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...

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...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportHersha Hospitality Trust has acquired the 70-room Hotel 373 Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan for $28 million from McSam Hotel Group. The deal is one of three in the New York area by...

  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...

Deal NameCurrentPoolBal. $mlnOrig.PoolBal $mlnClassSize$mlnFitchNewRatingFitchOldRatingReason for Rating ActionBanc of America Large Loan Inc., 2005-MIB1804.31,260.0C51.2AAAAA+Increased subordination---D30.3AA+AA----E30.3AAAA-----F30.3AA-A+----G30.3A+A----H25.3AA--GE Commercial Mortgage Corp., 2003-C21,140.01,210.0E14.8AAAAA+Increased subordination; defeasance (22.1 percent of pool.)---F14.8AAAA-----G14.8A+A----H14.8A-BBB+-Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., 1997-C2614.11,470.0F73.3AA+AA-Increased subordination---G14.7A+A--Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 1997-2303.6814.0F48.8AAAA+Increased subordination;...

  Deal NameCurrentPoolBal. $mlnOrig.PoolBal $mlnClassSize$mlnDBRSNewRatingDBRSOldRatingReason for Rating ActionBear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 2004-ESA665.52,050.0F43.0AAAAAhighDefeasance (100 percent)---G43.0AAAAA----H40.0AAAAAlow----J67.0AAAA- 

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportThe first CMBS conduit of the second half has launched. And the subordination level of its BBB bond class is 5 percent, substantially higher than the 4.03 percent average for all conduits during...

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...

  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-- 

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 $mlnClassSize$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...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportThe first CMBS conduit of the second half has launched. And the subordination level of its BBB bond class is 5 percent, substantially higher than the 4.03 percent average for all conduits during...

American Realty Advisors has promoted Daniel Robinson to managing director of its finance/investment consulting department. Robinson will provide consulting services to pension plans around the country, serving as a qualified professional asset manager. He will lead a consulting...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportHersha Hospitality Trust has acquired the 70-room Hotel 373 Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan for $28 million from McSam Hotel Group. The deal is one of three in the New York area by...

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...

Deal NameCurrentPoolBal. $mlnOrig.PoolBal $mlnClassSize$mlnFitchNewRatingFitchOldRatingReason for Rating ActionBanc of America Large Loan Inc., 2005-MIB1804.31,260.0C51.2AAAAA+Increased subordination---D30.3AA+AA----E30.3AAAA-----F30.3AA-A+----G30.3A+A----H25.3AA--GE Commercial Mortgage Corp., 2003-C21,140.01,210.0E14.8AAAAA+Increased subordination; defeasance (22.1 percent of pool.)---F14.8AAAA-----G14.8A+A----H14.8A-BBB+-Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., 1997-C2614.11,470.0F73.3AA+AA-Increased subordination---G14.7A+A--Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 1997-2303.6814.0F48.8AAAA+Increased subordination;...

  Deal NameCurrentPoolBal. $mlnOrig.PoolBal $mlnClassSize$mlnDBRSNewRatingDBRSOldRatingReason for Rating ActionBear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 2004-ESA665.52,050.0F43.0AAAAAhighDefeasance (100 percent)---G43.0AAAAA----H40.0AAAAAlow----J67.0AAAA- 

American Realty Advisors has promoted Daniel Robinson to managing director of its finance/investment consulting department. Robinson will provide consulting services to pension plans around the country, serving as a qualified professional asset manager. He will lead a consulting...

  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-- 

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...

GE Pension Trust has completed its $200 million acquisition of Pacific Center, a 438,960-square-foot office property in Mission Valley, Calif.The pension trust is buying the two-building complex from Maguire Properties, which marketed it through Eastdil Secured.Pacific Center, which...