A venture led by ING Clarion Partners has paid $28 million for the Valley Parkway Health Center, a 70,000-square-foot medical office building in San Diego's Escondido area.The venture, with Montecito Medical Co., was formed earlier this year to...

BPG Properties Ltd. has paid $57.75 million for Financial Plaza, a 310,000-square-foot office building in Mesa, Ariz.The 16-story property, at Alma School Road and Southern Ave. in suburban Phoenix, was purchased from Crescent Real Estate Equities, which had...

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 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...

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....

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...

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...

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 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- 

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 $mlnClassSize$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;...

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...