The Paramount Group has purchased the Waterview, a 634,000-square-foot office building under construction in Rossyln, Va. A sales price was not disclosed, but the property was said to have traded for around $425 million. The New York real...

Frank Petz has joined the Boston office of Eastdil Secured as managing director. He will join James McCaffrey and Peter Joseph, who launched the Boston office of the real estate brokerage firm earlier this year. Petz joins Eastdil...

The Blackstone Group has agreed to pay $26 billion for Hilton Hotels Corp., the second largest hotel chain in the country.Blackstone will pay $47.50 for each share of Hilton common stock and assume $6 billion of debt. The...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportCarlyle Group is positioned to take out considerable mortgage debt to fund its $6.3 billion purchase of Manor Care Inc.Earlier this week, the board of Manor Care accepted Carlyle's takeover offer bid of...

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...

Stiles Capital Partners has paid $24 million for Southpoint Executive Center, a 137,000-square-foot office building in Maitland, Fla.The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., real estate firm purchased the property from Younan Properties Inc. of Los Angeles. Younan marketed the building,...

Phillips Edison & Co. has purchased Powell Villa, a 61,908-square-foot retail property in Portland, Ore.A purchase price was not disclosed, but retail properties in Portland are trading for $165/sf, according to data from Real Capital Analytics. That would...

The Blackstone Group has agreed to pay $26 billion for Hilton Hotels Corp., the second largest hotel chain in the country.Blackstone will pay $47.50 for each share of Hilton common stock and assume $6 billion of debt. The...

Frank Petz has joined the Boston office of Eastdil Secured as managing director. He will join James McCaffrey and Peter Joseph, who launched the Boston office of the real estate brokerage firm earlier this year. Petz joins Eastdil...

The Paramount Group has purchased the Waterview, a 634,000-square-foot office building under construction in Rossyln, Va. A sales price was not disclosed, but the property was said to have traded for around $425 million. The New York real...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportCarlyle Group is positioned to take out considerable mortgage debt to fund its $6.3 billion purchase of Manor Care Inc.Earlier this week, the board of Manor Care accepted Carlyle's takeover offer bid of...

Stiles Capital Partners has paid $24 million for Southpoint Executive Center, a 137,000-square-foot office building in Maitland, Fla.The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., real estate firm purchased the property from Younan Properties Inc. of Los Angeles. Younan marketed the building,...

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...

Phillips Edison & Co. has purchased Powell Villa, a 61,908-square-foot retail property in Portland, Ore.A purchase price was not disclosed, but retail properties in Portland are trading for $165/sf, according to data from Real Capital Analytics. That would...

A venture between Sterling American Property Inc. and Westdale Asset Management has paid $156 million for two suburban Los Angeles apartment buildings totaling 924 units.The venture purchased the properties from ScanlanKemperBard Cos. of Portland, Ore.The properties are Waterstone...

Triple Net Properties has purchased Century Hills, a 200-unit apartment complex in Augusta, Ga. The Santa Ana, Calif., real estate firm purchased the complex on behalf of tenant-in-common investors from Centennial Investment Properties. Centennial, an Atlanta multifamily firm,...

A venture between Sterling American Property Inc. and Westdale Asset Management has paid $156 million for two suburban Los Angeles apartment buildings totaling 924 units.The venture purchased the properties from ScanlanKemperBard Cos. of Portland, Ore.The properties are Waterstone...

Triple Net Properties has purchased Century Hills, a 200-unit apartment complex in Augusta, Ga. The Santa Ana, Calif., real estate firm purchased the complex on behalf of tenant-in-common investors from Centennial Investment Properties. Centennial, an Atlanta multifamily firm,...

By John Covaleski, Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Writer A group involving Michael R. Walker, retired chief operating officer of Citibank Commercial Real Estate Group, is looking to raise up to $100 million for value-add investments.The recently-formed group,...

Phillips Edison & Co. is paying Developers Diversified Realty Corp. $603 million for 63 shopping centers with 5.7 million square feet.The Cincinnati company has completed the purchase of 52 properties with 4.13 million sf, paying $449 million, and...

Broadreach Capital Partners has paid $100.7 million for two San Francisco office buildings totaling 413,230 square feet.The Palo Alto, Calif., real estate firm purchased the properties in separate transactions. It paid Bay Pacific Corp. $58 million for the...

By Jeff Mordock, Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff WriterZeller Realty is offering for sale Meridian Mark I & II, a 385,000-square-foot office complex in the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel, Ind.The Chicago real estate firm has tapped CB Richard...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportWeingarten Realty Investors has acquired a 97,207-square-foot retail center in suburban Portland, Ore., for $16 million.The Houston REIT bought the property, Oak Grove Market Center in Milwaukie, Ore., from a pension fund represented...

SL Green Realty Corp. has paid $147.6 million for a 45 percent equity interest in the venture that owns One Madison Ave. in New York City, giving it full ownership of the 1.2 million-square-foot office building.The New York...

ScanlanKemperBard Cos. has paid $94.7 million for the Giftcenter and Jewelrymart, a 388,234-square-foot retail property in San Francisco. The Portland, Ore., firm purchased the two-building complex from Pacific Union Development, which had owned it since 1976. A separate...