Allison Landa

Teacher Retirement System of Texas Invests in USAA’s $546M Government Building Fund

With the system’s participation, the fund’s equity commitments now total $546 million, with the total size expected to reach $1 billion.

Economy Watch: British Bank to Re-Spark MBS Market?

The RBS, formerly a big player in MBS, was KO’d when the worldwide financial markets went FUBAR two years ago, and hasn’t securitized since.

U.S. REIT Capital Raises

Source: SNL Financial

From the Inside: James DuMars Says the Gloves Are Off for Life Companies

NorthMarq Capital’s James DuMars blogs about life companies lowering rates to compete for loans on CPE‘s From the Inside.

Cassidy Turley Sees Leap in D.C. Financing Activity to the Tune of $600M

The commercial real estate services provider said this week that its financing activity has increased by more than 124 percent from this time last year.

Anthem Blue Cross in Connecticut Leases 218,000 SF at Would-Be Home of Failed Mortgage Lender

The Campus at Greenhill in Wallingford, Connecticut, a nearly completed 300,000-square-foot office building that had been slated to become the new home of the now-failed Mortgage Lenders Network USA Inc., lands a big fish to occupy two-thirds of the property.

Indiana’s 300-Acre Grand Victoria Casino & Resort Property to Trade for $43M

Home for the Grand Victoria is a 300-acre site fronting the Ohio River, approximately 40 miles southwest of Cincinnati.