Ramsfield Hospitality Finance has provided $20 million of construction financing for the redevelopment of the Lake Placid Lodge, an upscale hotel in Lake Placid, N.Y., that burned down two years ago.The financing is the first construction loan written...

Wachovia Bank has provided $120.5 million of mortgage debt for three office properties recently purchased on behalf of an investment affiliate of Grubb & Ellis Co.The three properties are Danbury Corporate Center, a 1 million-square-foot office property in...

Inland American Real Estate Trust has committed to make a $250 million preferred equity investment in an investment vehicle sponsored by Lauth Group, an Indianapolis developer of office, retail, industrial and healthcare properties. Inland, an Oak Brook, Ill.,...

FirstService Corp. is continuing its expansion in the commercial real estate service sector.It has acquired a majority interest in Colliers Monroe Friedlander, a Hawaii intermediary that has handled more than $600 million of transactions last year and manages...

Thiemann Real Estate has paid $14.3 million for Camden Taravue, a 304-unit apartment complex in St. Louis.The St. Louis firm purchased the property from Camden Property Trust of Houston, which marketed it through HFF Inc.Thiemann funded the acquisition...

A unit of Centerline Capital Group has raised $405 million of capital for a pair of low-income housing tax credit funds. The company, previously known as CharterMac, has raised a series of funds, which are capitalized by bank...

A venture between Sterling American Property Inc. and Hines has paid $130 million for 300 Capitol Mall, a 383,238-square-foot office building in Sacramento, Calif. The 18-story property, also known as the Emerald Tower, was acquired from Invesco Real...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportRBS Greenwich Capital has provided $270 million of financing for a portfolio of six office buildings in northern New Jersey with 1 million square feet.The portfolio was owned by Reckson Associates Realty Corp.,...

Hines Sumisei U.S. Core Office Fund has agreed to pay about $140 million for the Carillon building, a 469,226-square-foot office property in Charlotte, N.C. The fund, which is part owned by Hines REIT of Houston, is buying the...

Bear Stearns has provided $59.9 million of fixed-rate financing for Worldgate Plaza, a 322,325-square-foot office complex in Herndon, Va.The loan requires only interest payments through its 2017 maturity and carries a rate of 5.52 percent. The four-building property...

Wachovia Bank has provided $120.5 million of mortgage debt for three office properties recently purchased on behalf of an investment affiliate of Grubb & Ellis Co.The three properties are Danbury Corporate Center, a 1 million-square-foot office property in...

Inland American Real Estate Trust has committed to make a $250 million preferred equity investment in an investment vehicle sponsored by Lauth Group, an Indianapolis developer of office, retail, industrial and healthcare properties. Inland, an Oak Brook, Ill.,...

FirstService Corp. is continuing its expansion in the commercial real estate service sector.It has acquired a majority interest in Colliers Monroe Friedlander, a Hawaii intermediary that has handled more than $600 million of transactions last year and manages...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportRBS Greenwich Capital has provided $270 million of financing for a portfolio of six office buildings in northern New Jersey with 1 million square feet.The portfolio was owned by Reckson Associates Realty Corp.,...

Thiemann Real Estate has paid $14.3 million for Camden Taravue, a 304-unit apartment complex in St. Louis.The St. Louis firm purchased the property from Camden Property Trust of Houston, which marketed it through HFF Inc.Thiemann funded the acquisition...

A unit of Centerline Capital Group has raised $405 million of capital for a pair of low-income housing tax credit funds. The company, previously known as CharterMac, has raised a series of funds, which are capitalized by bank...

Hines Sumisei U.S. Core Office Fund has agreed to pay about $140 million for the Carillon building, a 469,226-square-foot office property in Charlotte, N.C. The fund, which is part owned by Hines REIT of Houston, is buying the...

Bear Stearns has provided $59.9 million of fixed-rate financing for Worldgate Plaza, a 322,325-square-foot office complex in Herndon, Va.The loan requires only interest payments through its 2017 maturity and carries a rate of 5.52 percent. The four-building property...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportHines REIT has agreed to pay $87 million for 3 Huntington Quadrangle, a 407,731-square-foot office building in the Long Island, N.Y., community of Melville.The 36-year-old building was sold by an affiliate of AEW...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportCommercial real estate investing continues to boom while fundamentals weaken, reports the National Association of Realtors.A record $157 billion was invested in commercial property, excluding the hotel sector, from January through April, which...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportHines Sumisei U.S. Core Office Fund has agreed to pay $175.5 million for Charlotte Plaza, a 630,424-square-foot office building at 201 South College St. in downtown Charlotte, N.C.The fund, which is part owned...

Equastone has struck a deal to pay $420 million for 3.1 million square feet of Dallas office space from Crescent Real Estate Equities. The La Jolla, Calif., real estate firm was seen as the likely buyer for the...

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the $26.8 million class M of Lehman Brothers Floating-Rate Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2006-CCL C2, to Ba2 from Baa3, and placed it and two other classes under review for additional downgrades.The rating action is...

  Deal NameCurrentPoolBal. $mlnOrig.PoolBal $mlnClassSize$mlnS&PNewRatingS&POldRatingReason for Rating ActionFirst Union National Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2001-C3619.1818.8E11.3AAAAA+Increased subordination---F12.3AA+AA----G12.3AAA+----H12.3A+A-----J18.4A-BBB+----K14.3BBBBBB--Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc., 2002-21,600.01,700.0E17.2AAAAA+Defeasance (34 percent of pool)---F21.6AA+AA----G21.6AAAA-----H19.4A+A----J21.6AA-----K36.6BBB+BBB----L12.9BBBBBB--GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 2001-C2653.0754.9D15.1AA+AAIncreased subordination; defeasance (19 percent of pool)---E9.4AAAA-----F15.1AA-A-----G10.4ABBB+----H9.4A-BBB----J23.6BBB-BB+----K5.7BB+BB----L5.7BBBB-----M11.3BB-B+----N3.8B+B----O3.8BB-----P3.8CCC+CCC-CalWest Industrial...

Parkway Properties has paid $46.5 million for 1401 Enclave, a 209,000-square-foot office building in Houston.The Jackson, Miss., REIT, purchased the six-story building on behalf of its Parkway Properties Office Fund. It purchased it from Triple Net Properties of...