michaelratliff

November 2014 – Briefs/Sales & Development

Brookfield Places Winning Bid on Atlantic City’s Bankrupt Revel; Durst JV Invests $1.5B into Astoria, N.Y.; Terranova Closes $342M Lincoln Road Sale in Miami; Prologis Nabs 2.5 MSF in Europe; Paramount Acquires Rockefeller’s 50 Beale for $395M; MetLife Grabs 427 KSF Trophy Office in Houston; Savanna Buys Controlling Interest in Queens’ Citigroup Building; Cinemex to Open First U.S. Theater at Swire’s Brickell City Centre.

November 2014 – Briefs/Finance

Meridian, Eastdil Arrange $700M for Leasehold Acquisition in NYC’s Mobil Building; Thor Equities Secures $420M Refinancing for Chicago’s Palmer House; RCS to Acquire Cole Capital for $700M; Walker & Dunlop to Acquire Johnson Capital’s Loan Platform; Principal, Macquarie Team Up to Tackle CMBS Market; Canyon Capital, Hudson Pacific Provide L.A. Acquisition Financing; C&W Recapitalizes Philly’s Mellon Independence Center; Capital One Closes $134.4M to Refinance Boston Portfolio.

November 2014 – Briefs/People

JLL Brings Maureen Ehrenberg Aboard Integrated Facilities Management Business; Ehle Named President of Forest City Military; DDR CEO Hurwitz to Depart at End of 2015; Swire Appoints Linda Chu as CFO; RW Kline Breakup Creates CMBS Shop for C&W; Crescent Appoints Duncan, Leary as New Group Presidents; Parkway Promotes Bates to Chief Investment Officer; Ventas Taps Probst for CFO.

Modern Curtain Walls: 4 Simple Steps to Avoiding Costly Disputes & Performance Problems

There is no feature of a modern building that is more visible—and few that are more critical—than its curtain wall.

Simone Skopek: Green Spaces and Worker Productivity

Simone Skopek, program director of energy and sustainability services at JLL, sits down with CPE to talk about green workplaces and employee productivity. While some green features do boost productivity, others actually detract from it. Skopek gives us some advice on how to strike a smart balance.

Greenbuild 2014: Green Spaces and Productivity

Simone Skopek, program director of energy and sustainability services at JLL, sits down with CPE to talk about green workplaces and employee productivity. While some green features do boost productivity, others actually detract from it. Skopek gives us some advice on how to strike a smart balance.

Greenbuild Special Report: Financing Green Retrofits for Affordable Housing

Financing green retrofits for affordable properties is no simple task. Yet as this Greenbuild panel presents, there are some very clever ways the industry is surmounting the unique set of challenges.

Construction Outlook Snapshot

CPE sits down with Steven Ritchie of CMD Group (formerly Reed Construction Data) at Greenbuild this week in New Orleans. Ritchie gives an update on what changing commodity prices could mean for construction, as well as trends in the healthcare, industrial and multifamily sectors.

Greenbuild 2014: Construction Outlook Snapshot

CPE sits down with Steven Ritchie of CMD Group (formerly Reed Construction Data) at Greenbuild this week in New Orleans. Ritchie gives an update on what changing commodity prices could mean for construction, as well as trends in the healthcare, industrial and multifamily sectors.