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Southeast Regional Digest (8/17/00): Three times a charm for Equitable Building sale
August 18, 2000 Equitable Building likely to be sold on third attemptAtlanta Journal-Constitution, August 18ATLANTA – Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co. and ING Real Estate have contracted to buy the Equitable Building from Jones Lang LaSalle. The sale could...
Fitch Upgrades 2 Southern Pacific Thrift 96-C1 Classes
August 18, 2000CHICAGO – Southern Pacific Thrift and Loan Association's commercial mortgage pass-through certificates, series 1996-C1 are upgraded as follows: $19.4 million class B to 'AAA' from 'AA+' and $18 million class C to 'AA+' from 'AA'.In addition,...
Quadrangle Development Begins New D.C. Office Tower
August 18, 2000 WASHINGTON – Quadrangle Development Corp. and Potomac Investment Properties this week began construction of a 12-story, 170,000-square-foot office building at 1875 K St., in the heart of Washington's central business district.The new building will be...
AMB Property Corp. Files for $30 Mln Notes Offering
August 18, 2000 SAN FRANCISCO – AMB Property Corp.'s (NYSE:AMB) operating partnership has priced $30 million of senior subordinated unsecured notes.The notes bear a fixed interest rate of 7.925 percent and are not redeemable before the Aug. 20,...
Investors Real Estate Trust Increases Quarterly Dividend
August 18, 2000 MINOT, N.D. – Investors Real Estate Trust (Nasdaq:IRETS) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 13.5 cents per share, payable Oct. 1 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 15, with...
REITs Continue ‘Reversal of Fortunes’
August 18, 2000 REITs continue to rebound midway through the third quarter of 2000, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index is still struggling to find positive territory, according to investment advisers Lend Lease Rosen Real Estate Securities...
Fitch Downgrades HRPT Properties Trust Ratings
August 18, 2000 NEW YORK – Fitch has downgraded its ratings for the senior and subordinated debt of HRPT Properties Trust (NYSE:HRP).The rating agency lowered HRPT's $738 million senior unsecured notes due 2002-2013 to triple-B from triple-B-plus. Fitch...
S&P Raises CapMark Servicer Ranking to Strong
August 18, 2000 NEW YORK – Standard & Poor's has raised its ranking on CapMark Services L.P. as a commercial loan master servicer and affirmed its commercial loan servicer ranking."The rankings are based on CapMark Services' excellent procedures,...
Laureate Capital Arranges $105.6 Mln of Apartment Financing
August 18, 2000 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Laureate Capital Corp. has arranged permanent financing of more than $105 million for four properties in Florida and South Carolina.Fairway Preserve Apartments, a 264-unit luxury complex to be built in Naples, Fla.,...
Cendant to Acquire AmeriHost Brand Names and Franchising Rights
August 18, 2000 NEW YORK – Cendant Corp. (NYSE: CD) and Amerihost Properties Inc. (Nasdaq:HOST) have signed a definitive agreement for Cendant's acquisition of the AmeriHost Inn and AmeriHost Inn and Suites brand names and franchising rights. Terms...
Hersha Hospitality Trust 2nd-Qtr Earnings
August 18, 2000 2nd-Qtr 002nd-Qtr 996-mos 006-mos 99FFO $1.7 mln$1.4 mln $2.8 mln $2.2 mln Net Income $0.3 mln $0.4 mln $0.8 mln $0.7 mln Net/shr$0.13$0.14$0.22$0.24Revenue$3.5 mln $1.9 mln$6.5 mln $3.5 mln Shares Outstanding6.7 mln 6.3 mln6.7 mln...
AmeriVest Properties 2nd-Qtr FFO $0.18/shr vs $0.17/shr
August 18, 2000 2nd-Qtr 002nd-Qtr 996-mos 006-mos 99FFO $0.4 mln$0.3 mln $0.8 mln $0.6 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.18 $0.17 $0.36 $0.36 Net Income $0.1 mln $0.03 mln $0.2 mln $0.1 mln Net/shr$0.05$0.02$0.10$0.06Revenue$1.7 mln $1.3 mln$3.4 mln $2.6 mln...
AMLI Residential Acquires Apartment Community in Austin
August 18, 2000 CHICAGO – AMLI Residential Properties Trust (NYSE:AMLI) has purchased the Jefferson Scofield Ridge and Jefferson Scofield Farms in Austin, Texas, for more than $35 million. The seller was from Jefferson Properties.The 487-unit apartment complex, renamed...
CarrAmerica, N.Y. Pension Fund Close on Joint Venture
August 18, 2000 WASHINGTON – CarrAmerica Realty Corp. (NYSE: CRE) has closed on an approximately $422 million development joint venture with New York State Teachers' Retirement System.The venture includes the purchase of five suburban office parks, totaling more...
Dutch Pension Fund Has 5.1% Developers Diversified Stake
August 17, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, a Dutch pension fund known for making investments in U.S. real estate investment trusts, filed today with the SEC to report holding a 5.1% stake in Developers Diversified Realty Corp....
FINAL PRICING: $106 Mln Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Series 2000-LCON (El Conquistador)
August 17, 2000Go To Price Talk Table.Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., Series 2000-LCONClassAmount($mln)RatingMoody'sAvg.LifePriced(BP)BnchMarkA58.8Aaa4.8+371-mo. LiborB15.1Aa24.8+551-mo. LiborC13.4A24.8+1051-mo. LiborD15.1Baa24.8+1851-mo. LiborE3.5Baa34.8N/A1-mo. LiborX-1*106Aaa3.8----* Notional amount.
Southeast Regional Digest (8/17/00): Development company plans $135 Mln project near Atlanta
August 17, 2000 Ormewood Park offices plannedAtlanta Journal-Constitution, August 17ATLANTA – Novare Group is planning to build two six-story office buildings totaling 300,000 square feet at I-20 and the Glenwood-Memorial Connector, in Ormewood Park. Glenwood is a $135...
Morgan Stanley Unit Buys Offices in Seoul
August 17, 2000 A unit of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter has purchased the Hanuri Building, a 15-story office building in downtown Seoul, Korea, from the Seoul Urban Development Corp.The sales price was not disclosed. Seoul Urban Development just...
Freddie Mac Makes $37.5 Mln Loan to Toll Unit
August 17, 2000 HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. – A unit of Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE:TOL) has received $37.5 million of financing from Freddie Mac.The 10-year, fixed-rate debt is backed by the first phase of Dulles Greene, a 390-unit rental...
Olympus Hospitality Group and Marriott to Convert 20 Chalet Susse Hotels
August 17, 2000 DALLAS – Olympus Hospitality Group and Marriott International Inc. (NYSE:MAR) have entered into a franchise license agreement.Under the terms of the agreement, 20 of Olympus Hospitality Group's Chalet Susse hotels will be converted to the...
Jones Lang Buildings to Get Wired by Winstar
August 17, 2000 NEW YORK – Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) has given Winstar Communications (NASDAQ: WCCI) access to its 650 commercial properties, totaling 400 million square feet. The agreement means that tenants at Jones Lang buildings will be...
Koger Equity Sells El Paso Office Park for $20.5 Mln
August 17, 2000 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Kroger Equity Inc. (NYSE: KE) has sold The El Paso Koger Center in El Paso, Texas, for $20.5 million to the Harbor Group International LLC.The 33-year-old office complex has 386,000-square-feet in 17...
AIG Writes $120 Mln Loan For NY Offices
August 17, 2000 American International Group has provided $120 million of fixed-rate financing for 100 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.Earlier this year, SL Green Realty Corp. acquired a 49.9 percent interest in the 834,000-square-foot office building from a...
La Salle Hotel Sells California Holiday Inn
August 17, 2000 BETHESDA, Md. – LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE:LHO) has closed today on the sale of the 260-unit Park Plaza Holiday Inn in Visalia, Calif., to the Uniwell Corp.Though terms of the sale were not disclosed, LaSalle...
Capital Senior Living Buys ILM Senior For $97.6 Mln
August 17, 2000 DALLAS – Capital Senior Living Corp. (NYSE:CSU) has completed its acquisition of ILM Senior Living Inc. The company paid about $97.6 million. GMAC Commercial Mortgage provided acquisition financing for the merger. Capital Senior acquired seven...
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