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Morgan Stanley Fund Buys Stake in SL Green Office Building
August 3, 1999 NEW YORK – Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund III LP has acquired a 65 percent interest in 90 Broad Street, a downtown Manhattan office building that SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) acquired three months...
Equity Office 2nd-Qtr FFO $0.64/shr vs 0.58/shr
August 3, 1999 CHICAGO – Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE: EOP) said funds from operations for the second quarter ended June 30 rose to $186.7 million, or 64 cents/share on a diluted basis from $164.2 million or 58...
Price of Slope Goes Downhill
August 2, 1999SPRING MOUNT, Pa. (AP) - The sale price for the seven-slope, 183-acre Spring Mountain Ski Area has dropped to $1.7 million, according to a Harleysville real estate agent who said he has seen a renewed interest...
KeyCorp Exec Focuses on Commercial Real Estate
August 2, 1999 CLEVELAND (AP)- KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) announced today that two executives have been given expanded line of business responsibilities, reflecting the company's continued transformation into an integrated, multiline financial services organization. James S. Bingay has been...
Mid-Atlantic Regional Digest, Aug. 2
August 2, 1999Sledgehammers halt debate over downtown landmark The Washington Post, July 31WASHINGTON – Tired of D.C.'s notoriously difficult rezoning bureaucracy, Douglas Jemal is renovating one of the city's major landmarks, the long-vacant Woodward & Lothrop department store...
AMLI Residential, Dutch Pension in Venture to Buy $165 Mln of Apartments
August 2, 1999 CHICAGO – AMLI Residential has formed a venture with a large Dutch pension fund that will invest $165 million in multi-family properties in the seven markets that AMLI concentrates on.The pension fund, Stichting Bedrijfspensioenfonds voor...
Southeast Regional Digest, Aug. 2
August 2, 1999South Beach projects add offices, parking spacesMiami Herald July 31MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Two new projects will increase office space on South Beach about 20 percent. Developers Scott Robins and the Comras Co. are within days...
Contractor Sues Wal-Mart, Real Estate Holder
August 2, 1999NEW MARTINSVILLE, W.Va.(AP) - A judge has ordered the sale of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in New Martinsville to satisfy debts owed by the contractor that built the store. Mountain View Construction, which is based in Mount...
Midwestern Regional Digest
August 2, 1999 Kansas hotel operators worry about declining occupancy ratesWichita Tribune-Eagle, Aug. 2WICHITA, Kan. – Kansas is trying to attract more tourists to the plains, but hotel operators are concerned about decreasing occupancy rates in their rooms....
Western Regional Digest, August 2
August 2, 1999Sale of 20 acres to mall called offDenver Rocky Mountain News, Aug. 1, 1999DENVER – The sale of 20 acres critical to the Denver area's largest and newest shopping mall is apparently off. John Bandimere, who...
Southcentral Regional Digest, August 2
August 2, 1999 Chemical warehousing vet moves forward with new facility Houston Business Journal, August 2HOUSTON – Houston-based Industrial Distribution Corp. is breaking ground on a 315,000-square-foot chemical storage warehouse near Fairmont Parkway in La Porte. When the...
Northeast Regional Digest, Aug. 2
August 2, 1999Investors eye 6th Ave. towerCrains New York Business, August 1NEW YORK – Taconic Investment Partners and pension fund adviser Clarion Partners are negotiating to buy 1350 Sixth Ave. from the Minskoff family. The team has offered...
Colliers International Adds Mortgage Brokerage to Detroit Office
August 2, 1999 BINGHAM FARMS, Mich. – Colliers International's metropolitan Detroit brokerage office has added commercial mortgage brokering to its menu of services by hiring Lee Seiss from Great Lakes Capital.The commercial brokerage group will arrange end loans...
Canadian Regional Digest, August 2
August 2, 1999 E-commerce luring banks away from real estate assetsNational Post, July 31TORONTO – Cyberspace has become the new real estate for some banks as financial institutions consider dumping real estate holdings to dedicate more funds to...
McCreary Named President, CEO of ElderTrust
August 2, 1999 KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. – ElderTrust (NYSE: ETT) has named D. Lee McCreary, Jr., the REIT's chief financial officer, to the additional posts of president and chief executive officer. McCreary replaces Edward B. Romanov, Jr., who...
ElderTrust 2nd-Qtr FFO $0.45/shr vs $0.43/shr
August 2, 1999 KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. – ElderTrust (NYSE: ETT) said funds from operations for the second-quarter ended June 30 were $3.5 million or 45 cents/share compared to $3.4 million or 43 cents/share the same period last year.The...
U.S. Restaurant Buys 27 Service Stations for $13 Mln
August 2, 1999 DALLAS – U.S. Restaurant Properties Inc. (NYSE: USV) said it paid $13 million for 27 service station properties in North Carolina. The purchase price was a combination of partnership units and cash. All of the...
Dynex Capital Holders Approve 1-for-4 Reverse Split
August 2, 1999 GLEN ALLEN, Va.– Dynex Capital Inc. (NYSE: DX) said shareholders approved a one-for-four reverse split of its common shares. The reverse split takes effect tomorrow. It will reduce the company's outstanding shares to about 11.5...
Golf Trust to Buy Pete Dye Course
August 2, 1999CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A South Carolina-based real estate firm is set to announce its purchase of the Pete Dye Golf Course in Bridgeport, a Clarksburg newspaper has reported. Golf Trust of America Inc., a real...
Essex Property Raises $50 Mln from Preferred Offering
July 30, 1999 PALO ALTO, Calif. – Essex Property Trust Inc. (NYSE:ESS) privately placed $50 million of Series D cumulative redeemable preferred units with institutional investors.Essex, an apartment REIT, sold 2 million units in its operating partnership for...
Hanover Capital exits commercial mortgages; reports increase in 2nd-qtr earnings
July 30, 1999 NEW YORK – Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings Inc. (AMEX: HCM) said it has exited the commercial mortgage business because of insufficient acquisition volume. The company said the move will eliminate annual expenses of $600,000. Charges...
Iowa Park Sold to Developers
July 30, 1999 ANKENY, Iowa (AP) – The Ankeny Exposition Park has been sold for $1.26 million to real estate developers who plan to develop the land for commercial use. The Ankeny-Des Moines Aviation Exposition Association, the nonprofit...
Cornerstone Realty 2nd-Qtr FFO $0.31/shr vs. $0.29/shr
July 30, 1999 RICHMOND, Va. – Cornerstone Realty Income Trust (NYSE: TCR) reported that funds from operations (FFO) for the quarter ended June 30, 1999 rose to $12.1 million (31 cents/share) compared to $10.5 million (29 cents/share) in...
Captec 2nd-Qtr FFO $0.48/shr vs. $0.46/shr
July 30, 1999 ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Captec Net Lease Realty, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRRR) said funds from operations rose to $4.5 million (48 cents/share) in the second quarter ending June 30, up from $4.3 million (46 cents/share).For the...
Starwood Capital Forms Venture to Buy Japanese Realty
July 30, 1999 GREENWICH, Conn. – Starwood Capital Group has formed a venture with Nomura Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. that has already purchased three Tokyo office buildings valued at $65 million.The venture is the second in Asia...
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