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Podcast: Crane Spotting Coast to Coast
Our January research podcast examines development trends for the New Year.
January 2015 – Briefs/Sales & Development
Blackstone Sells IndCor Properties to GIC for $8B; Massachusetts Ballot Initiative Opens Door to $800M MGM Resort in Springfield; BGC’s Acquisition of ARA to Drive NGKF’s M-H Growth; Jamestown Grabs 220 KSF Cambridge Office Building for $136M; MG, Florida East Coast Realty & Corigin Plan 60-Story Condo Tower in Miami; Miami Worldcenter to Add 60-Story Condominium Tower; Ivanhoe Cambridge, Callahan Capital Buy 2 Seattle Office Buildings for $280M; TIAA-CREF Buys 21 Penn, 2 Herald Square in Midtown Manhattan.
January 2015 – Briefs/Leasing & Management
SL Green Inks TD Bank to Anchor Office, Retail at One Vanderbilt; Hugo Boss Relocating to Downtown Manhattan; Westwood Signs Publix for 47 KSF in NC; Chambers Street Adds Sleepwear Tenant to Jersey City Roster; High 5 Games, xAd Sign at 1WTC; Heitman to Manage $440M Global Listed Property Investment Mandate for Australian Firm; Grosvenor Americas Renovates 1701 Pennsylvania Ave., Adds 3 New Tenants;Cisco Takes Nearly 100 KSF in Howard County.
January 2015 – Briefs/Finance
The Chiofaro Co. Receives $500M in Financing for Boston Office Complex; Howard Hughes Corp. Lands $600M for Nation’s Largest LEED-ND Platinum Project; Meridian Arranges $737M for Brookfield, Urban American NYC Portfolio Buy; CBRE Secures $100M Loan for Netflix HQ in Silicon Valley; Metropolis Investment Holdings Gets $150M Loan for San Francisco Skyline Landmark; TRT, JMI Get $140M in Financing for Omni San Diego Hotel; Oyster Development, Tricon Net $144M in Financing for San Francisco Condo, Retail Development; Bucksbaum, Steiner Land $165M in Financing for Suburban Cincinnati Retail Center.
January 2015 – Briefs/People
EdR Announces Officer Transitions; Nagel to Head New Capital One M-F Finance Office in Orlando; JLL Expands in Portland with Cresa Merger; Lampi Succeeds Gujral as Inland Private Capital Corp. President; Cornerstone Appoints Gabriel Head of European Investment; Clarion Adds SVPs in New York, Boston; Avison Young Enters Orlando with MCRE Acquisition; BH Properties Brings Van Tuyle Onboard as Chief Acquisition Officer.
December 2014 – Briefs/Leasing & Management
Swire Signs Akerman for 108 KSF at Brickell City Centre; PRES Signs Healthcare Company to 192 KSF in Anaheim; NGKF Tapped to Lease Retail at NYC’s Grand Central Terminal; ABS Signs Math for America to 21.5 KSF in Manhattan; Savills Studley Signs John Wiley & Sons to 386 KSF Renewal in Hoboken; Transwestern to Lease 1.5 MSF Houston Office Park for Signorelli; Longust Signs for 94 KSF with Panattoni, Clario; Fifth Third Bank Signs 62 KSF in Detroit.
December 2014 – Briefs/Sales & Development
The Rockefeller Group to Acquire Majority Interest in TA Realty; Thor Equities JV Buys Manhattan’s 530 Fifth Ave.; Excel Trust Grabs Three Shopping Centers from DDR in Utah; Hines, MG Properties Team Up on Development Adjacent to Hudson Yards; American Real Estate Partners, Investcorp Buy $176M Office Complex; John Hancock Drops $244M on 40-Story Chicago Tower; Ivanhoé Cambridge Buys Interest in Denver Office Duo; Chesapeake Lodging Trust Adds JW Marriott San Francisco to Portfolio.
December 2014 – Briefs/Finance
Omega Healthcare, Aviv REIT to Merge in $3B Deal; BofA Provides $71M for L.A. Shopping Center; Dune RE Fund III Closes Oversubscribed at $960M; Colliers Arranges $175M for Massachusetts M-F Community; Magellan JV Lands $80M Miami M-F Construction Loan; CBRE Arranges $158M for Koll in California; Metropolis Investment Holdings Lands $150M for San Francisco Landmark; George Smith Partners Arranges $172M for Complex CRE Portfolio.
December 2014 – Briefs/People
Rollins Out, Kahlbaugh In as Campus Crest Begins Strategic Repositioning; SL Green Names DiLiberto as CFO; Cresa Brings Travers into the Fold; Warwick Joins Compass Real Estate as CIO; Edwards Joins Greystone as CMBS Managing Director; Interwest Capital Adds Meredith as Director of Acquisitions; Ross Named CFO of Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I; CBRE Names Stoffers Global President, Debt & Structured Finance.
November 2014 – Briefs/Leasing & Management
Hudson’s Bay to Open Saks Store, Lease 400 KSF of Office in Lower Manhattan; Fosun, JLL Team Up to Lease NYC’s One Chase Manhattan Plaza; C&W Inks Deal with Microsoft for Manhattan Flagship Store; Cousins Signs Three New Leases at One Ninety Peachtree Tower; LKQ Corp. Takes 109 KSF of Phoenix Logistics Space; Venable Pre-Leases 250 KSF in New D.C. Office; Morningstar to Move NYC Office to 4 WTC; CBRE, Blanca Tapped to Lease Office, Retail at New 3 MSF Miami TOD.