Allison Landa

Lionstone Joins Forces with Teacher Retirement System of Texas on Half-Billion CRE Fund

However, the partners are not going on a discount-buying binge; properties in the country’s multi-billion-dollar pool of distressed assets are not on their target list.

In Public-Private Partnership, Balfour Beatty Kicks Off $123M Student Housing Project in Boca Raton

Newtown Square, Pa.-based Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions L.L.C. has broken ground on the $123 million Innovation Village Apartments at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla.

Economy Watch: Consumers Open Their Wallets a Little More in April

At the forefront of the increase was a 6.9 percent upsurge in sales at building-material stores, such as DIY giant Home Deport and smaller chains of hardware stores, as consumers not only bought spring-related yard items but also replaced more durable equipment such as lawn mowers and big-ticket barbecue systems.

Turner Tapped for $31M Renovation of Portland’s PGE Park

The company will be responsible for overseeing the construction of a training facility, club seating with a full-service restaurant, grandstands with concessions, a roof structure to cover the stands and a new playing field.

Bids Galore, but CBRE Realty Trust Wins 134,000-SF Time Warner Cable Regional HQ in Suburban San Diego

The Princeton, N.J.-based REIT has acquired the fully leased suburban San Diego property, home to Time Warner Cable’s regional corporate headquarters, in an all-cash deal–no debt attached.

Economy Watch: New NW Florida Airport Spurs CRE Development

In a commercial real estate economy like this, finding spots of growth can be a little tricky, but they’re out there.

SPECIAL REPORT: ABA Panel Outlines Potential Situations in LLCs that Need to be Considered at Time of Formation

The LLC is one of the most widely used, but by no means straightforward, ownership entities today. When creating the original LLC contract, many potential situations need to be anticipated.

Forest City Ratner Solidifies $200M Partnership with Russian Investor for Atlantic Yards Project in Brooklyn

Forest City Ratner has just finalized a $200 million strategic partnership agreement with Moscow, Russia-based private investment fund Onexim Group–the holding company of billionaire Russian Mikhail Prokhorov–that has given Forest City Ratner’s Barclays Center arena project at the $5 billion Atlantic Yards mixed-use development in Brooklyn a financial boost.

Report: Santa Clara City Council Approves New Yahoo! Complex

The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that the Santa Clara City Council has given the nod to an enormous new Yahoo campus.

Economy Watch: Good News, Bad News for Retailers

Some good news: Whole Foods Market Inc. said that its fiscal second-quarter profit more than doubled compared with the same period in 2009, jumping from $27.3 million to $67.4 million.