August 16, 1999 DALLAS – Wyndham International Inc. (NYSE:WYN) said it opened a 362-room hotel in Boston's Batterymarch Building in the heart of the city's financial district.The company spent some $40 million redeveloping the 14-story building, which was...

August 16, 1999 DENVER – A First Union unit has started taking applications for commercial mortgages through the CyberLoan System, which was developed by FinancingSources.Com.The unit, First Union Small Business Capital, was formerly the commercial lending unit of...

August 16, 1999 New hotel going up near CBDHouston Business Journal, Aug. 16 HOUSTON – Downtown land prices have spiked so high that some developers are buying land in the once blighted Fourth Ward. Three blocks west of...

August 16, 1999 CLEVELAND – Trustees of First Union Real Estate Investments (NYSE:FUR) approved the purchase of up to $20 million of its common shares on the open market.In addition, the REIT said that it expects to complete...

August 16, 1999 FORT WORTH, Texas – Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. (NYSE:CEI) has reached an agreement with several parties to restructure Charter Behavioral Health Systems LLC, which leases 88 psychiatric hospitals owned by Crescent.Under the restructuring, Crescent...

August 16, 1999CHICAGO – A venture led by AMLI Residential Properties Trust (NYSE: AML) paid $17.2 million for Prestonwood Hills, a 272-unit apartment complex in Plano, Texas.The venture, which AMLI formed with BPMT Stichting Bedrijfspensioenfonds voor de Metaal...

August 16, 1999City to vote on Five Points TowerSarasota Herald-Tribune, Aug. 14SARASOTA, Fla. – It now appears certain that the Sarasota City Commission will override its planning board and approve a nearly 200,000-square-foot, seven-story office building on a...

August 16, 1999 Imasco to subdivide GenstarThe Globe and Mail, Aug. 14TORONTO – Real estate company Genstar Development Co. is being subdivided into U.S. and Canadian properties as parent Imasco Ltd. bids to make the properties more attractive...

August 16, 1999Tax liens can enrich investors New York Times, August 15NEW YORK - Anyone who has seriously contemplated making money in real estate has probably encountered the arcane but potentially profitable practice of investing in tax liens...

August 16, 1999 Huge data centers pop up on tech landscapeThe Washington Times, Aug. 16WASHINGTON – Companies that came to Northern Virginia to give employees a nice place to work now want to lease or build buildings that...

August 16, 1999 By Lisa Singhania Associated Press WriterBATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) – Kellogg Co. said it is closing most of its historic hometown plant and cutting about 550 jobs in its latest effort to revive a sagging...

August 16, 1999 RENO, Nev. (AP) – New proposals to save the Mapes Hotel would convert the historic building into apartments, a new hotel and restaurant, county office space or an assisted-living center.Three new proposals with the required...

August 16, 1999Internet Tenant Leases Space in Marina del ReyLos Angeles Business Journal, Aug. 16MARINA del REY, Calif. – Event411.com has subleased 22,000 square feet at the Marina Business Center in Marina del Rey, Calif., an unincorporated area...

August 14, 1999 By Lisa Singhania, Associated Press Writer BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) - Kellogg Co. announced Saturday it is closing most of its historic hometown plant and cutting about 550 jobs in its latest effort to revive...

August 14, 1999 RENO, Nev. (AP) - New proposals to save the Mapes Hotel would convert the historic building into apartments, a new hotel and restaurant, county office space or an assisted-living center. Three new proposals with the...

August 13, 1999COLUMBUS, Ohio – The trustees of Lexford Residential Trust (NYSE: LFT) declared a 35.2 cents/share common stock dividend payable Oct. 8 to holders of record Sept. 20.In addition, Lexford's shareholders will vote Sept 30 on the...

August 13, 1999 CHICAGO – Strategic Hotel Capital Inc. has formed a venture with the real estate investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp. to buy upscale hotels throughout Europe.GIC Real Estate is already an investor...

August 13, 1999Market for bonds nearly saturatedThe Charlotte Observer, Aug. 13CHARLOTTE – Corporate worries about having enough cash on hand for Y2K mean investment banks are sending a glut of corporate bonds to the market -- at a...

August 13, 1999 Publisher inks lease deal at 10 St. JamesThe Boston Herald, Aug. 13BOSTON – A subsidiary of London-based Pearson Plc, publishers of The Economist and Financial Times, will put 600 employees into a new office tower...

August 13, 1999Public opinion kills plans to build Richmond Road shopping center The Daily Press, August 13WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – A proposal to build a retail and entertainment center off Richmond Road was withdrawn minutes before the City Council...

August 13, 1999 Cambridge scoops up Laing's mall propertiesThe Globe and Mail, Aug. 13TORONTO – Cambridge Shopping Centres Ltd. is buying Laing Property Corp., extending the Toronto-based firm's holdings further west. But Cambridge says it will keep only...

August 13, 1999TORONTO – Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is putting its $2 billion real estate portfolio on the block, including its landmark head office building in Toronto, The National Post reported.CIBC Development Corp. owns 45 office, retail,...

August 13, 1999 SEATTLE – The investor group that owns the Seattle Sheraton Hotel has filed a motion in U.S. District Court seeking a permanent injunction that would prevent the opening and operation of Starwood Hotels & Resorts'...

August 13, 1999 ATLANTA – ING Realty Fund has provided close to $7 million of equity to Crest Asset Management to recapitalize the ownership structure of a 476-unit apartment complex it owns in Dallas.Crest used the equity, as...

August 13, 1999Campbell Centre gets boost from renovation projectsDallas Morning News, Aug. 13DALLAS – When Campbell Centre was built on North Central Expressway in the 1970s. Now a $17 million renovation and the widening of North Central promise...