Gail Kalinoski
Kalinoski has been a contributing writer to Commercial Property Executive and Multi-Housing News since 2010 and previously wrote for three years for Commercial Property News. Gail has been a freelance writer and editor for more than 20 years, contributing to daily websites, magazines, weekly business newspapers, market intelligence newsletters, research reports, monthly B-to-B and consumer magazines. Earlier in her career, Gail worked for Gannett Corp. as an editor and reporter for 15 years. Gail has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Pace University.
Blackstone, DDR Strike $332M Deal
A joint venture of retail REIT DDR Corp. and a Blackstone Group fund has acquired seven shopping centers with a total of 2.4 million square feet in major U.S. cities from a Regency Centers Corp. fund for $332 million, including $207 million of assumed mortgage debt and $28 million of new mortgage debt.
Tishman Speyer Grabs Iconic Chicago Tower
Global real estate owner, operator and developer Tishman Speyer now has 10 Chicago properties in its portfolio after closing on the acquisition of 190 South LaSalle, a Class A building in the city’s Central Loop, from CBRE Global Investors for a reported $211 million.
The ARCP Takeover
The New York-based REIT has gone from a value of $250 million in September 2011, when it began trading on NASDAQ, to an anticipated enterprise value of $10 billion by the end of the third quarter, when several high-profile merger-and-acquisition deals are expected to be completed.
Fairway Market to be Anchor Food Market at Hudson Yards
Fairway Market has become the latest company to lease space in the South Tower of the Hudson Yards project, taking nearly 46,000 square feet on the ground floor of the first office high-rise to be built in the 28-acre mixed-use development on Manhattan’s West Side.
Walker & Dunlop Launches Large Loan Bridge Program
Walker & Dunlop Inc., one of the leading commercial real estate financing companies in the U.S., has launched a large loan bridge program with more than $850 million in lending power for multi-family properties.
Skanska USA Develops Office Tower for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Boston’s Seaport Square
Skanska USA Commercial Development Inc. is investing $265 million in a 440,000-square-foot office building in the Seaport District of Boston that will be occupied primarily by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
JLLIPT Buys 442 KSF, Class A Industrial Building in Joliet, Ill.
A 442,484-square-foot, Class A industrial building in the I-80 corridor of Joliet, Ill., attracted numerous bidders when its institutional seller put it on the market, but Jones Lang LaSalle Income Property Trust came away with the fully leased distribution center at 3500 Corporate Drive.
Eastdil Gets $100M in Financing for Meridian’s Purchase of 3 Class A Office Towers
Eastdil Secured arranged more than $100 million in financing for The Meridian Group’s acquisition of three Class A office towers owned by Science Applications International Corp. in the Northern Virginia submarket of Tysons Corner.
Arden Group Acquires 243 KSF Office Center, 258-Room Hotel in Dallas
Arden Group of Philadelphia made its first purchases in the Dallas area this week – the 258-room LeMeridien Galleria hotel and the Atrium at Office Center, a 10-story, 243,109-square-foot office building in Las Colinas, Texas.
NY Survey: Hurricane Sandy Still Dampens Lower Manhattan Real Estate
Nine months after Hurricane Sandy struck the Northeast, a majority of commercial real estate executives surveyed by accounting firm Marks Paneth & Shron think lingering concerns over future flooding in Lower Manhattan could limit interest in commercial properties in the area.