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October – Briefs/Finance
Newport Tower Lands $200M Refi; Archstone Plans $100M IPO; Sabal Financial Picks Up $96M CRE Loan Portfolio; Prudential Huntoon Paige Provides $31.5M Refi; U.S. Bank Closes $70M for Atlanta Outlets; CBRE Arranges $112.8M for Three M-F Properties in Texas; Acadia Realty Trust Closes $541 Million Fund.
October – Briefs/People
Rappaport, Chestnut Hill Form CHR Investors; C&W to Buy Cousins’ Third-Party Client Service Group; Muhlstein Tapped to Head Entertainment at JLL; Hilton Worldwide Names Murphy Chief Investment Officer; A10 Capital Hires Henrich as EVP; HFF Names Shapiro Director in Atlanta; Trammell Crow Promotes Saphier, Nims; Ivy Joins Interstate as EVP.
September – Briefs/Finance
Tishman Refinances French Office Tower for $571M; Federal Capital Partners Closes CRE Fund with $1.5B in Buying Power; Paramount/Colony Capital JV Closes on $481M Deal for Queens Trophy Tower; H&S Properties Lands $180M for Legg Mason Tower; Hersha Hospitality Secures $60M Refi; N.J. Distribution Center Lands $41.2M; JLL Sources $95M for The Curtis Center; CBRE Arranges $60M for L.A. Hotel.
2012 Leading Real Estate Law Firms
Our 2012 look at the leading real estate law practices found that firms are expanding their practices to deal with current shifts in the real estate cycle.
Podcast — Effecting Change at Real Estate Law Firms
Jack Kern and Mike Ratliff delve into how current real estate cycle trends are being projected into the evolution of real estate law practices.
September – Briefs/Sales & Development
Macerich Taps Developers for $600M Mixed-Use Suburban D.C. Project; Blackstone Buys 15 Retail Centers from Regency for $321M; Trammell Crow Lands Florida Development Contract; The Drew Co. Begins $120M Mixed-Use Asset in Boston; Pebblebrook Acquires Two Pacific Northwest Hotels; Vornado Picks Up $132M Miami Retail Center; Harrison Street Completes $77.9M Healthcare Disposition; SL Green Halves Interest in 717 Fifth Ave. to JV Partner Jeff Sutton.
September – Briefs/Leasing & Management
Motorola Mobility Takes Nearly 600 KSF at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart; N.J. Utility Renews 825 KSF in Newark; Havas Renews, Expands at 200 Madison Ave.; Express Picks Flagship Locations on Both Coasts; Genomics Firm Leases 170 KSF in Manhattan; Cassidy Turley Secures Two D.C. Contracts; Prologis Completes 560 KSF in Japanese Leases; Cushman & Wakefield Lands 786 KSF Leasing Job.
September – Briefs/People
Archstone Makes Two Top Appointments; CBRE Makes Four Big Moves; NGKF Bolsters Midwest, Las Vegas Offices; Morris Named Wells Chief Real Estate Officer; Kevin Smith Joins CAPREIT as SVP; Berkeley Point Capital Hires McDevitt as President; Colliers Names McKenna EVP; Voit Adds Las Vegas Office Team.
August – Briefs/Sales & Development
DEXUS Sells 16.7 MSF Industrial Portfolio to Blackstone; Construction Begins on $172M L.A. Marriott Tower; Brandywine, Allstate JV Takes D.C. Portfolio; Manhattan Apartment Property Fetches $280M; AREA, Commonwealth Plan $225M Boston Office; Hines Sells Colorado Office Development; Boulder Group Arranges Sale of Walgreens Portfolio; Regency Breaks Ground on 280 KSF Shopping Center; Wood Partners to Bring 22-Story Luxury Rental to L.A.
August – Briefs/People
Stiles Names Marko President; Alegre to Lead Colliers’ Valuation, Advisory Services Business; Kinton Appointed Senior Director at Lee & Associates; NGKF Names Two Directors; JLL Picks Up Self Storage Experts; Saksena Joins Berkeley as Chief Risk Officer; Costello to Head Ernst & Young’s Global RE Advisory Practice; Lipton to Run New Mohr Office in Detroit; Jones Lang LaSalle Hires Milkovich.