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 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, 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 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, 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, 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,...

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 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 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  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, 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 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, 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, 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, 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 27, 1999?3rd-Qtr 993rd-Qtr 989-mos 999-mos 98FFO$17.3 mln$15.1 mln$49.6 mln$43.1 mlnFFO/shr (diluted)$0.84$0.74$2.45$2.10Extra. Gain/loss?($0.8 mln)?($0.8 mln)Net Income$13.1 mln$6.7 mln$30.4 mln$22.2 mlnNet/shr$0.71$0.34$1.66$1.16Revenue$37.7 mln$32.7 mln$106.5 mln$92.2 mlnShrs outst.20.6 mln20.5 mln20.2 mln20.5 mln

October 27, 1999 FORT WORTH, Texas – Crescent Real Estate Equities (NYSE:CEI) said scheduling conflicts have prompted it to postpone its third-quarter earnings conference call until Nov. 10 at 10 am. The call had been scheduled for Nov....

October 27, 1999  3rd-Qtr 993rd-Qtr 989-mos 999-mos 98FFO$44.2 mln$35.1 mln$132.2 mln$102.7 mlnFFO/shr (diluted)$0.357$0.331$1.061$1.013Extra. Gain/loss($0.2 mln) $0.3 mln($0.2 mln)Net Income$10.4 mln$8.2 mln$52.4 mln$49.0 mlnNet/shr$0.10$0.08$0.50$0.50Revenue$155.5 mln$123.5 mln$463.7 mln$346.2 mlnShrs outst.124.1 mln106.2 mln124.6 mln101.4 mln

October 27, 1999  3rd-Qtr 993rd-Qtr 989-mos 999-mos 98FFO$7.5 mln$3.5 mln$21.3 mln$9.3 mlnFFO/shr (diluted)$0.36$0.28$1.04$0.80Extra. Gain/loss($0.6 mln)($0.023 mln)($0.6 mln)($0.023 mln)Net Income$3.5 mln$1.3 mln$10.9 mln$3.5 mlnNet/shr$0.17$0.10$0.53$0.30Revenue$22.1 mln$12.4 mln$63.8 mln$31.8 mlnShrs outst.20.9 mln12.7 mln20.6 mln11.6 mln

October 27, 1999  3rd-Qtr 993rd-Qtr 989-mos 999-mos 98FFO($5.6 mln)$1.8 mln($3.7 mln)$5.2 mlnFFO/shr (diluted)($1.25)$0.40($0.81)$1.11Extra. Gain/loss$6.4 mln $6.4 mln Net Income($4.3 mln)$2.4 mln($1.2 mln)$7.4 mlnNet/shr($1.56)$0.15($1.68)$0.48Revenue$8.8 mln$8.1 mln$25.5 mln$23.7 mlnShrs outst.3.9 mln4.1 mln3.9 mln4.2 mln

October 27, 1999 HRPT Properties Trust (NYSE:HRP) has filed Form 8-K with the SEC.

October 27, 1999 DENVER – Lance J. Graber, a director in the principal transactions group of Credit Suisse First Boston, has joined Apartment Investment and Management Co. (NYSE:AIV) as executive vice president of acquisitions.Prior to joining First Boston...