RECENT NEWS
Charles E. Smith Cut By Prudential; First Union Hikes Target
July 28, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Charles E. Smith Residential Realty (NYSE:SRW) dipped to "hold" from "accumulate" in Prudential's rating system after analyst Lou Taylor issued a downgrade Friday.The analyst said valuation considerations, along with a four-month delay in...
Morgan Stanley: ‘REITs Still Have A Little More Room To Run’
July 28, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Lauding an "exceptional" quarter for real estate investment trusts in general, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter analyst Gregory Whyte said today that despite the 22 percent total return they have delivered this year, REIT...
First Union Initiates LaSalle Hotel Properties
July 28, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – First Union Securities analyst Jeffrey Donnelly opened scrutiny on LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE:LHO) with a "buy" recommendation and a $16 price objective.Donnelly praised LaSalle's stable of properties, stating that they are positioned in...
Correctional Properties Fixes Rate on $45 Mln of Debt
July 28, 2000 PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Correctional Properties Trust (NYSE:CPV) has purchased an interest rate swap, fixing the rate on $45 million of floating-rate debt.The purchase of the swap comes at the same time that the...
Southeast Regional Digest (7/27/00): Army plans $100 Mln office complex in Huntsville, Ala.
July 27, 2000 Army plans $100 million Redstone officesHUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Army plans to spend more than $100 million over the next eight years to build an office complex at Redstone Arsenal. Construction is scheduled to begin...
REIT Stocks Buck Bearish Market; Two Upgrades Dispensed
July 27, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) -- The real estate investment trust world was mostly spared the wrath of today's bearish mood, as several Wall Street analysts handed out upbeat brokerage comments on a few selected companies.Leading the way, Archstone...
Weingarten Realty 2nd-Qtr FFO $1.05/shr vs &0.96/shr
July 27, 2000 2nd-Qtr 002nd-Qtr 996-mos 006-mos 99FFO $28.1 mln$25.7 mln $55.6 mln $51.0 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $1.05 $0.96 $2.08 $1.90 Net Income $15.0 mln $14.2 mln $29.4 mln $27.7 mln Net/shr$0.56 $0.53 $1.10 $1.03 Revenue$63.6 mln $56.3...
Capital Senior Living 2nd-Qtr Earnings
July 27, 2000 2nd-Qtr 002nd-Qtr 996-mos 006-mos 99Net Income $1.3 mln $4.0 mln $2.8 mln $7.9 mln Net/shr$0.07 $0.20 $0.14 $0.40 Revenue$12.3 mln $15.9 mln $24.8 mln $31.4 Shares Outstanding19.7 mln 19.7 mln 19.7 mln 19.7 mln
Correctional Properties 2nd-Qtr FFO $0.49/shr vs $0.48/shr
July 27, 2000 2nd-Qtr 002nd-Qtr 996-mos 006-mos 99FFO $3.5 mln$3.4 mln $7.0 mln $6.8 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.49 $0.48 $0.99 $0.96 Net Income $2.1 mln $2.2 mln $4.4 mln $4.4 mln Net/shr$0.30 $0.31 $0.61 $0.62 Revenue$5.7 mln $5.1...
Allied Capital 2nd-Qtr Earnings
July 27, 2000 2nd-Qtr 002nd-Qtr 996-mos 006-mos 99Net Income $34.8 mln $22.1 mln $64.4 mln $40.7 mln Net/shr$0.50 $0.38 $0.94 $0.70 Shares Outstanding70.0 mln 58.8 mln 68.1 mln 57.8 mln
Roberts Realty 2nd-Qtr FFO $0.21/shr vs $0.19/shr
July 27, 2000 2nd-Qtr 002nd-Qtr 996-mos 006-mos 99FFO $1.6 mln$1.4 mln $2.9 mln$2.7 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.21 $0.19$0.40 $0.37 Net Income $2.3 mln $0.02$2.3 mln $0.03 Net/shr$0.48 $0.00 $0.48 $0.01 Shares Outstanding7.4 mln 7.4 mln 7.4 mln 7.5...
Debt Exchange Hires Web Exec
July 27, 2000 BOSTON – The Debt Exchange Inc. has hired Paul Weitz as vice president of engineering.Weitz will oversee the development and build out of DebtX.com, the company's soon-to be-launched mortgage trading Web site.Weitz was most recently...
GE Capital Provides $74.5 Mln of Financing to LaSalle Hotel
July 27, 2000 BETHESDA, Md. – GE Capital Real Estate has provided $74.5 million in fixed-rate loans to LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE:LHO).The three individual 10-year secured loans bear a fixed interest rate of 8.08 percent. The hotel REIT...
Senior Housing Properties Trust to Sell Brookdale Properties for $123 Mln
July 27, 2000 NEWTON, Mass. – Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE:SNH) has agreed to sell four independent living properties to Brookdale Living Communities Inc. (Nasdaq:BLCI), which operates the facilities, for $123 million.Senior Housing acquired the properties in December...
S&P Adds Servicers to Approved List
July 27, 2000 NEW YORK – Standard & Poor's has added the following companies to the August 2000 edition of its Approved Commercial Loan Servicer List. – Bankers Mutual is now an approved Commercial Loan Servicer – Chase...
FINAL PRICING: $1.1 Bln Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., 2000-C1
July 27, 2000 Go To Initial Price Talk Table.Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., 2000-C1ClassAmount($mln)Sub. Level(%)RatingS&PRatingFitchAvg.LifePriced(BP)BnchMarkA-1184.222.5AAAAAA5+301 mo. LiborA-2677.522.5AAAAAA10+391 mo. LiborB50.118AAAA9.7+551 mo. LiborC44.514AA9+701 mo. LiborD15.312.63A-A-9+821 mo. LiborE29.110BBBBBB9+240Treas.F13.98.76BBB-BBB-9+265Treas.X*1.1 BlnNAAAAAAA--+340Treas.* Interest only strip.
Liberty Property Prices $200 Mln of Unsecured Notes
July 27, 2000 MALVERN, Pa. – An affiliate of Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY) has issued $200 million of 10-year unsecured notes. The 8.5 percent notes, due Aug. 1, 2010, were priced at 99.334 to yield 8.588 percent. They...
Gables Sells Two Texas Apartment Complexes for $41 Mln
July 27, 2000 ATLANTA – Gables Residential (NYSE:GBP) has sold two apartment communities in Texas for a total of $41 million to separate buyers, who intend to convert the communities to condominiums. Gables Residential developed the 126-unit Gables...
BB&T Reinitiates Capital Automotive, Washington REIT
July 26, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – BB&T Capital Markets reinitiated coverage of Capital Automotive REIT (Nasdaq:CARS) with a "long-term buy" recommendation and a $17 price target.Harry Leathers, an analyst, called it an "attractive" investment for diversified accounts seeking current...
Prentiss Properties 2nd-Qtr FFO $0.80/shr vs $0.71/shr
July 26, 2000 2nd-Qtr 002nd-Qtr 996-mos 006-mos 99FFO $33.5 mln$30.8 mln $65.6 mln $61.4 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.80 $0.71 $1.57 $1.41 Net Income $16.0 mln $14.7 mln $31.3 mln $30.5 mlnNet/shr$0.44 $0.39 $0.86 $0.80 Revenue$85.3 mln $73.9 mln...
Canada Regional Digest (7/26/00): Les Ailes department store to anchor Montreal’s landmark Eaton bui
July 26, 2000 Montreal's landmark Eaton building has new anchor tenantMONTREAL – Les Ailes de la Mode will be the new anchor tenant in the Eaton building. Parent company Boutiques San Francisco Inc. has plans to build a...
Federal Realty 2nd-Qtr FFO Beats Estimates, Up 5.5 percent at $0.64/Shr
July 26, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE:FRT) posted funds from operations, or FFO, for the three months ended June 30 of $25.5 million, an increase of 5.5 percent from the $24.2 million reported in the...
PRICE TALK: $438.8 Mln DLJ Floating-Rate CMBS
July 26, 2000Go To Fitch's Presale Report.Go To S&P's Presale Report.Go To Moody's Presale Report.DLJ Commercial Mortgage Corp., Series 2000-STF1ClassAmount($mln)Sub. Level(%)RatingMoody'sRatingFitchRatingS&PAvg.LifePriceTalk(BP)BnchMarkA-1239.245AaaAAAAAA2.75+23 area1-mo. LiborA-237.337Aa2AAAA2.75+36 area1-mo. LiborA-338.428.25A2ANR2.75+76 area1-mo. LiborB-131.821Baa2BBBNR2.9+155 area1-mo. LiborB-21118.5Baa3BBB-NR2.9+205 area1-mo. LiborB-32.218Ba1BB+NR2.5+435 area1-mo. LiborB-42213Ba2BBNR2.5NA1-mo. LiborB-54.412Ba3BB-NR2.9NA1-mo. LiborB-617.68B2BNR2.9NA1-mo. LiborB-713.25B3NRNR3NA1-mo. LiborC22--NRNRNR3--1-mo. LiborS*357.6NAAaaAAAAAA2.9NA1-mo....
Boston Properties 2nd-Qtr FFO $0.83/shr vs $0.72/shr
July 26, 2000 2nd-Qtr 002nd-Qtr 996-mos 006-mos 99FFO $59.3 mln$48.7 mln $113.8 mln $94.3 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.83 $0.72 $1.61 $1.42 Extra Gain (Loss) $.3 $ -- $.3 $ -- Net Income $34.9 mln $27.2 mln $65.8 mln...
Sheli Z. Rosenberg, Zell Adviser, to Retire
July 26, 2000 Sheli Z. Rosenberg is retiring as chief executive of Equity Group Investments LLC and as Sam Zell's personal counsel in order to devote more time to charitable work.The upcoming retirement, reported in today's Chicago Tribune,...
About
Commercial Real Estate Direct is the only source -- in print or otherwise -- that keeps close tabs on the entire real estate capital markets industry. It provides up-to-date market intelligence on the mortgage business, equity raising, investment sales and CMBS.
