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LEM Taps Capital Markets Exec to Manage CDO
LEM Mezzanine has hired Frank Sparrow as vice president of capital markets.Sparrow joins the Philadelphia lender from Capmark Finance Inc., where he was vice president and portfolio manager. He managed a $5.5 billion portfolio of mortgages, mezzanine loans,...
$201Mln Student Housing Portfolio on Sales Block
FortGroup is offering for sale a five-property, 4,477-bed student housing portfolio for $201 million.The St. Augustine, Fla., student housing developer has tapped Marcus & Millichap to market the properties, which are located in Gainesville, Fla., Athens, Ga., Columbia,...
Westbrook Takes Stake in Washington Offices
Westbrook Partners has taken an equity position in a portfolio of four Washington, D.C., office buildings with nearly 390,000 square feet in a recapitalization valued at $100 million.The investment manager becomes a venture partner in the properties with...
DTZ Rockwood Opens in Miami; Hires John Bell
John Bell, executive vice president and principal of Trammell Crow, has joined DTZ Rockwood as managing director and will head the company's new Miami investment sales operation.Donald B. Cartwright, who was principal and area director for South Florida...
CB Launches Effort to Advise Foreign Buyers of U.S. Realty
CB Richard Ellis has launched a unit to advise clients, primarily foreign investors, seeking to buy properties in the United States.It has placed Joseph Callanan, who had been head of Trammell Crow Co.'s Northeast region, to head the...
American Assets is Buyer of Fireman’s Fund HQ
American Assets Inc. has completed the $312 million purchase of the Fireman's Fund headquarters, a 710,330-square-foot complex in Novato, Calif.The San Diego investment firm purchased the property from American Financial Realty Trust, which was represented in the sale...
Acadia Realty Raising $500Mln Opportunity Fund
Acadia Realty Trust is well on its way to raising $500 million of equity for its third investment vehicle. The White Plains, N.Y., REIT, which pursues properties with substantial retail components that it can add value to, will...
LEM Taps Capital Markets Exec to Manage CDO
LEM Mezzanine has hired Frank Sparrow as vice president of capital markets.Sparrow joins the Philadelphia lender from Capmark Finance Inc., where he was vice president and portfolio manager. He managed a $5.5 billion portfolio of mortgages, mezzanine loans,...
Soffer Organization Nixes Sale of Pittsburgh Office Building
By Jeff Mordock, Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff WriterThe Soffer Organization has decided against selling Quantum 1, a 159,000-square-foot office building in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh developer, which is run by the Soffer family, had placed the property on...
Babcock & Brown to Buy Gregory Greenfield
Australian investment manager Babcock & Brown has agreed to buy Gregory Greenfield & Associates, an Atlanta shopping mall owner and operator that has a controlling interest in eight regional malls.Babcock & Brown did not say how much it...
BofA Lends $483Mln for NY’s One Park
Bank of America provided $483 million of financing to a venture between Blackacre Institutional Capital Management and Murray Hill Properties for its $550 million purchase of the 924,501-square-foot office building at One Park Ave. in midtown Manhattan.The five-year financing...
Investcorp Buys Big Stake in Procaccianti Hotel Portfolio
Investcorp has acquired a 96 percent interest in a portfolio of nine full-service hotels with 2,828 rooms from Procaccianti Group, in a deal valuing the properties at $450 million.Investcorp, whose parent is based in Bahrain and is capitalized...
DDR’s David Jacobstein Joins Deloitte as Senior Adviser
David M. Jacobstein, who earlier this month stepped down as president and chief operating officer of Developers Diversified Realty Corp., has joined Deloitte & Touche USA as senior adviser to the consulting firm's real estate group.At Deloitte, Jacobstein...
Equastone Purchases Atlanta’s Equitable Building
Equastone has purchased the Equitable Building, a 624,642-square-foot office building in downtown Atlanta. A purchase price was not disclosed, but a source familiar with the property said it traded for about $55 million.The La Jolla, Calif., firm purchased...
Babcock & Brown to Buy Gregory Greenfield
Australian investment manager Babcock & Brown has agreed to buy Gregory Greenfield & Associates, an Atlanta shopping mall owner and operator that has a controlling interest in eight regional malls.Babcock & Brown did not say how much it...
Griffith-Urdang Venture Pays $45Mln for Suburban Boston Building
A venture between Griffith Properties and Urdang Capital Management has paid $45 million for HarborSouth Tower, a 200,000-square-foot office building in Quincy, Mass.The venture purchased the property from an undisclosed local investor, who marketed the 10-story building through...
Soffer Organization Nixes Sale of Pittsburgh Office Building
By Jeff Mordock, Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff WriterThe Soffer Organization has decided against selling Quantum 1, a 159,000-square-foot office building in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh developer, which is run by the Soffer family, had placed the property on...
Investcorp Buys Big Stake in Procaccianti Hotel Portfolio
Investcorp has acquired a 96 percent interest in a portfolio of nine full-service hotels with 2,828 rooms from Procaccianti Group, in a deal valuing the properties at $450 million.Investcorp, whose parent is based in Bahrain and is capitalized...
DDR’s David Jacobstein Joins Deloitte as Senior Adviser
David M. Jacobstein, who earlier this month stepped down as president and chief operating officer of Developers Diversified Realty Corp., has joined Deloitte & Touche USA as senior adviser to the consulting firm's real estate group.At Deloitte, Jacobstein...
BofA Lends $483Mln for NY’s One Park
Bank of America provided $483 million of financing to a venture between Blackacre Institutional Capital Management and Murray Hill Properties for its $550 million purchase of the 924,501-square-foot office building at One Park Ave. in midtown Manhattan.The five-year financing...
Griffith-Urdang Venture Pays $45Mln for Suburban Boston Building
A venture between Griffith Properties and Urdang Capital Management has paid $45 million for HarborSouth Tower, a 200,000-square-foot office building in Quincy, Mass.The venture purchased the property from an undisclosed local investor, who marketed the 10-story building through...
Equastone Purchases Atlanta’s Equitable Building
Equastone has purchased the Equitable Building, a 624,642-square-foot office building in downtown Atlanta. A purchase price was not disclosed, but a source familiar with the property said it traded for about $55 million.The La Jolla, Calif., firm purchased...
Mid-America Launches Fund to Buy $500Mln of Property
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportMid-America Apartment Communities Inc. has established a value-add investment fund slated to acquire $500 million of multifamily properties.The Mid-America Multifamily Fund I LLC, which was capitalized by the REIT and institutional investors, is...
Mid-America Launches Fund to Buy $500Mln of Property
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportMid-America Apartment Communities Inc. has established a value-add investment fund slated to acquire $500 million of multifamily properties.The Mid-America Multifamily Fund I LLC, which was capitalized by the REIT and institutional investors, is...
Broadway Partners to Pay $664Mln for NY Offices
An investor group comprised of Chetrit Group and Arbor Realty Trust Inc. has agreed to sell a 98 percent stake in 450 West 33rd St. in midtown Manhattan to Broadway Partners for $664 million.Besides keeping a 2 percent...
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