Jackson Chen
Jackson Chen is a Connecticut-based freelance writer who has reported on real estate for more than five years. He cut his teeth with real estate journalism when he previously wrote for Real Estate Weekly, the longest-running real estate publication in New York City. He has been writing for Multi-Housing News since late 2019.
Shorenstein Properties’ Portland Strategy
After buying the 209,000-square-foot asset in 2007 and conducting renovations, the company sold the property for $57.5 million.
Skanska’s Academic Undertaking
The company is about to begin construction on the new $130 million Faculty of Science building at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.
EPR Properties Seals Strategic Shift With $454M Deal
The company will use the funds from the sale of its charter schools to pivot into a portfolio focused on experiential real estate.
Upcoming Boston Hotel Lands $75M in Financing
JLL worked on behalf of Olshan Properties and its joint venture partners to secure the loan for the new 212-key Canopy by Hilton rising in the city’s downtown.
Los Angeles-Area Office Building Changes Hands
A joint venture of AEW Capital Management and North Sea Capital Advisors sold their creative offices in El Segundo for $97.2 million.
World’s Highest Retail Rents in 2019
Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay secured a second year at the top of Cushman & Wakefield’s 2019 “Main Streets Across the World” report. The city’s retail market has changed during the third quarter, however.
Los Angeles Adaptive Reuse Scores $119M Loan
GPI Cos. will convert a former Macy’s store into creative Class A office space.
New Jersey Industrial Asset Swaps Tenants
Cushman & Wakefield arranged the 233,000-square-foot full-building lease which terminates an existing lease on behalf of a new tenant, a pharmaceuticals manufacturer.
CBRE Acquires San Antonio Firm
REATA Real Estate’s 45 employees will be joining the company’s team of approximately 400 agents and staffers in the San Antonio division.
Rockefeller Group JV Wraps $60M Sale of New Jersey Asset
SHI International, an IT solutions provider, is the new owner of a building at Rockefeller Group Logistics Center in Piscataway, N.J.