February 24, 2000 An investor group has purchase the Westwood Tower in McLean, Va., for $41.5 million, or $198/sf, after re-tenanting costs are factored in.The partnership, Silver Harmony Westwood Tower LLC, financed the purchase with a $30 million...

February 24, 2000ATLANTA – CB Richard Ellis (NYSE:CBG) represented AMLI Residential Properties Trust (NYSE:AML) in its $42.5 million sale of the Falls at Sope Creek in Marietta, Ga., to an affiliate of the Wilkinson Group.The sale of the...

February 24, 2000 TORONTO – RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TORONTO:REI u.TO) has completed the sale of its interests in three retail properties to its former partner, Schroeder Properties Ltd., for C$42 million (US$28.7 million).RioCan acquired the three...

February 24, 2000 4th-Qtr 994th-Qtr 9812-mos 9912-mos 98FFO $16 mln$13.2 mln $56 mln $49.7 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.45 $0.37 $1.57 $1.39 Net Income $10.4 mln $9.9 mln $44.3 mln $41.1 mln Net/shr$0.29 $0.28 $1.24 $1.15 Revenue$32.9 mln $27.4...

February 24, 2000 LOS ANGELES – The Bentley Forbes Group LLC has acquired two properties from Sunrise Medical Inc., which will lease them back.The properties are a 314,500-square-foot building in Stevens Point, Wisc., and a 218,300-sf building in...

February 24, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) -- Schottenstein Stores Corp., which has traded contentious words with Burnham Pacific Properties (NYSE:BPP) in the past over the possible sale of Burnham, said today that it has entered into a confidentiality agreement with...

February 24, 2000 Franklin Select Realty Trust (AMEX:FSN) will make a liquidating distribution of $7.11 to shareholders of record on Feb. 29. The distribution will be made on March 10.The distribution is the result of the company's sale...

February 24, 2000 WASHINGTON – Daniel H. Mudd, president and chief executive of GE Capital Japan, has been named vice chairman and chief operating officer of Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM). Mudd, who also joins Fannie's board, fills a post...

February 24, 2000 CarrAmerica Realty Corp. (NYSE:CRE) has filed a correction to information it released earlier this month regarding its the basic and diluted income per common share figures.The updated information can be found in a Form 8-K/A...

February 24, 2000 NEW YORK – The Greenwich Group International is staking a claim on the Internet.The New York real estate investment bank is launching CapitalEngine.com, which it says will help property owners raise capital via the world-wide...

February 24, 2000 4th-Qtr 994th-Qtr 9812-mos 9912-mos 98FFO $9.7 mln$7.8 mln $35.4 mln $30.7 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.58 $0.53 $2.28 $2.06 Net Income $3.8 mln $7.7 mln $32.2 mln $27.3 mln Net/shr$0.24 $0.47 $1.99 $1.66 Revenue$22.7 mln $21.3...

February 23, 2000 HORSHAM, Pa. – GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp. has provided $120 million of floating-rate interim financing for the acquisition of a Newark, N.J., office complex.GMAC's Intermediate Finance Group provided the financing to a venture involving Morgan...

February 23, 2000 Rockrose Development Corp. has paid $49.5 million, or $356/sf, for the long-term lease on 645 Madison Ave. in Midtown Manhattan, according to the Wall Street Journal.The 139,000-square-foot building was purchased from a venture between Equitable...

February 23, 2000 NEW YORK – SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE:SLG) has completed the purchase of a 49.9 percent interest in 100 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The 834,000-square-foot building was owned by Prudential Insurance.The REIT's stake was...

February 23, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) -- Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst Paul Miller initiated coverage of Washington Federal (NYSE:WFSL) today, attaching an "accumulate" rating and an $18 price target to the banking concern, dubbing it "a true traditional thrift."Miller contends...

February 23, 2000 Associated PressCINCINNATI – Procter and Gamble Co. plans to build a product research center on the site where it closed and demolished a former detergent plant last year. P&G said today it will build the...

February 23, 2000 Associated PressKANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two former executives and a former attorney for a leading Kansas City real estate company were indicted today on charges alleging the theft of more than $150 million from the...

February 23, 2000 Associated PressNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (PRIMEZONE) – PIMCO Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Inc. (NYSE:PCM ), a closed-end investment company that buys primarily commercial mortgage-backed securities, has appointed Scott A. Mather to assume day-to-day responsibility for managing...

February 23, 2000 Associated PressLAJITAS, Texas – Just about this whole town hits the auction block tomorrow. Bidding will begin at 2:00 p.m. for the 2,700-acre Lajitas resort complex, which includes a saloon, more than 90 hotel or...

February 23, 2000 Apartment Investment and Management Co. has filed a Form 8-K detailing its sale of 1.2 million shares of preferred stock to AEW Targeted Securities Fund II LP for $30 million in January.

February 23, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) -- JDN Realty Corp. (NYSE:JDN) was elevated to "market perform" from "underperform" this morning by Legg Mason Wood Walker, according to a source at the brokerage.Legg Mason made the move believing that the recent...

February 23, 2000 Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s planned commercial mortgage-backed securities issue has bonds with a five-year average life. A Feb. 22 story, Japanese Insurer to Securitize Office Portfolio, had the wrong average life for the bonds.

February 23, 2000 Sale of provincial assets proposed to fund tax cutsThe Vancouver Sun, February 23VANCOUVER – The Business Council of British Columbia wants the provincial government to sell some of its assets, including land, buildings and Crown...

February 23, 2000 Honeywell puts building on marketTampa Tribune, February 23CLEARWATER, Fla. – Looking to trim its real estate bills, Honeywell will sell one of its seven buildings at its 1 million-square-foot Clearwater campus. The company has too...

February 23, 2000 Allied Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:ALLC) has filed to raise $7.5 million through the sale of 416,964 of its common shares to an institutional investor.The company, which has become one of the most active buyers of subordinate...