October 29, 1999 A team made of Oxford Properties Group Inc., the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System and GE Capital Canada Inc. has completed the purchase of a portfolio of real estate from the Royal Bank of Canada....

October 29, 1999 CLEVELAND – First Union Real Estate Investments (NYSE:FUR) said it will pay an interest rate of 15 percent on the $29.6 million second mortgage that General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE:GGP) provided for the Crossroads Center...

October 29, 1999Australian investment trust buys interest in Promenade IIAtlanta Journal-Constitution, October 29ATLANTA – Lend Lease US Office Trust, a new Australian investment trust, is planning to buy one-half interest in the Promenade II office building in Midtown....

October 29, 1999 Montreal's newest suburb: Plattsburgh, N.Y.Montreal Gazette, October 29MONTREAL – Plattsburgh, N.Y., is fast becoming "Montreal's U.S. suburb." The city, which is an hour's drive from Montreal, has landed a number of Montreal-based firms in the...

October 28, 1999 CHICAGO – Lend Lease US Office Trust, a newly formed unit of Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, has agreed to pay $533.9 million for interests in seven properties owned by Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE:EOP).Lend...

October 28, 1999 NEW YORK – PricewaterhouseCoopers has acquired Gulf/Atlantic Valuation Services Inc., a Sarasota, Fla., appraisal firm that specializes in healthcare and retirement properties.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Alan Plush, principal of Gulf/Atlantic, was named...

October 28, 1999 St. Joe to spin off Florida East CoastFlorida Times-Union, October 28JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The St. Joe Co. will spin off its 54 percent interest in Florida East Coast Industries to become a full-time real estate...

October 28, 1999 Small English town, Kanata compete for Nortel plantThe Ottawa Citizen, October 28 OTTAWA – Nortel Network, which has plans to build a major fiber-optic manufacturing plant, may be eyeing an empty, almost brand-new $125 million...

October 28, 1999 SYDNEY – Lend Lease US Office Trust, an Australian company that has agreed to buy a stake in a portfolio of properties owned by Equity Office Properties (NYSE:EOP), is in the midst of lining up...

October 28, 1999  3rd-Qtr 993rd-Qtr 989-mos 999-mos 98FFO$14.6 mln$15.9 mln$45.9 mln$47.8 mlnFFO/shr (diluted)$0.66$0.73$2.09$2.21Extra. Gain/loss  $0.07 mln$1.0 mlnNet Income$6.5 mln$3.7 mln$12.1 mln$11.9 mlnNet/shr$0.34$0.20$0.64$0.64Revenue$56.8 mln$55.3 mln$169.8 mln$157.8 mlnShrs outst.22.0 mln21.8 mln22.0 mln21.7 mln

October 28, 1999  3rd-Qtr 993rd-Qtr 98Net Income$3.34 mln$2.31 mlnNet/shr$0.16$0.11Revenue$95.2 mln$76.2 mlnShrs outst.21.1 mln21.9 mln

October 28, 1999MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA), which announced a 9 percent drop in third-quarter funds from operations, said leasing up of units that it expects to complete this winter will "burden FFO/share until they are...

October 28, 1999 NEW YORK – Tarragon Realty Investors Inc. (NASDAQ:TARR) is considering eliminating its REIT status in order to focus on converting apartments into condominiums.The REIT owns some 16,000 apartment units in Connecticut, South Florida and Texas,...

October 28, 1999  3rd-Qtr 993rd-Qtr 989-mos 999-mos 98FFO$18.7 mln$18.3 mln$50.7 mln$49.5 mlnFFO/shr (diluted)$0.68$0.67$1.84$1.82Extra. Gain/loss    Net Income$10.2 mln$9.5 mln$29.4 mln$29.8 mlnNet/shr$0.39$0.37$1.13$1.15Revenue$27.8 mln$27.3 mln$77.7 mln$75.2 mlnShrs outst.27.6 mln27.4 mln27.6 mln27.3 mln

October 28, 19993rd-Qtr 99?3rd-Qtr 993rd-Qtr 989-mos 999-mos 98FFO$3.1 mln$2.8 mln$9.1 mln$8.2 mlnFFO/shr (diluted)$0.61$0.56$1.80$1.64Net Income$1.8 mln$1.7 mln$5.1 mln$4.8 mlnNet/shr$0.40$0.39$1.17$1.10Revenue$5.5 mln$5.0 mln$16.2 mln$14.4 mln

October 28, 1999Andrew Stone is said to be preparing to leave Credit Suisse First Boston at the end of the year. Stone formerly headed First Boston's real estate group. Talk of his departure, which was reported in the...

October 28, 1999?3rd-Qtr 993rd-Qtr 989-mos 999-mos 98FFO?$1.3 mln$1.1 mln$4.0 mln$3.6 mlnFFO/shr (diluted)?$0.17$0.15$0.54$0.48Net Income?$3.1 mln$2.8 mln$9.4 mln$8.0 mlnNet/shr$0.15$0.04$0.16$0.16Revenue?$4.9 mln$4.5 mln$14.5 mln$12.6 mlnShrs outst.?7.4 mln7.6 mln7.5 mln7.6 mln

October 28, 1999 DALLAS – Prentiss Properties Trust (NYSE:PP) has promoted Thomas F. August to the post of chief executive officer. He will continue as president of the REIT. August was formerly president and chief operating officer. He...

October 28, 1999 ATLANTA – Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. and New York Life Insurance Co. have provided $159 million of mortgage debt for the Westfield Shoppingtown Montgomery Mall, a 1.3 million-square-foot mall owned by Westfield America Inc. (NYSE:WEA)Pru...

October 28, 1999Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc., 1999-C1ClassAmount($mln)Sub. Level(%)RatingS&PRatingDuff & PhelpsAvg.LifeSpread(BP)BnchMark A-110026.5AAAAAA5.6+117Treas.A-2350.3526.5AAAAAA9.6+136.25Treas.B33.721AAAA9.9+158.25Treas.C27.616.5AA9.9+180Treas.D9.215A-A-9.9+195Treas.E21.411.5BBBBBB9.9+250Treas.F7.610.25BBB-BBB-10.25+335Treas.X613N/AAAArAAA9.05+400Treas.

October 28, 1999 CHICAGO – Heller Financial Inc. (NYSE:HF) has formed a unit that will finance owner-occupied properties through synthetic leases and secured debt. The unit, Special Purpose Property, taps Heller's asset-based and real estate lending expertise. It...

October 28, 1999 Equitable Life is providing about $89 million of financing to Blackstone Real Estate Advisors for its purchase of the Bethesda Metro Center in Bethesda, Md.Blackstone purchased the property for $118 million from an entity controlled...

October 28, 1999 Stone & Webster Inc., a troubled engineering firm, plans to sell its headquarters building in downtown Boston, according to the Boston Globe. About 1,250 people work at the 14-story building, which is near South Station....

October 28, 1999Impac Commercial Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GLR) has filed a Form DEFA14A (Definitive Proxy Statement) with the SEC. The filing details the company's rejection of Apex Mortgage Capital Inc.'s stock-for-stock merger proposal and its reaffirmation of a plan...

October 28, 1999 LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) – A group of Kauai investors is paying $5.2 million dollars for the Islander on the Beach Hotel between Waipouli and Kapaa. The group – which includes real estate broker Terry Kamen,...