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Amstar Seeks $60 Million Buyer for California Offices
October 2, 2000 Special to Commercial Real Estate DirectAmstar Ltd. is looking to sell the Unocal building in Costa Mesa, Calif., and the price it's looking for has raised eyebrows among local real estate players.The Denver company hopes...
Lexington Buys Florida Offices for $41.7 Mln
October 2, 2000 NEW YORK – A venture led by Lexington Corporate Properties Trust (NYSE:LXP) has purchased two Class-A office buildings in Lake Mary, Fla., for $41.7 million.The venture is believed to involve the New York Common Retirement...
S&P Puts BBB Rating on Unit Buying Urban Shopping
October 2, 2000 NEW YORK – Standard & Poor's has assigned its triple-B corporate credit rating to Head Acquisition LP, the Rodamco North America NV unit that has been formed to acquire Urban Shopping Centers Inc.A preliminary triple-B-minus...
First Industrial to Sell Long Island Portfolio
October 2, 2000 First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:FR) has agreed to sell the majority of its portfolio in Long Island, N.Y., one of the eight markets the REIT had identified as an exit market.Though no details of...
A.G. Edwards Downs Pacific Gulf to Maintain from Buy
October 2, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – A.G. Edwards & Sons analyst Art Havener lowered his investment recommendation on Pacific Gulf Properties (NYSE:PAG) today to "maintain" from "buy."The analyst said the rating change is based solely on valuation, as the...
CarrAmerica Hires Managing Director for Southern California
October 2, 2000 CarrAmerica Realty Corp. (NYSE:CRE) has hired Malcolm O'Donnell as senior vice president and managing director for the Southern California region.O'Donnell will be responsible for the REIT's Los Angeles/Orange County and San Diego office portfolios, which...
GE Capital Ups Crown American’s Credit Facility
October 2, 2000 GE Capital Real Estate has extended and modified Crown American Realty Trust's (NYSE:CWN) existing secured revolving credit facility to $175 million from $150 million. The interest rate on the loan was reduced to 225 basis...
Ramco-Gershenson Renews $110 Mln Secured Revolving Credit Facility
October 2, 2000 Fleet National Bank has renewed Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust's (NYSE:RPT) secured $110 million revolving credit facility.Other participating banks include Bank One Michigan, SouthTrust Bank, Bankers Trust Co., Michigan National Bank and Key Bank.The renewed three-year revolver...
Kennedy-Wilson Buys 3 Tokyo Area Office Buildings for $30 Mln
October 2, 2000 LOS ANGELES – Kennedy-Wilson Inc. (Nasdaq:KWIC) has purchased three Tokyo area office buildings for about $30 million. The company bought the Sunshine II Building, The Kyowa Nishi Kanda Building and The Intelligent Plaza Akebonobashi Building...
Post Properties Expects 3rd-Qtr FFO to Be Lower than Consensus
October 2, 2000 ATLANTA – Post Properties Inc. (NYSE:PPS) expects that its fully diluted funds from operations per share for the third quarter will be about $0.94, lower than current analysts' expectations of $1.01. The REIT also predicts...
Praedium, Birtcher Pay $41 Mln for Southern Calif. Offices
October 2, 2000 Special to Commercial Real Estate DirectA team led by Praedium Funds has paid $41 million, or $102/sf, for the Brookhollow Office Park in Santa Ana, Calif.Praedium, based in New York, and Birtcher Real Estate Group,...
SL Green Buys One Park for $233.9 Mln from Lehman/Argent
September 29, 2000 NEW YORK – SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE:SLG) has agreed to buy 1 Park Ave. in Midtown Manhattan in a deal valued at $233.9 million.The REIT is buying the fee interest and certain mortgage interests...
Strategic Hotel Said to Be Buying Rihga Royal in Manhattan
September 29, 2000 The Rihga Royal Hotel in Midtown Manhattan appears to be close to being sold.As earlier reported, the hotel's owner, Royal Hotels of Osaka, Japan, had fielded about six offers ranging from $170 million to $220...
Southeast Regional Digest (9/29/00): Developer to build second office tower in Atlanta suburb
September 29, 2000 Central Perimeter market boomingAtlanta Journal-Constitution, September 29ATLANTA – Developer Hines will build a second 18-story office tower at the Perimeter Summit development, an 83-acre mixed-use project at I-285 and Ashford Dunwoody Road in Perimeter, Ga....
JDN Looking for New Head of Development Group
September 29, 2000 W. Fred Williams has resigned as president of JDN Realty Corp.'s (NYSE:JDN) 52-member development and construction group.Williams held the position since March, when he was hired by the REIT to oversee JDN Development Co. Inc.While...
Boston Properties Names Douglas Linde CFO
September 29, 2000 BOSTON – Boston Properties Inc. (NYSE:BXP) has named Douglas T. Linde its chief financial officer succeeding David G. Gaw, who will leave the company Oct. 31.Linde was previously the company's senior vice president for financial...
Merrill Upgrades Federal Realty to I-T Accumulate from Neutral
September 29, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Federal Realty Investment Trust's (NYSE:FRT) intermediate-term rating from Merrill Lynch was taken up a floor today to "accumulate" from "neutral," as analyst Eric Hemel suggested that the REIT is about to "turn the...
Lerner Starts Office Buildings at Dulles Town Center in Virginia
September 29, 2000 DULLES, Va. – Lerner Enterprises has begun construction on a 185,000-square-foot office building at the corporate office park in Dulles Town Center. The building, which sits on a 12.5-acre site at Atlantic and Dulles Center...
Strong Five-Year Outlook for Apartment Investing
September 29, 2000 NEW YORK – Apartment investments have outperformed all other less volatile, major real estate property types during the past fifteen years and that strong performance will continue, according to a recent study."Many institutional investors have...
Fitch Downgrades Three Classes of GMAC’s 1998-C1
September 29, 2000 NEW YORK – Fitch has downgraded three classes of GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 1998-C1, and affirmed all the other classes it rates in the issue.The $14.4 million class J is lowered to single-B from...
Brandywine Realty Trust Announces Closing of $68 Million MetLife Loan
September 29, 2000 NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has provided $68 million of fixed-rate financing to Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN).The 11-year loan, which is secured by seven properties, has an interest rate of 8.05 percent.The...
LTC Properties’ Credit Situation Threatens Upcoming Dividend
September 29, 2000 OXNARD, Calif. – LTC Properties Inc. (NYSE:LTC), which was facing a maturing credit facility, has been granted a 30-day extension to negotiate a replacement credit line from its nine-bank syndicate of lenders.The extension expires Oct....
Brandywine Realty Sells Offices for $50 Mln
September 29, 2000 NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – De Lage Landen Financial Services Inc. has acquired 1111 Old Eagle School Road in King of Prussia, Pa., from Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) for $50 million, or $242/sf.The 207,000-square-foot building will...
Tony Poll Jaffe Joins CDC Mortgage
September 28, 2000Tony Poll Jaffe, a loan originator with Credit Suisse First Boston, has moved over to CDC Mortgage Capital.Poll Jaffe was named managing director of mortgage originations at the lender, which is a unit of Caisse des...
Malaysia’s Danaharta to Sell 3 Foreclosed Hotels, Other Assets
September 28, 2000 KUALA LUMPUR (Asia Pulse/Bernama) – Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd plans to sell three foreclosed hotels and other assets in Malaysia.Danaharta will accept offers on the properties on Oct. 11.Danaharta is offering: – a 54-room resort...
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