Barbra Murray

Express Picks Flagship Locations on Two Coasts

The apparel retailer has leased 30,000 square feet in Manhattan’s Times Square and a 16,000-square-foot store in San Francisco’s Union Square.

Genomics Firm Leases 170 KSF in Manhattan

Owner Edward J. Minskoff Equities Inc. will create a $47 million building within a building for the New York Genome Center at 101 Avenue of the Americas.

Federal Capital Partners Closes CRE Fund with $1.5B in Buying Power

Opportunities in the multi-family, office, retail and industrial sectors will be the focus of Fund II, which, when leveraged, will allow for a total of approximately $1.5 billion of investments.

Simon Redeems LP Interests from J. C. Penney for $248M

Simon Property Group redeemed two million units of limited partnership interest in its operating partnership subsidiary, Simon Property Group L.P., from J. C. Penney Co. Inc.

Fallon, Drew Move Ahead on Big Boston Residential Projects

Developers like The Drew Co. and The Fallon Co. are taking note as demand for apartments in Boston continues to soar and the call for condominiums is on the upswing.

Silicon Valley Corporate HQ Fetches $180M for Tech Firm

Gilead Sciences Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, is buying the 300,000-square-foot headquarters of Electronics For Imaging Inc. in Foster City, Calif.

Hudson Pacific Snags 125 KSF Tenant for Southern California Office Property

Hudson Pacific has staved off a potentially sizable gap in its tenant roster at City Plaza in Orange, Calif., courtesy of a new lease agreement with CashCall Inc.

Interstate JV Picks Up 295-Room Hotel Near Colonial Williamsburg

Interstate has been slowly building up its ownership portfolio, with joint venture partner Waramaug Hospitality L.L.C. at its side. Now the team has acquired the former Marriott Hotel Williamsburg. a 295-room lodging destination near the historic Colonial Williamsburg historic district in Williamsburg, Va.

Cassidy Turley, JLL Secure Leasing Contracts Totaling 1.2MSF

Real estate companies and companies with real estate—they’re all doling out third-party real estate services contracts, big and small, and Cassidy Turley and Jones Lang LaSalle are among the latest services providers to secure office leasing assignments.

JBG, Bozzuto Partner on Land Purchase for Mixed-Use Suburban D.C. Project

With the closing of a recent land transaction, The Bozzuto Group and JBG Rosenfeld Retail have taken a big step forward in their plan for a mixed-use development at Crown, a 182-acre master-planned community just outside of Washington, D.C., in Gaithersburg, Md.