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Post Properties to Build Community in Midtown Atlanta
August 11, 2000 ATLANTA – Post Properties Inc. (NYSE: PPS) will develop Post Biltmore, a new community adjacent to Atlanta's historic Biltmore Hotel, as part of its long-term strategy to build mixed-use neighborhoods in growing cities around the...
CS First Boston Initiates Cendant Corp. at Buy, $20 Target
August 11, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Henry Diamond initiated coverage of Cendant Corp. (NYSE:CD) with a "buy" rating and a $20 price target today, stating that the "CUC debacle" that plagued the company is...
Beverly Hills Shopping Center to Go for $1,008/sf
August 11, 2000London-based Strategic Real Estate Advisors is representing an unidentified European trust that is buying an upscale Beverly Hills shopping center for a whopping $1,008/sf, The Los Angeles Times reported this morning.Kowa Real Estate Investment Co. and...
Equity Office’s O.P. Files $2 Bln Debt Shelf
August 11, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – EOP Operating LP, the operating partnership of Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE:EOP), filed Friday with the SEC to register $2 billion of debt securities and related warrants for future sale.The operating partnership intends...
Captec Net Lease Realty Shareholders Re-Elect Board; Goldstein Unsuccessful in Bid for Control of RE
August 11, 2000 ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The entire board of directors at Captec Net Lease Realty Inc. (Nasdaq:CRRR) was re-elected at the company's annual shareholders' meeting on Wednesday.All nine incumbent members of the Captec board beat out...
Commercial Assets, Asset Investors Corp. Complete Merger
August 11, 2000 The merger of Commercial Assets Inc. (AMEX:CAX) with and into Asset Investors Corp. (NYSE:AIC) closed today.The resulting company is now called American Land Lease Inc. It will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange...
Fitch Upgrades Two Classes in J.P. Morgan’s 1997-SPTL-C1
August 11, 2000 NEW YORK – Fitch recently upgraded the $12.2 million class C and $10.2 million class D in J.P. Morgan Commercial Mortgage Finance Corp.'s series 1997-SPTL-C1 to double-A from double-A-minus and to single-A-minus from triple-B-plus, respectively.The...
Group Gets Affordable Housing Funding in Upscale Locale
August 11, 2000 By Brad Berton, Commercial Real Estate Direct Contributing EditorApartment Renovation Group has secured $60 million in tax-exempt bond financing, allowing for development of a 468-unit apartment community slated for one of the nation's least-affordable housing...
Allied Riser Strikes Deal with BGK Properties
August 10, 2000 DALLAS – Allied Riser Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:ARCC) has signed an agreement with private investment firm BGK Properties that could give Allied access to more than 3,000 new businesses occupying 15 million square feet of commercial...
Fitch Upgrades Two Classes of Morgan Stanley Capital’s 1996-MBL1
August 10, 2000 NEW YORK – Fitch on Thursday upgraded the $7.8 million Class E in Morgan Stanley Capital Inc.'s Series 1996-MBL1 to triple-A from triple-B-plus.In addition, the rating agency also upgraded the $3.3 million Class F to...
Fitch Withdraws Ratings on Resolution Trust Corp. 1991-M6
August 10, 2000 NEW YORK – Fitch has withdrawn its ratings on Resolution Trust Corp.'s 1991-M6 because the notes have been paid in full.
L.J. Melody Opens Memphis Office Via Acquisition
August 10, 2000 Real estate investment banker and CB Richard Ellis affiliate L.J. Melody has acquired the Memphis-based mortgage banking firm of Fogelman Beaty, which has now assumed the Melody name.It is the sixth firm since 1998 that...
Pacific Gulf 2nd-Qtr FFO $0.70/shr vs $0.62/shr
August 10, 2000 2nd-Qtr 002nd-Qtr 996-mos 006-mos 99FFO $15.2 mln$13.1 mln $29.6 mln $25.6 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.70 $0.62$1.37 $1.22 Extra Gain (Loss) $(2.5) mln $(1.3) mln $(3.4) mln $(4.6) mln Net Income $10.4 mln $8.1 mln $18.5...
Insignia Financial 2nd-Qtr Earnings
August 10, 2000 2nd-Qtr 002nd-Qtr 996-mos 006-mos 99Net Income (loss) $2.8 mln $3.0 mln $(1.5) mln $(2.1) mln Net/shr (diluted)$0.11 $0.13 $(0.09) $(0.10) Revenue$244.9 mln $156.5 mln $419.2 mln $270.8 mln Shares Outstanding22.6 mln 23.2 mln21.0 mln 21.6...
Home Properties Acquires Northern Virginia Property
August 10, 2000 Home Properties (NYSE:HME) has acquired a 150-unit apartment complex in Fairfax, Va., for $13 million in cash, or about $86,700 per unit.The company anticipates that the purchase of the East Meadow Apartments will yield a...
Malan Realty 2nd-Qtr FFO $0.01/shr vs $0.46/shr
August 10, 2000 2nd-Qtr 002nd-Qtr 996-mos 006-mos 99FFO $.07$4.3 mln $4.3 mln $8.3 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.01 $0.46 $0.46 $0.89 Net Income $(.2) $1.1 mln $.8 $2.6 mln Net/shr (diluted)$(0.03) $0.20 $0.15 $0.49 Revenue$13.3 mln $10.8 mln $24.3...
Cohen & Steers Lowers Stake in the Macerich Co.
August 10, 2000 Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc. has lowered its stake in the Macerich Co. (NYSE:MAC) to 6.5 percent from about 11.5 percent in February.The firm now holds 2.2 million shares in the REIT, according to...
Fitch Upgrades One Class of Midland Realty Acceptance Corp.’s 1996-C1
August 10, 2000 NEW YORK – Fitch today upgraded the $20.4 million Class B of Midland Realty Acceptance Corp.'s Series 1996-C1 to double-A-plus from double-A.The upgrade and the affirmations of all the other classes that Fitch rates in...
Southeast Regional Digest (08/10/00): Atlanta building will receive $28 Mln renovation
August 10, 2000 Downtown tower to be renovatedAtlanta Journal-Constitution, August 10ATLANTA – Richard Bowers & Co. will spend $28 million to renovate the 26-story Coastal States building at 260 Peachtree St. The company expects to close on a...
Canada Digest (8/10/00): Ritz-Carlton proposed for Toronto
August 10, 2000 Hotel project aims to bring Ritzy luxury to TorontoThe Toronto Star, August 10 TORONTO – Bowmore Group of Cos. has proposed plans for a $200 million Ritz-Carlton at the southeast corner of Bay and Adelaide...
Beijing to Host International Real Estate Expo
August 10, 2000 The first China International Real Estate Expo will be held Nov. 16 to 19 in Beijing's China International Exhibition Center in an effort to coordinate investment projects, the Xinhua news agency has reported. The Expo...
Austin’s CRESA Joins Growing CRESA Partners
August 10, 2000 By Brad Berton, Commercial Real Estate Direct Contributing EditorThe Austin, Texas, affiliate of the CRESA (Corporate Real Estate Service Advisors) Alliance tenant representation network has formally merged its operations into CRESA Partners LLC. The Austin...
Major Singapore Hotel for Sale; Jones Lang Marketing
August 9, 2000 SINGAPORE – Hotel Plaza Ltd. is looking to diversify its portfolio by selling its New Park Centra Hotel Singapore, a 531-unit hotel near the city-state's central business district.Hotel Plaza Ltd., which owns about 15 hotels...
Highwoods 2nd-Qtr FFO $0.92/shr vs $0.87/shr
August 9, 2000 2nd-Qtr 002nd-Qtr 996-mos 006-mos 99FFO $62.7 mln$61.3 mln $124.2 mln $122.0 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.92 $0.87 $1.80 $1.73 Net Income $3.7 mln $27.4 mln $36.8 mln $54.3 mln Net/shr$0.08 $0.46 $0.63 $0.90 Revenue$145.1 mln $147.8...
Southeast Regional Digest (08/9/00): Parkway Properties buys office building in St. Petersburg, Fla.
August 9, 2000Echelon finds buyer for office propertyThe St. Petersburg Times, August 9ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Echelon has sold Florida Power Corp.'s downtown 133,000-square-foot headquarters for $16.5 million to Parkway Properties Inc. The REIT purchased the first two...
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