Barbra Murray
Prologis Completes Half-Billion in New Leases at Japan Projects
Prologis Inc. capped off a busy quarter in Japan with the closing of five new lease agreements totaling nearly 560,000 square feet at three projects in its development portfolio.
Brennan Investment Grabs National Industrial Portfolio for $155M
In a joint venture with London-based Gatehouse Bank plc, the private real estate investment firm acquired a national industrial portfolio from an affiliate of AIC Ventures.
PREI, Urban Pacific Turn Dirt on 52-Story Condo High-Rise in San Francisco Hotspot
Demand for such dwellings is so substantial that the developers have committed to paying the city of San Francisco a $15.1 million fee to compensate for the exclusion of below-market-rate units.
Vornado to Offer $300M of Preferred Shares
Fitch Ratings gives Vornado’s stock issue a BB+ credit rating. The offering is scheduled to close this Wednesday.
Kennedy Wilson Buys Anaheim Office Building for $56M
The company bought the 273,000-square-foot asset in Anaheim, Calif. for $56 million–a significant discount to the $71.1 million price the property fetched in 2005.
Premier Miami Beach Retail Center Trades for $132M
A 167,000-square-foot retail property in Miami Beach, Fla., has sold for a cool $132 million just nine years after being acquired for $43 million by joint venture partners RFR Holding L.L.C. and Greenstreet Real Estate Partners L.P.
DreamWorks to Design Theme Park for $3.7B N.J. Meadowlands Project
The DreamWorks indoor theme park will be a major attraction for American Dream at Meadowlands, the 7.5 million-square-foot project that Triple Five is developing in East Rutherford, N.J.
Hines Strikes Deal to Sell Houston’s 1.8 MSF Shell Plaza
Enterprise Products Co. is expected to close on the two-building trophy complex in Houston’s central business district later this summer.
Clarion, Kettler Team on $154M High-Rise Apartment Project in Tight Suburban Washington Market
Scheduled to start construction this summer, the 411-unit high-rise will complete Metropolitan Park, a trio of upscale multi-family rental properties developed by Clarion and Kettler in Virginia’s Pentagon City submarket.
Update: CBRE Global Investors Plans Upgrade of Newly Purchased 400 S. Hope
Trophy office assets in downtown Los Angeles are not easy to come by, but CBRE Global Investors has just gotten its hands on a big one, the 701,500-square-foot tower at 400 S. Hope St. And it has big plans to improve the asset’s double-digit vacancy rate.