company's 7.3 million common shares outstanding...
Michael Duffy Named National Director of Investment Sales for Trammell Crow
October 10, 2000 DALLAS – Trammell Crow Co. (NYSE:TCC) has named Michael S. Duffy as senior managing director/national director of investment sales. Duffy will be responsible for the company's investment sales platform and will manage more than 60...
Zell Honored for REIT Industry Leadership
October 10, 2000 WASHINGTON – The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts has presented its REIT Industry Leadership Award to Samuel Zell, the founder of Equity Group Investments Inc.Zell is chairman of the board for the Equity...
Partnership Buys Clarion Hotel in Texas
October 10, 2000 RICHARDSON, Texas – Radisson-Olympus Capital Partners has acquired a 296-room Clarion Hotel for an undisclosed amount.The purchase marks the partnership's first acquisition since forming this summer.Radisson-Olympus plans to renovate the hotel, which will be renamed...
Southeast Regional Digest (10/10/00): Development firm to construct 65-acre mixed use project in N.C
October 10, 2000 Commercial, residential project planned for I-77Business Journal of Charlotte, October 10CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Union Development Corp. plans to build a 65-acre mixed-use project near Interstate 77 in Rock Hill, N.C. adjacent to the Antrim business...
CB Moves Into Nebraska With Affiliation
October 10, 2000 LOS ANGELES – CB Richard Ellis (NYSE:CBG) has expanded its presence in Nebraska by affiliating with Mega Corp., one of the state's largest real estate service providers.Mega, which is run by Bennett Ginsberg, is now...
Wells REIT Completes Build-to-Suit Class-A Office Building in Va.
October 10, 2000 ATLANTA – Wells Real Estate Investment Trust has completed construction on a $11.4 million, or $114.77/sf, build-to-suit project in Richmond, Va.The REIT has leased the 100,000-square-foot, four-story building to Alstom Power Inc., a power generation...
Pan Pacific, Western Properties Set Date to Vote on Merger
October 10, 2000 SAN DIEGO – Pan Pacific Retail Properties Inc. (NYSE:PNP) and Western Properties Trust (AMEX:WIR) have scheduled Nov. 9 as the date of their respective special meetings for shareholders to vote on a proposed merger.The record...
The St. Joe Co. Completes Spin-Off of Florida East Coast Industries
October 10, 2000 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The St. Joe Co. (NYSE:JOE) has completed its spin-off of its 54 percent equity interest in Florida East Coast Industries Inc. (NYSE:FLA) to its shareholders. Under the recapitalization and spin off, St....
Rothschild Realty Invests in Parkway Properties
October 10, 2000 JACKSON, Miss. – Five Arrows Realty Securities III LLC has agreed to buy up to $75 million of preferred stock in Parkway Properties Inc. (NYSE:PKY).Five Arrows, a fund managed by Rothschild Realty Inc., could buy...
Cushman & Wakefield Marketing PaineWebber Building
Correction (October 13, 2000): Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S. said that it has not hired Cushman & Wakefield to market for sale 1285 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. Equitable was responding to Oct. 10...
Interstate Nixes Shaner Offer, Sides With Lehman
October 10, 2000 PITTSBURGH – Interstate Hotels Corp. (Nasdaq:IHCO) has rejected an unsolicited acquisition offer from Shaner Hotel Group and instead will form a joint venture with a group led by Lehman Brothers.As part of that deal, Lehman...
Host Marriott Issues $250 Mln of Senior Notes
October 10, 2000 BETHESDA, Md. – Host Marriott Corp. (NYSE:HMT) has closed a $250 million senior notes offering of its limited partnership unit, Host Marriott LP.The notes, which carry a 9.25 percent coupon rate, mature Oct. 1, 2007.The...
WRIT Acquires Mixed-Use Building in Alexandria, Va., for $17 Mln
October 10, 2000 Washington REIT (NYSE:WRE) has acquired an office/retail complex at 510-526 King St. in historic Old Town Alexandria, Va., for $17 million, or about $150/sf, through a tax deferred exchange.Courthouse Square is a five-story building that...
Forest City Appoints O’Brien to Executive VP
October 10, 2000 CLEVELAND – Forest City Enterprises Inc. (NYSE:FCEA) has named Robert G. O'Brien executive vice president of finance and investment. O'Brien was most recently president of Forest City Finance Corp. and Forest City Commercial Group.In his...
EPR Denies BRT Realty’s Request for Board Meeting Appearance
October 10, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Entertainment Properties Trust Trust (NYSE:EPR), the movie-theater focused REIT, denied a request by BRT Realty Trust (NYSE:BRT) to present its proposals at Entertainment Properties' Oct. 6 board meeting.NewsTraders reported on Sept. 27 that...
National Health Investors to Skip Dividends, Extends Credit Lines
October 10, 2000 MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE:NHI) said it will not pay dividends for the third and fourth quarters until it pays off $38 million of subordinated debt.The announcement was made at the same...
CarrAmerica Hires Vice President/Director of Development for San Francisco Area
October 10, 2000 WASHINGTON – CarrAmerica Development Inc., an affiliate of CarrAmerica Realty Corp. (NYSE: CRE), has named Jefford S. Nelson as vice president/director of Development for the San Francisco Bay area.Previously, Nelson served as vice president for...
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