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Canada Regional Digest
February 3, 2000 California firm plans Kanata R& D centerThe Ottawa Citizen, February 3OTTAWA – Silicon Access Technologies Inc., a California technology company backed by chip giant Intel Corp. and investors, is planning a major development center in...
Capstead Mortgage Files Proxy
February 3, 2000 Capstead Mortgage Corp. (NYSE: CMO) has filed a Form PRE 14A (Preliminary ProxyStatement) with the SEC.Shareholders will, at the firm's April 20 annual meeting, vote for a slate of directors that would include at least...
Loomis, Sayles Takes 8.1% Stake in Federal Realty
February 3, 2000 Loomis, Sayles & Co. has accumulated 3.6 million shares, representing 8.1 percent of the common shares outstanding of Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE:FRT). The firm's holdings were detailed in a Form 13G that Federal Realty...
Westbrook Says Burnham’s Conduct Minimizes Shareholder Value
February 3, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) -- Westbrook Real Estate Partners, the disgruntled holder of a 12.36% stake in Burnham Pacific Properties Inc. (BPP), followed up on earlier criticisms, describing the real estate investment trust's conduct concerning Schottenstein Stores Corp.,...
Loomis, Sayles Takes 5.9% Stake in Sizeler
February 3, 2000 Loomis, Sayles & Co. has accumulated a 5.9 percent interest in Sizeler Property Investors Inc. (NYSE:SIZ)The firm's investment in the REIT was detailed in a Form 13D that was filed with the SEC.
Urstadt Biddle Files Annual Report
February 3, 2000 Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. (NYSE: UBP) has filed a Form 10-K with the SEC.
Japanese Retailer Looks to Securitization for Construction Financing
February 3, 2000Associated PressTOKYO (Kyodo) – Supermarket chain operator Jusco Co. plans to securitize five planned stores in order to finance their construction.If Jusco succeeds in its plan, it would be the first Japanese company to finance the...
Criimi, Morgan Settle Suit, Freeing Up Sale of $287 Mln of CMBS
February 3, 2000 Morgan Stanley and Criimi Mae Inc. (NYSE: CMM) have settled a lawsuit that Criimi filed against the investment bank, which will result in the sale of subordinate commercial mortgage-backed securities.The settlement is another indication that...
Security Capital Parent to Exit All Non-Strategic Holdings
February 3, 2000 LUXEMBOURG – SC-U.S. Realty (NYSE: RTY) has decided to exit its special opportunity investments business, allowing the company to focus its resources on its strategic investments.In connection with the sale of the public securities in...
Impac 4th-Qtr Net $0.14/shr vs -$0.33/shr
February 3, 2000 4th-Qtr 994th-Qtr 9812-mos 9912-mos 98Net Income (Loss) $3.1 mln ($8.1 mln) $19 mln ($5.9 mln) Net (Loss)/shr$0.14 ($0.33) $0.76 ($0.25) Interest Income$31.4 mln $36.1 mln $119.5 mln $163.7 mln Shares outst.28 mln 24.6 mln 21.4...
JP Realty 4th-Qtr FFO $0.72/shr vs $0.65/shr
February 3, 2000 4th-Qtr 994th-Qtr 9812-mos 9912-mos 98FFO $15.1 mln$13.9 mln $53.9 mln $50.4 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.72 $0.65 $2.53 $2.35 Extra Gain (Loss) -- -- ($0.8 mln) -- Net Income $7.4 mln $7.9 mln $25.3 mln $28...
Realty Income Corp. 4th-Qtr FFO $0.65/shr vs $0.62/shr
February 3, 2000 4th-Qtr 994th-Qtr 9812-mos 9912-mos 98FFO $17.5 mln$16.6 mln $65.9 mln $62.8 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.65 $0.62 $2.46 $2.36 Extra Gain (Loss) ($0.4 mln) -- ($0.4 mln) -- Net Income $10.3 mln $10.6 mln $41 mln...
Chelsea GCA Realty 4th-Qtr FFO $1.19/shr vs $1.12/shr
February 3, 2000 4th-Qtr 994th-Qtr 9812-mos 9912-mos 98FFO $23 mln$21.4 mln $80 mln $68 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $1.19 $1.12 $4.14 $3.56 Extra Gain (Loss) -- ($0.3 mln) -- ($0.3 mln) Net Income $10.5 mln $1.3 mln $34.1 mln...
GMAC Provides $42.2 Mln of Debt for Whitehall/Zamias Purchase
February 3, 2000 HORSHAM, Pa. – GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp. provided $42.2 million of floating-rate financing to a partnership between Goldman Sachs' Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund and Zamias Services Inc. for their purchase of a portfolio of...
Citizen Watch Signs $15 Mln Lease in Los Angeles
February 2, 2000 By Brad Berton, IPGDirect.com Contributing EditorCitizen Watch Co. of America is relocating its West Coast regional headquarters operation to about 130,000 square feet of office, service and distribution space at the Pacific Gateway business park....
Westfield America 4th-Qtr FFO $0.47/shr vs $0.43/shr
February 2, 2000 4th-Qtr 994th-Qtr 9812-mos 9912-mos 98FFO $49.7 mln$41 mln $177 mln $140.8 mln FFO/shr (diluted) $0.47 $0.43 $1.73 $1.63 Net Income $19.7 mln $12 mln $54.3 mln $106.2 mln Revenue$131.3 mln $111.2 mln $503.8 mln $328.5...
Finova Realty Shuffles Management Ranks, Brandes Steps Aside
February 2, 2000 IRVINE, Calif. – R.J. Brandes, executive managing director of Finova Realty Capital, is stepping aside from his day-to-day oversight of the operation.In his place, William G. Campbell was named managing director in charge of the...
Canada Regional Digest
February 2, 2000 Hotel, others eye Daly projectThe Ottawa Citizen, February 2OTTAWA – Operators of the Chateau Laurier Hotel are looking at expanding across the street into a new 10-story building set to rise this year on the...
First Union, Wellsford Kill Merger Talks
February 2, 2000 NEW YORK – First Union Real Estate Investments (NYSE:FUR) and Wellsford Real Properties Inc. (AMEX:WRP) have terminated negotiations concerning a possible business combination or other transaction.Reasons for the termination could not be immediately learned. The...
Southeast Regional Digest
February 2, 2000 UPS seeking site for e-commerce unitsAtlanta Journal-Constitution, February 2ROSWELL, Ga. – United Parcel Service has set its sights on the former Herman Miller Inc. campus here. UPS is focusing on the 220,000-square-foot office building that...
FINAL PRICING: Salomon Smith Barney $452 Floating-Rate CMBS
February 2, 2000 Salomon Smith Barney*, $452 Million Multi-Tranche Floating-Rate Commercial Mortgage-Backed SecuritiesClassAmount($mln)Credit support(%)RatingMoody'sRatingS&PAvg.LifeSpread(BP)BnchMarkA235.248AAAAAA1.0+301-mo. LiborB56.535.5AA2NR1.2+451-mo. LiborC36.227.5A2NR1.3+951-mo. LiborD38.419Baa2NR2.7+1901-mo. LiborE10.216.75Baa3NR2.7+2501-mo. Libor*Co-managed by Chase Manhattan Securities and Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown.NR: Not rated.
Tishman Speyer, Douglas Emmett Realty Finalists for MGM Plaza
February 2, 2000 Tishman Speyer Properties of New York and Douglas Emmett Realty Advisors of Los Angeles appear to be the finalists to buy Maguire Partners' MGM Plaza in Los Angeles, according to the Wall Street Journal.The newspaper...
Shorenstein Buys New Orleans Building, Seeks More Buys
February 2, 2000 Shorenstein Co. is getting back into the acquisition game. After a nearly four-year period during which the San Francisco company watched others bid up the price of commercial real estate, Shorenstein has decided that the...
Long-time Citigroup Exec Joins Cushman & Wakefield as Head of Corporate Services
February 2, 2000 NEW YORK – Steve Binder, a former director of global planning at Citigroup, has joined Cushman & Wakefield as managing director of corporate services.In his new post, Binder is charged with managing Cushman's national and...
Warburg, Cigna Lend $145 Mln for Simon Mall Buy
February 2, 2000 Warburg Dillon Read and Cigna Corp. are providing $145 million of floating-rate debt for the Emerald Square Mall, an Attleboro, Mass., mall purchased by a Simon Property Group Inc.-led venture.The financing was reported in today's...
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