December 21, 1999 Charles E. Smith Residential Realty Inc. (NYSE: SRW) has filed a Form S-3 (RegistrationStatement) with the SEC.

December 21, 1999 HOUSTON – Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. (NYSE:CEI) has received a $200 million financing package for the 2.9 million-square-foot Houston Center, the city's largest downtown real estate property.Scott Galloway of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler's Houston office...

December 21, 1999 Rayonier chooses NationsBank TowerFlorida Times-Union, December 21JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Timber giant Rayonier Inc. has agreed to lease 33,000 square feet on two floors in the downtown NationsBank office tower for its headquarters operation. The company...

December 20, 1999 Apartment Investment & Management Co. (NYSE:AIV) has filed a Form S-3 with the SEC. This filing relates to the possible sale of up to 510,613 shares of Class A Common Stock.

December 20, 1999 MGI Properties (NYSE:MGIP) has filed Form 8-K with the SEC.

December 20, 1999 SAN FRANCISCO – Wells Fargo Bank and GMAC Commercial Mortgage and five other commercial mortgage lenders have agreed to take preliminary loan applications through LoopLender, an online loan-origination service.Wells, GMAC, Artesia Mortgage Capital, Cambridge Realty...

December 20, 1999 SPOKANE, Wash – Cavanaughs Hospitality Corp. (NYSE:CVH), an owner and operator of full-service hotels in the Northwest, has agreed to acquire WestCoast Hotels Inc., a competing hotel company based in Seattle.Terms of the deal, which...

December 20, 1999 BCIMC takes on $4-Bln portfolioVancouver Sun, December 18 VANCOUVER – When a little-known arm of the B.C. government last week bought Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's real estate portfolio, the public employees' pension fund was...

December 20, 1999 (NewsTraders.com) -- McDonald Investments analyst Anatole Pevnev initiated coverage of Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) today with a "buy" rating and a 12- to 18-month price target of $31.Pevnev commented that Alexandria operates as a...

December 20, 1999 Trammell Crow is dished a plate full of projects at DisneyOrlando Sentinel, December 20LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The Celebration Co. has hired Trammell Crow to handle sales of commercial property at Celebration Place and...

December 20, 1999 By Debra Beachy, VertiNews.com CorrespondentHOUSTON – Houston's office market cooled down in the third quarter, with the vacancy rate climbing to 12.8 percent from 10.8 percent.But leasing activity should improve, primarily because 17,000 jobs were...

December 20, 1999 JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Nicholas J. Pasquerilla, executive vice president of facilities planning at Crown American Realty Trust (NYSE:CWN), will retire effective Feb. 18.Paquerilla oversaw the construction of more than 47 million square feet of space,...

December 20, 1999 SAN FRANCISCO – The AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust has provided $30.8 million of construction/permanent financing for the Holiday Inn Express and Suites at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf.The 250-room hotel at 455 Beach Street, is slated...

December 20, 1999 (NewsTraders.com) -- General Growth Properties (NYSE:GGP) was initiated today with a "buy" rating and $30 price target by CIBC World Markets analyst Jeff Olson, according to a contact at the brokerage firm.Further information on the...

December 20, 1999 Keystone Property Trust (NYSE: KTR) has filed a Form 8-K (Current Report) with the SEC.

December 20, 1999 CHICAGO – AMLI Residential (NYSE:AMLI) has sold AMLI at Park Place, a 588-unit apartment complex in Austin, Texas, for $25.8 million.The property was owned by a partnership 25 percent owned by AMLI. As a result,...

December 20, 1999 Wilshire Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. (NYSE: WREI) has filed a Form 8-K (Current Report) with the SEC.

December 20, 1999 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Banc of America Securities commercial mortgage-backed securities index fell by 0.51 percent this week to 118.8, but continued the trend of outperforming comparable Treasuries – by 10 basis points. CMBS have...

December 20, 1999 By Paul Gereffi, VertiNews.com Correspondent A long neglected industrial and office park in Palm Beach County, Fla., is starting to show signs of life.The new owners of the Palm Beach Park of Commerce are closing...

December 20, 1999 NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. – The Mashantucket Pequots are asking real estate and marketing firms for advice on the best use of property once considered for a Six Flags theme park. A Mashantucket spokesman says the...

December 17, 1999 GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – Bank of America has provided The Abbey Co. with a $100 million revolving credit line backed by five properties. The line is an interest-only, variable-rate vehicle pegged to Libor."It provides for...

December 17, 1999 (NewsTraders.com) -- An investment group including Fixed Income Associates and Bracebridge Capital are unhappy with Capstead Mortgage Corp.'s (CMO) recent deal to sell a portion of itself to another investment party.The Fixed Income group, which...

December 17, 1999 Whispers of La Ronde deal go roundMontreal Gazette, December 17 MONTREAL – A deal may be near that would clear the way for the Reichmann family to build a $1-billion sports and entertainment theme park...

December 17, 1999 (NewsTraders.com) -- Two officers at Ocwen Financial Corp. (NYSE:OCN) combined to sell 117,000 shares of the savings and loan holding company in November, according to Form 4 filings released Dec. 15 by the SEC.Senior Managing...

December 17, 1999 WASHINGTON, DC – Pamela Hinton has been named president of The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. Hinton replaces Bonnie S. Gottlieb, who had been president since early 1998.Hinton has been senior vice president of...