May 18, 2000 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Real estate investment trust Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) said today that it has filed its proof of claim of approximately $4 billion in the Vencor Inc. (OTC: VCRI) Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding....

May 18, 2000 HONG KONG (AP) – The central government here signed a contract with Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. this week for the construction of a high-technology industrial park. The construction cost for the "Cyberport," a large-scale development...

May 18, 2000(NewsTraders.com) – Goldman Sachs has downgraded real estate investment trust Westfield America (NYSE:WEA) to "market perform" from "market outperformer" due to price considerations.Further information wasn't readily available.

May 18, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) was called a "buy" in initial brokerage coverage launched this week by Lehman Brothers analyst David Shulman, who has a $42 price target for the stock."As the largest owner...

May 18, 2000 HARTFORD, Conn. – Cigna Corp. (NYSE: CI) this week established TimesSquare Real Estate Investors "to meet the U.S. real estate equity investment needs of pension plan sponsors and other institutional investors," according to a statement....

May 17, 2000 Gentra buys four big TrizecHahn office towers for US$514 MlnTORONTO – TrizecHahn Corp. has sold four Canadian office towers to Gentra Inc. for 769.6 million Canada dollars (US$514 million). The sold towers include: Bankers Hall...

May 17, 2000BOSTON – Boston Properties Inc. (NYSE: BXP) has entered into a three-year joint venture agreement with the New York State Common Retirement Fund in which the fund has the right to participate in Boston Properties' future...

May 17, 2000 HOUSTON – HyperDynamics Corp., an information technology company, has signed a lease to occupy 15,000 square feet at the Westwood Technology Center in Houston.Terms of the lease were not disclosed.Westwood Technology Center is a 536,000-sf...

May 17, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Apex Mortgage Capital and affiliates (NYSE:AXM) filed with regulators this afternoon to document having reduced their equity position in Impac Commercial Holdings (AMEX:ICH) to 4.5 percent, which is comprised of 378,300 common shares.Apex,...

May 17, 2000 1st-Qtr 001st-Qtr 99FFO $60.5 mln$51 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.98 $0.84 Extra Gain (Loss) $0.3 mln $ -- Net Income $42.1 mln $32.9 mln Net/shr$0.69 $0.55 Revenue$112.4 mln $112.9 mln Shares outst.61.3 mln 60.8 mln

May 17, 2000 1st-Qtr 001st-Qtr 99FFO $19 mln$28.0 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.25 $0.38 Net Income $(17.4 mln) $17.1 mln Net/shr$(0.40) $0.06 Revenue$72.8 mln $78.3 mln Shares Outstanding43.4 mln 58.4 mln

May 17, 2000 1st-Qtr 001st-Qtr 99FFO $6.3 mln$10.1 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.20 $0.27 Net Income $(0.08 mln) $(0.3 mln) Net/shr$(0.002) $(0.01) Revenue$31.1 mln $35.1 mln Shares Outstanding32.3 mln 37.1 mln

May 17, 2000 1st-Qtr 001st-Qtr 99FFO $1.6 mln$1.9 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.20 $0.23 Net Income $2.8 mln $1.1 mln Net/shr$0.35 $0.13 Revenue$20.4 mln $17.9 mln Shares Outstanding8.0 mln 8.4 mln

May 17, 2000 Commercial Real Estate DirectSumitomo Life Insurance Co., Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. and Mitsui Fudosan Co. are planning to jointly develop a commercial real estate index that would track property returns in Japan.The firms "hope...

May 17, 2000 FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Two Washington-area entrepreneurs have launched findAspace.com, a site that will include a database of relatively small commercial spaces that are offered for lease in the Reston, Va., area.The firm, which was...

May 17, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) -- Goldman Sachs has boosted CBL & Associates (NYSE:CBL) to "market outperformer" from "market perform."In addition, Goldman hiked its 2000 and 2001 EPS numbers on CBL to $3.52 and $3.85 from $3.45 and $3.76,...

May 17, 2000 NEW YORK – Lexington Corporate Properties Trust (NYSE:LXP) has agreed to sell two industrial properties for $15.6 million, giving the REIT a profit of $1.8 million.The properties that are being sold are a Plymouth, Mich.,...

May 17, 2000 DALLAS – Trammell Crow Co. (NYSE:TCC) has been tapped by Amdahl Corp. to provide facilities management services, construction/project management and real estate brokerage services for its 2.8 million-square-foot worldwide portfolio of space.Amdahl is a unit...

May 17, 2000 Terremark, Miami Heat to build telecom centerMiami Herald, May 17MIAMI – Terremark Worldwide and the Miami Heat have formed a partnership to build the "Technology Center of the Americas," real estate sources say. They also...

May 16, 2000 WASHINGTON – CarrAmerica Realty Corp. (NYSE:CRE) began construction of a 23-story, 443,000-square-foot office building at 300 West Sixth Street in downtown Austin, Texas.The project is a joint venture between CarrAmerica and JER Partners. It is...

May 16, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) has reduced its investment in Shurgard Storage Centers (NYSE:SHU) to 4.95 percent from 6.2 percent.From May 2 to May 15, Public Storage sold 362,000 shares of Shurgard common stock in...

May 16, 2000 SEATTLE –Shurgard Storage Centers Inc. (NYSE:SHU) has formed a venture with Chase Capital Partners that will buy and operate self-storage facilites that are developed by Shurgard.The venture, which was reported by Commercial Real Estate Direct...

May 16, 2000 1st-Qtr 001st-Qtr 99FFO $0.4 mln$0.3 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.18 $0.19 Net Income $0.11 mln $0.07 mln Net/shr$0.05 $0.04 Revenue$1.6 mln $1.3 mln Shares Outstanding2.2 mln 1.7 mln

May 16, 2000 Phenolchemie's Theodore plant already for saleThe Mobile Register, May 16THEODORE, Ala. – The $250 million Phenolchemie chemical plant is for sale as a result of the merger between Deguss Huls AG and SKW Trostberg AG....

May 16, 2000 PALO ALTO, Calif. – Harvey E. Green, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Co., has been named president and chief executive of the firm.Green replaces William...