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July – Briefs/Finance
Hines Closes $490M Fund forRussia, Poland; NGKF Lands $26.5M Hotel Refinance; Lowe, Guardian Life Form $164M Debt Venture; Troubled Chicago Retail Asset Lands $145M; Meridian Arranges $70M for New Orleans Office Property; Bay West Secures $93M for San Jose M-F Project; and NYC’s One SoHo Square Gets $170M.
July – Briefs/People
Sulentic to Succeed White As CEO at CBRE; Sperry Van Ness NamesChief Platform Officer; Peterson to Lead New HFF Office; UBS Makes Baccile Global RE Head; Miller to Head JLL in Canada; MB Real Estate Names COO; and Mason Joins C&W To Lead Healthcare Group.
Podcast – Brokerage Firms
Jack Kern and Mike Ratliff dissect trends in the sales and leasing sector in this edition of the Power Index Podcast. The levels of transactions are encouraging and the view in the industry seems to indicate a bias towards action.
CoStar Q2 Report: Slow Improvement in Office; Retail Slides
Fundamentals in most commercial real estate sectors improved or held steady during the second quarter, as per CoStar Group’s upcoming national report. But there’s always a surprise and the last three months were no exception.
2012 Most Powerful Brokerage Firms
Our 2012 survey of the most powerful brokerage firms delves into the relationship between the U.S. economy and the real estate economy. The production levels of commercial real estate brokers have improved over the last year, which is certainly a good sign for both economies.
The Winners: CPE’s 2012 Distinguished Achievement Awards
CPE is pleased to announce the winners of the second-annual Distinguished Achievement Awards, recognized for their ability to complete deals and projects in the face of last year’s recovering economy.
Developers Detail L.A.’s $250M Playa Vista Town Center
Developers of Runway, a mixed-use project in Playa Vista, Calif., continue to prepare for takeoff with the debut of architectural firm Johnson Fain’s design for the $250 million endeavor.
Economy Watch: Home Sales Drop; 15 Banks Downgraded; Unemployment Edges Down
Existing U.S. home sales dropped 1.5 percent month over month in May; Moody’s downgrades 15 major banks; and unemployment claims edged down a bit in mid-June.
June – Briefs/Leasing & Management
SL Green signs Manhattan’s largest office lease; Brookfield signs Morgan Stanley to 1.2 MSF; Liberty Property Trust fills 316 KSF; Random House renews 361 KSF; NKFE brokers 916 KSF industrial lease in Illinois; Cassidy Turley lands 1.1 MSF Gig; and JLL lands Manhattan contract.
June – Briefs/Sales & Development
Beck Ventures begins $2B Dallas redevelopment; $600M Alpharetta project gets the green light; Kennedy Wilson sells $118M asset; KBS acquires maryland M-F asset; Vision starts distribution center; and Trammell Crow, One Liberty announce 533 KSF Office Towers.