Fitch Ratings has downgraded two classes of Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., 2005-CND2, because all of the deal's collateral loans mature this year and many are facing challenges. The transaction is backed by eight remaining loans...

Michael House, group head of real estate capital markets at Genworth Financial, has joined Arbor Realty Trust Inc. as senior vice president of loan acquisitions, a new position.At Arbor, a Uniondale, N.Y., mortgage REIT, House will focus on...

GE Real Estate's North American Equity division has teamed up with The Muller Co. to acquire a pair of office properties with 204,844 square feet in suburban San Diego for a combined $58 million.The venture has purchased Pinnacle...

HRPT Properties Trust has priced $250 million of senior unsecured notes through underwriters led by bookrunners Wachovia Securities, Banc of America Securities and RBC Capital Markets.The Newton, Mass., REIT priced the notes, which mature June 15, 2017, at...

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A venture between Cypress Creek Capital and GoldenTree InSite Partners has acquired 501 East Kennedy Blvd., a 300,000-square-foot office building in downtown Tampa Bay. Cypress Creek of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and GoldenTree of New York bought the 19-story...

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Inland American Real Estate Trust has committed to make a $250 million preferred equity investment in an investment vehicle sponsored by Lauth Group, an Indianapolis developer of office, retail, industrial and healthcare properties. Inland, an Oak Brook, Ill.,...

FirstService Corp. is continuing its expansion in the commercial real estate service sector.It has acquired a majority interest in Colliers Monroe Friedlander, a Hawaii intermediary that has handled more than $600 million of transactions last year and manages...

A unit of Centerline Capital Group has raised $405 million of capital for a pair of low-income housing tax credit funds. The company, previously known as CharterMac, has raised a series of funds, which are capitalized by bank...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportRBS Greenwich Capital has provided $270 million of financing for a portfolio of six office buildings in northern New Jersey with 1 million square feet.The portfolio was owned by Reckson Associates Realty Corp.,...

Thiemann Real Estate has paid $14.3 million for Camden Taravue, a 304-unit apartment complex in St. Louis.The St. Louis firm purchased the property from Camden Property Trust of Houston, which marketed it through HFF Inc.Thiemann funded the acquisition...

Hines Sumisei U.S. Core Office Fund has agreed to pay about $140 million for the Carillon building, a 469,226-square-foot office property in Charlotte, N.C. The fund, which is part owned by Hines REIT of Houston, is buying the...

Bear Stearns has provided $59.9 million of fixed-rate financing for Worldgate Plaza, a 322,325-square-foot office complex in Herndon, Va.The loan requires only interest payments through its 2017 maturity and carries a rate of 5.52 percent. The four-building property...

Wachovia Bank has provided $120.5 million of mortgage debt for three office properties recently purchased on behalf of an investment affiliate of Grubb & Ellis Co.The three properties are Danbury Corporate Center, a 1 million-square-foot office property in...

A venture between Sterling American Property Inc. and Hines has paid $130 million for 300 Capitol Mall, a 383,238-square-foot office building in Sacramento, Calif. The 18-story property, also known as the Emerald Tower, was acquired from Invesco Real...

Inland American Real Estate Trust has committed to make a $250 million preferred equity investment in an investment vehicle sponsored by Lauth Group, an Indianapolis developer of office, retail, industrial and healthcare properties. Inland, an Oak Brook, Ill.,...

FirstService Corp. is continuing its expansion in the commercial real estate service sector.It has acquired a majority interest in Colliers Monroe Friedlander, a Hawaii intermediary that has handled more than $600 million of transactions last year and manages...

A unit of Centerline Capital Group has raised $405 million of capital for a pair of low-income housing tax credit funds. The company, previously known as CharterMac, has raised a series of funds, which are capitalized by bank...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportRBS Greenwich Capital has provided $270 million of financing for a portfolio of six office buildings in northern New Jersey with 1 million square feet.The portfolio was owned by Reckson Associates Realty Corp.,...

Thiemann Real Estate has paid $14.3 million for Camden Taravue, a 304-unit apartment complex in St. Louis.The St. Louis firm purchased the property from Camden Property Trust of Houston, which marketed it through HFF Inc.Thiemann funded the acquisition...

Hines Sumisei U.S. Core Office Fund has agreed to pay about $140 million for the Carillon building, a 469,226-square-foot office property in Charlotte, N.C. The fund, which is part owned by Hines REIT of Houston, is buying the...

Bear Stearns has provided $59.9 million of fixed-rate financing for Worldgate Plaza, a 322,325-square-foot office complex in Herndon, Va.The loan requires only interest payments through its 2017 maturity and carries a rate of 5.52 percent. The four-building property...

Wachovia Bank has provided $120.5 million of mortgage debt for three office properties recently purchased on behalf of an investment affiliate of Grubb & Ellis Co.The three properties are Danbury Corporate Center, a 1 million-square-foot office property in...

Parkway Properties has paid $46.5 million for 1401 Enclave, a 209,000-square-foot office building in Houston.The Jackson, Miss., REIT, purchased the six-story building on behalf of its Parkway Properties Office Fund. It purchased it from Triple Net Properties of...