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Speculative Office Space on Route 128 Fills Up Quickly
September 10, 1999 By Keith Regan, VertiNews.com CorrespondentLeggat McCall Properties LLC has landed six tenants at its Waltham Woods Corporate Center just a month after completing construction of the property -- news that may encourage more developers to...
Charles E. Smith Residential to Raise $100 Mln Through Preferred Offering
September 10, 1999 ARLINGTON, Va. – Charles E. Smith Residential Realty Inc. (NYSE:SRW) will sell $90 million of convertible preferred shares to GE Capital and $10 million to another institutional investor.Charles E. Smith will issue a total of...
Russians Study Real Estate Business in Bismarck
September 10, 1999 By The Associated PressBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Eleven Russian real estate professionals are visiting Bismarck. The group – from five large Russian cities – wants to learn how real estate business is conducted in this...
Detroit Nears Agreement With Developer
September 10, 1999 DETROIT (AP) – A developer is nearing an agreement to spell out terms for a project that city officials have said is key to revitalizing downtown. "My understanding is that a development agreement is very,...
Apollo Real Estate to Inject Capital into Criimi Mae
September 10, 1999 ROCKVILLE, Md. – Criimi Mae Inc. (NYSE:CMM) said an affiliate of Apollo Real Estate Advisors IV will provide it with a $50 million capital infusion as part of a $910 million plan of reorganization that...
PS Business Parks Raised $110 Mln Through Preferred Offering
September 10, 1999 GLENDALE, Calif. – PS Business Parks Inc. (AMEX:PSB) raised $110 million by privately placing preferred shares in its affiliated operating partnership, PS Business Parks LP.Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch were exclusive placement agents for an...
Hines Buys Downtown LA Office Building for $215 Mln
September 10, 1999Hines has purchased Sanwa Bank Plaza, a 1 million-square-foot office building in downtown Los Angeles. The firm did not disclose the purchase price, but it is widely believed to have been $215 million, or $215/sf.The building,...
Clarion Makes Investments in Donahue Schriber, NY Office Building
September 10, 1999 NEW YORK – Clarion Partners has made a total of $150 million of investments in Donahue Schriber of Newport Beach, Calif., and a New York office building owned by Taconic Investment Partners.The investment in Donahue...
Jameson Inns Inc. expanding to Louisiana
September 9, 1999 By Carol Muse Evans, VertiNews.com CorrespondentATLANTA, Ga. – Atlanta-based Jameson Inns Inc. (NASDAQ:JAMS), owner of Jameson Inn and Signature Inn hotels, is entering the Louisiana market with the purchase of a Shreveport site for a...
Regency Realty Corp. Completes $160 Mln In Perpetual Preferred Offerings
September 9, 1999 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Regency Realty Corporation (NYSE: REG) announced today that its Regency Centers, L.P. sold $85 million of 8.75% Series B cumulative redeemable preferred units and sold $75 million of 9.00%, Series C cumulative...
Glimcher Sells Ticket to Movies for $7.8 Mln
September 9, 1999 CHICAGO – Theatreplex Entertainment Properties Inc. bought a $7.8 million cinema multiplex from Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, the operating partnership for Glimcher Realty Trust (NYSE: GRT), a real estate investment trust based in Columbus, Ohio.The...
Bentley Forbes Buys $20 Mln Office, Provides 10-Yr Lease
September 9, 1999 LOS ANGELES – The Bentley Forbes Group LLC bought Capital One Financial Corporation's Tollway Office Center I complex in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Plano for approximately $20 million.As part of the deal, Bentley Forbes...
Prime Buys Property Management Software
September 9, 1999 DENVER – Prime Group Realty Trust (NYSE: PGE) has purchased J.D. Edwards' OneWorld(TM) and WorldSoftware(TM) software package which features fully-integrated property management and financial systems, the software company said today.Chicago-based Prime Group Realty Trust is...
Crown American Modifies Credit Line, But Earnings Will Suffer
September 9, 1999 JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Crown American Realty Trust (NYSE:CWN) has negotiated a two-year extension and modifications to its secured line of credit from GE Capital Real Estate.The modifications were done in order to fund an expansion...
Tishman Speyer Goes Broadband
September 9, 1999 NEW YORK – WinStar Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: WCII) has signed an agreement with Tishman Speyer Properties to offer its Wireless Fiber(SM) service to tenants worldwide. "Having access to fast and reliable broadband technology is essential...
Duke-Weeks Makes It Easier to Buy Its Stock
September 9, 1999 SAN FRANCISCO – A new service offered by Duke-Weeks Realty Corporation (NYSE: DRE), a mixed office and industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), and StockPower Inc., a Web-based direct investing company allows investors to purchase...
Duke-Weeks Promotes 2 in Central Florida Reorganization
September 9, 1999 By Paul Gereffi, VertiNews.com CorrespondentDuke-Weeks Realty Corp., (NYSE: DRE) a REIT created earlier this year through the combination of Weeks Realty Corp. of Atlanta and Duke Realty Corp. of Indianapolis, has reorganized its Central Florida...
Pan Pacific Retail Sets $0.40/shr Div
September 9, 1999 SAN DIEGO – Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Inc. (NYSE:PNP) today reported its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share, payable October 22, 1999, to the shareholders of record September 24,...
Southeast Regional Digest
September 9, 1999Highwoods to develop office towerThe News & Observer, September 9RALEIGH, N.C. – Highwoods Properties, the Triangle's largest office landlord, plans to develop a seven-story tower with 160,000 square feet of space and a four-level parking deck...
Tech Firm Released from 7-Year Lease, $3.2 Mln Obligation
September 9, 1999 ONTARIO, Calif. – XIT Corporation ("XIT"), a subsidiary of MicroTel International Inc. (OTCBB: MCTL) ("MicroTel"), sold its 50 percent interest in a partnership that owns a 93,000-square-foot facility in Ontario, California.As part of the consideration...
Canadian Regional Digest
September 9, 1999 Eaton's landlords poised to seize Quebec leasesThe Globe and Mail, September 9TORONTO – Eaton Co. Ltd.'s landlords are poised to seize the leases on the retailer's Quebec department stores if the insolvent company goes bankrupt....
Prudential Establishes Presence in Albuquerque
September 9, 1999 By The Associated PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – REALCO, Inc. (Nasdaq: RLCO) has acquired TI Construction, a multi-state commercial construction company located in Albuquerque. Amity Inc., a wholly owned commercial construction subsidiary of Realco, acquired the...
Historic San Francisco Building to be HQ for NBC Internet Co.
September 9, 1999SAN FRANCISCO – The former Standard Oil Building will be the headquarters of a newly formed company merging the Internet assets of Xoom.com, Snap.Com and broadcaster NBC.Ocwen Asset Investment Corp. (NYSE: OAC) announced it has leased...
Minnesota Developer Proposes Shopping District in Montana
September 9, 1999 By The Associated PressKALISPELL, Mont. (AP) – A multi-million-dollar real estate proposal could net Kalispell a brand-new fairgrounds, while at the same time turn the old fairgrounds into a commercial shopping district. "We have a...
Riverbank Development Rules Muddied in NC
September 9, 1999 By The Associated PressNEW BERN, N.C. (AP) – A state panel studying ways to reduce runoff pollution in coastal sounds and rivers has backpedaled on its previous plan to restrict all permanent structures 30 feet...
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