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December – Briefs/Finance
Starwood Originates $475M for Manhattan Acquisition, Redevelopment; Blackstone Real Estate Fund Raises $13B; Walker & Dunlop Lands $67.5M for Virginia High-Rise; HFF Secures $91M for D.C. Mixed-Use Development; Red Stone Provides $71M for Affordable Properties in Texas; Bellwether Provides $75M for Seven Properties; First Potomac Closes $22M Secured Financing; Aimco Closes $190.7M for Calif. Redevelopment.
December – Briefs/People
Stettinius Promoted to CEO at Cassidy Turley; Johnson Capital Picks Carnes for President; McGuinness Named President of Inland; Westley Appointed DTZ’s Corporate Services President; Scurtis Made Managing Partner at LYND; Chess Joins Encore Equities as President; A10 Capital Hires Conway as Chief Credit and Risk Officer; Neyland Named President of Steadfast Income REIT; Ward Joins IPA as National Director of Capital Markets.
2012 Best Practices Index
Our 2012 survey of Best Practice dives into the changing nature of success in real estate. It is interesting to note that capital is flowing into secondary markets with the attention to detail usually reserve for major metropolitan areas.
ULI Denver — Institutional Investor Strategies
Jone’s Lang LaSalle’s Tom Griffin addresses how insitutional owners view their real estate holdings in today’s climate. He also touches on the biggest concerns affecting investors buy/sell strategy.
November – Briefs/Leasing & Management
Cassidy Turley Secures 640 KSF Management Assignment; One Financial Plaza Sees 200 KSF in Renewals and Expansions; Health Care REIT to Sell Sunrise Senior Living Management; Chadbourne Signs 20-Year Manhattan Lease; OHL Renews, Expands Space to 591 KSF in Dallas; JLL Tapped for 190 KSF Leasing Assignment; MB Real Estate Completes 260 KSF in Chicago Leases; Alexandria Signs 75,000 SF to NIH.
Podcast — Mixed News on Lending
The tales of financing remains one of two different cities. Core assets in core markets have seen a steady flow of capital, though properties that in secondary markets that are performing on the margin or are too reliant of forward-looking cash might have a more difficult time landing a commitment.
November – Briefs/Finance
SL Green JV Recaps 4.5 MSF SoCal Portfolio; Regency Centers Increases Unsecured Credit Facility to $800M; Prestige Refinances 517 KSF Bronx Retail Center; Beech Street Provides $152M Loan for Maryland M-F; Walker & Dunlop Closes $67.5M for Virginia High-Rise; HFF Sources $170M for Boston Office Development; MetLife Provides $80M for Suburban Boston Complex; Spirit Realty Capital Prices IPO.
November – Briefs/Sales & Development
Strategic Hotels Buys NYC’s Essex House; Macy’s Signs on as First Anchor at Summerlin; Thomas Properties, CalSTRS Acquire Austin Office Portfolio; Marriott to Open Luxury Hotel in the Bronx; Kennedy Wilson Buys 339 KSF of Retail; California Towers Trade for $118.5M; Wheelock Street Capital Grabs 15 Hotels for $221M; TIAA-CREF Lands Massive Retail Property in England.
2012 Leading Lenders
Our 2012 survey of the leading lenders was designed to capture capital flows and help us explain how the capital stack is changing over time. While positive lending trends emerged in this survey, we still have a long way to go.
November – Briefs/People
Changes at the Top at Related Cos.; First Potomac Names Blocher CFO; IPA Appoints Murdy National Director; Avison Young Buys Starrpoint Commercial, Opens Third L.A. Office; NGKF Promotes Wootten to Executive Managing Director; Witte Named Senior Managing Director at Hines; Voit Hires SoCal Regional Director; Prudential Mortgage Capital Expands M-F Team.