Allstate Real Estate Investment Group has provided $25 million of financing for the expansion of Town and Country Village, a mixed-use property in Houston.Allstate now has a total of $77 million on the property, which is owned by...

Triple Net Properties has paid $15 million for the Residences at Braemar, a 160-unit apartment complex in Charlotte, N.C.The Santa Ana, Calif., real estate firm purchased the property from a group operating as Braemer Housing LLC.Triple Net funded...

Stonehenge Partners has acquired 330 East 63rd St., a 93-unit multifamily property in Manhattan for $39 million from a local family. Stonehenge, a New York company headed by Ofer Yardeni and Joel Seiden, plans to gradually increase rents...

UrbanAmerica LP has sold Northwood Center, a 495,000-square-foot office building in Tallahassee, Fla., for $50 million.The two-story building was sold to Ajax Investment Partners of New York.UrbanAmerica had purchased the property seven years ago for $31 million from...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportBear Stearns has provided $220 million of fixed-rate financing for 360 Park Ave. South, a 451,800-square-foot office building in Manhattan's Midtown South neighborhood.The mortgage is unusual in that it has a 15-year term....

CapStar Hotel Co. has purchased the 167-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Secaucus, N.J.The Arlington, Va., real estate firm purchased the hotel from a Blackstone Group affiliate.A purchase price was not disclosed, but hotel properties in Northern New...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportPembrook Capital Management has provided $26 million of mezzanine financing, while Citigroup has provided $64 million of senior debt for the InterContinental Miami, a 641-room hotel owned by a venture led by Strategic...

An affiliate of Astani Enterprises Inc. has lined up $190 million of financing from Corus Bank for construction of the first phase of Concerto, a 624-unit residential condominium complex in downtown Los Angeles.The complex will contain two 30-story...

Wells Fargo & Co. and Regions Bank have provided $95 million of construction financing for the development of the NASCAR Corporate Plaza, a 376,401-square-foot office building in downtown Charlotte, N.C.The financing, arranged by Wells' Chicago real estate group,...

Triple Net Properties has paid $15 million for the Residences at Braemar, a 160-unit apartment complex in Charlotte, N.C.The Santa Ana, Calif., real estate firm purchased the property from a group operating as Braemer Housing LLC.Triple Net funded...

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. has raised $109 million of equity commitments for NorthStar Real Estate Securities Opportunity Fund, one of two investment vehicles the New York finance company is planning as part of a broad move into the...

UrbanAmerica LP has sold Northwood Center, a 495,000-square-foot office building in Tallahassee, Fla., for $50 million.The two-story building was sold to Ajax Investment Partners of New York.UrbanAmerica had purchased the property seven years ago for $31 million from...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportBear Stearns has provided $220 million of fixed-rate financing for 360 Park Ave. South, a 451,800-square-foot office building in Manhattan's Midtown South neighborhood.The mortgage is unusual in that it has a 15-year term....

CapStar Hotel Co. has purchased the 167-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Secaucus, N.J.The Arlington, Va., real estate firm purchased the hotel from a Blackstone Group affiliate.A purchase price was not disclosed, but hotel properties in Northern New...

Stonehenge Partners has acquired 330 East 63rd St., a 93-unit multifamily property in Manhattan for $39 million from a local family. Stonehenge, a New York company headed by Ofer Yardeni and Joel Seiden, plans to gradually increase rents...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportPembrook Capital Management has provided $26 million of mezzanine financing, while Citigroup has provided $64 million of senior debt for the InterContinental Miami, a 641-room hotel owned by a venture led by Strategic...

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. has raised $109 million of equity commitments for NorthStar Real Estate Securities Opportunity Fund, one of two investment vehicles the New York finance company is planning as part of a broad move into the...

An affiliate of Astani Enterprises Inc. has lined up $190 million of financing from Corus Bank for construction of the first phase of Concerto, a 624-unit residential condominium complex in downtown Los Angeles.The complex will contain two 30-story...

Wells Fargo & Co. and Regions Bank have provided $95 million of construction financing for the development of the NASCAR Corporate Plaza, a 376,401-square-foot office building in downtown Charlotte, N.C.The financing, arranged by Wells' Chicago real estate group,...

Triple Net Properties has purchased the Retreat at Stonecrest, a 276-unit apartment complex in the Atlanta suburb of Lithonia, Ga.The Santa Ana, Calif., real estate firm is purchasing the property on behalf of a group of tenant-in-common investors...

A private venture is offering for sale 3358 N. Cicero St., a 3.83-acre development parcel in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood.Marcus & Millichap's Chicago office is listing the parcel, which has an asking price of $21.8 million. The parcel...

Pacific Capital Investments has paid $23.5 million for MonteLago Village, a 51,500-square-foot retail property in Las Vegas.The Roseville, Calif., real estate firm purchased the property from Intrawest Corp. of Vancouver, British Columbia. The MonteLago Village consists of 12...

  Deal NameCurrentPoolBal. $mlnOrig.PoolBal $mlnClassSize$mlnS&PNewRatingS&POldRatingReason for Rating ActionGMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 2002-C1643.9710.1E8.9AA+AAIncreased subordination; defeasance (32 percent of pool.)---F12.4AAA+----G10.7A+A-----H8.9ABBB+----J14.2BBB+BBB----K12.4BBB-BB+----L5.3BB+BB----M5.3BBBB-----N8.0B+B----O3.6BB-- 

  Deal NameCurrentPoolBal. $mlnOrig.PoolBal $mlnClassSize$mlnMoody'sNewRatingMoody'sOldRatingReason for Rating ActionCitigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2006-FL2773.01,300.0C20.9AaaAa1Increased subordination---D38.8Aa1Aa2----E26.9Aa2Aa3----F26.9Aa3A1-GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, 2006-GSFL VIII352.7661.2B30.4AaaAa2Increased subordination---C22.1Aa1Aa3----D30.8A1A2----E15.0A2A3- 

Prime Group Realty Trust has invested $120 million in Lightstone Group's $8 billion acquisition of Extended Stay Hotels.The Chicago REIT, which was purchased by Lighstone two years ago, funded its investment in the entity that acquired Extended Stay...