Laura Valean
Laura Valean is an Executive Editor with Commercial Property Executive and Multi-Housing News. She has a 12-year background in broadcast media and joined the CPE-MHN team in 2016. Laura edits in-depth stories on key trends shaping the commercial and multifamily real estate industries, coordinating a team of experienced writers. She also hosts award-winning podcast shows for both brands, including Mission Success: Women in Multifamily, NAA Insights, FTI Experts’ Hub, RICS Monitor and CREW Up. Laura holds a B.A. in Journalism and an M.A. in Media Management. She can be reached at📧 laura.valean@cpe-mhn.com
LBA Hospitality to Launch 2 New Orlando Hotels
TownePlace Suites by Marriott Orlando at SeaWorld and Holiday Inn Express and Suites Orlando at SeaWorld are slated to open this summer.
Monmouth Lands 316 KSF Industrial Building in SC
The public equity REIT purchased the asset for $21.9 million. The building is net-leased to Autoneum North America Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Westwood Financial Lands Sixth NC Shopping Center
The Arbors at Mallard Creek, a 55,323 square-foot retail asset in Charlotte, is the company’s most recent acquisition. CBRE represented both the seller and the buyer in the $25.1 million transaction.
CBRE Trades Charlotte Office Building
Known as 401 McCullough, the property changed hands for $12.3 million. Tempus Realty Partners acquired the vacant building from LNR Partners.
Waverly Lands 4 New Tenants
Fab’rik, Scout and Molly’s Boutique, Babalu Tapas & Tacos and DeSano Pizza Bakery signed leases at the master-planned community developed by Crosland Southeast, Childress Klein and the B. Frank Matthews II family in Charlotte, N.C.
Nashville-Area Industrial Building Lands $18M Loan
Mission Capital refinanced existing debt on a fully occupied, recently upgraded industrial property, Interchange Business Center, a 792,000-square-foot building in La Vergne, Tenn.
FCA Goes Shopping in The Triangle
The company acquired Celebration at Six Forks, a 125,000-square-foot shopping center in Raleigh, N.C., for $19.1 million. FCA intends to make capital improvements to the property.
Retail Supplier Launches First US Operation in SC
Sumter Easy Home will invest $37 million in a manufacturing facility in Sumter County. The 104,000-square-foot development is projected to create at least 88 new jobs.
Albuquerque: On the Mend
Despite being the hub of New Mexico’s technology corridor, the metro has only experienced modest population and employment growth throughout the recent economic expansion, Yardi Matrix data shows.
John Campbell Appointed President of Francis Cauffman
The long-time principal will serve as president of the company. Campbell is a specialist in workplace programming, planning and design strategies.