Barbra Murray

Walker & Dunlop to Acquire CWCapital for $220M

Just days before the 18-month anniversary of Walker & Dunlop’s IPO, the commercial real estate finance company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CWCapital for $220 million.

Digital Realty Expands into Chicago Suburbs with 575 KSF Campus

Digital Realty Trust, living up to its promise to create demand in the Midwest market, has acquired a 575,000-square-foot redevelopment project in a Chicago suburb to transform the property into a data center.

NGKF Appoints Two Senior Managing Directors

Global brokerage company BGC Partners Inc. continues to build up its BGC Real Estate Capital Markets division with the recent appointment of two senior managing directors, Garett Stoffels and Jonathan Falik, who are joining Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.

Exclusive: JLL Research Shows Latin America Hot on Hotels

Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels has released its first Latin America Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey, and the results show that investors are keen on both acquiring and developing in the region.

Trammell Crow, One Liberty Plan Two Class A Office Towers for Plano Business Park

Trammell Crow Co. and a subsidiary of One Liberty Properties Inc. are about to add more than a half-million square feet of premier space to the suburban Dallas office market.

Avison Young to Open NYC Office

Canada’s largest independently owned commercial real estate services company has made its debut in the Big Apple.

Ventas Set to Buy 16 Seniors Communities for $362M

Ventas has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 16 private-pay communities from affiliates of Sunrise Senior Living and its institutional joint venture partner for $362 million.

Equity One to Build 133 KSF Retail Center in the Bronx

The New York City Economic Development Corp. has awarded a project to develop a retail development in the Bronx to Equity One, which won the NYCEDC’s approval with a $54 million, 133,000-square-foot proposal.

Hines Global REIT Spends $131M on 1.8 MSF of Industrial Properties in Poland

With the purchase of a 1.8 million-square-foot logistics portfolio, Hines Global REIT has made its entrée into Poland. The REIT, sponsored by real estate investment firm Hines, acquired the group of four properties from ProLogis European Holdings for approximately $130.8 million.

Clarion Pension Fund Gets $100M in Secured Credit, Backed by Seven Industrial Properties

Utilizing a 2.1 million-square-foot commercial portfolio owned by a pension fund it advises as collateral, Clarion Partners L.L.C. now has its hands on a $100 million secured credit facility.