September 26, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Investment management firm Greenlight Capital LLC has acquired a 5.9 percent ownership stake in Insignia Financial Group (NYSE: IFS), a New York-based real estate organization, according to a regulatory filing.Greenlight, managed by David...

September 26, 2000 NorthStar Capital Investment Corp., which owns a big stake in the Ian Schrager Hotels chain, is suing Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO), claiming the REIT's recent purchase of $75 million of its debt could restrict NorthStar...

September 26, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Investor James T. Martin recently lowered his ownership stake in Hersha Hospitality Trust (AMEX:HT) to 5.3 percent from 9.4 percent.The Bermuda-based consultant, who currently owns 120,000 shares of Hersha common stock, last filed...

September 26, 2000Special to Commercial Real Estate DirectNewport Beach-based Koll Development Co. has signed five tenants to leases for the first phase of its Koll Dublin Center in Dublin, Calif., illustrating the strength of leasing activity in Northern...

September 26, 2000 Insignia Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: IFS) has joined the three powerhouse brokerage firms that launched Project Octane, an online transaction services platform slated to launch in the first quarter of 2001.Insignia joins CB Richard Ellis...

September 26, 2000 Special to Commercial Real Estate DirectIRVINE, Calif. - Opus West Corp. plans to begin marketing its new 12-story Opus Center Irvine office building in Irvine, Calif., according to sources familiar with the company.One of Orange...

September 26, 2000 BOSTON – Fleet National Bank has led a syndicate of 14 banks that has raised Boston Properties Inc.'s (NYSE: BXP) unsecured line of credit to $605 million from $500 million.The REIT will use the increased...

September 26, 2000 CRANFORD, N.J. – Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (NYSE:CLI) has increased its quarterly common-stock dividend to 61 cents/share from 58 cents/share payable Oct. 23 to holders of record Oct. 4.The increased dividend comes on the heels of...

September 26, 2000A joint venture between Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund III and SL Green Realty Corp (NYSE:SLG) have agreed to sell 90 Broad Street for $60 million, or $176/sf, to Rockrose Development Corp.The 341,000-square-foot building was purchased...

September 25, 2000 ORLANDO, Fla. – Commercial Net Lease Realty Inc. (NYSE:NNN) has issued $20 million of 8.5 percent senior unsecured notes due 2010.The notes were priced at 99.371 to yield 8.595 percent, which equates to 285 basis...

September 25, 2000 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Allied Capital Corp. (Nasdaq:ALLC) has struck a deal to offer small business loans through MortgageRamp.com.The loans will be offered by Allied Capital Express, which provides loans of up to $3 million that...

September 25, 2000 Holiday Inn hotel in Hollywood, Fla., sold HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Maryland-based Boulevard Motel has sold the Holiday Inn at 4000 S. Ocean Drive in Hollywood for $17.5 million, or about $54,500 per unit. Hollywood Hotel...

September 25, 2000 NEW YORK – A partnership between Gale & Wentworth and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund III has sold Three Gateway Center in Newark, N.J., and an adjacent parking garage to Tahl-Propp Equities for $57 million.The...

September 25, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) -- Wallace R. Weitz & Co. said that its ownership stake in Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings (Amex:HCM) now stands at 17.2 percent.Weitz, an investment firm said in April that it planned to take on...

September 25, 2000 KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. – ElderTrust (NYSE:ETT) has been notified by the New York Stock Exchange that its total market capitalization and minimum share price have fallen below levels that would allow it to remain listed...

September 22, 2000 Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. 2000-3ClassAmount($mln)Sub. Level(%)RatingMoody'sRatingFitchAvg.LifePriced(BP)BenchMarkA-1120.223.875AAAAAA5.7+281-mo. LiborA-247123.875AAAAAA9.6+371-mo. LiborB36.919.125AAAA10+531-mo. LiborC31.0615.125AA10+651-mo. LiborD10.6813.75A-A-10+751-mo. LiborE24.2710.625BBBBBB10+230Treas.F7.769.625BBB-BBB-10+270Treas.X*776.6NAAAAAAA--+345**Treas.*Interest only, notional amount.** At 100 percent CPR.

September 22, 2000 ATLANTA – Bass Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:BAS) has promoted John Sweetwood to president of its Americas division, which combines the firm's Midscale Hotel Group and its upscale operation.The promotion for Sweetwood, who previously ran the...

September 22, 2000 CRANFORD, N.J.– Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (NYSE:CLI), which has terminated its agreement to buy Prentiss Properties Trust (NYSE:PP), has increased its common share repurchase plan.The REIT is now authorized to buy back up to $150 million...

September 22, 2000 IRVINE, Calif. – Cousins Properties Inc. (NYSE:CUZ) has opened the Mira Mesa MarketCenter, a 464,000-square-foot development featuring retail, dining, office space and entertainment.The center, at the intersection of Mira Mesa Boulevard and Interstate 15, is...

September 22, 2000 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Job Journal, a local newspaper publishing business, has sued Pacific Gulf Properties alleging that office space at the REIT's Sacramento Commerce Park is contaminated with toxic mold.Pacific Gulf is in...

September 22, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) -- First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) moved up to "strong buy" from "accumulate" Friday after receiving an upgrade from Prudential Securities analyst Lou Taylor, who also built up his price target on shares of...

September 22, 2000CRANFORD, NJ – As expected, Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (NYSE:CLI) and Prentiss Properties Trust (NYSE:PP) have formally terminated their merger agreement.As part of the termination agreement, Prentiss will acquire, for $47.1 million, or $175/sf, Mack-Cali's Cielo Center,...

September 22, 2000 DENVER – The Apartment Investment and Management Co. (NYSE:AIV) has completed the acquisition of Oxford Realty Financial Group Inc. for $252 million in cash and $62 million in securities.As a result of the transaction, Aimco...

September 22, 2000 NEW YORK – Edward S. Gordon, the former chairman of one of the best-known and most active commercial real estate firms in New York, died Thursday afternoon after a lengthy bout with cancer. He was...

September 22, 2000 MINNEAPOLIS – David W. MacLennan, the former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Cargill Financial Services Corp., has joined U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray as managing director and director of fixed income.MacLennan, who left...