Nicholas Ziegler

Grubb & Ellis Sells Daymark Realty in Stock Transaction

Grubb & Ellis has decided to bid adieu to the tenant-in-common business with the sale of Daymark Realty Advisors to a joint venture involving Sovereign Capital Management and Infinity Urban Century.

CBRE Orchestrates $380M Financing Deal for NYC’s Chelsea Market

The popular NYC destination Chelsea Market underwent a $380M financing deal orchestrated by CBRE for Jamestown Properties.

Economy Watch: The Yo-Yoing of Wall Street; Big News on Foreclosures

A yo-yo might be the best metaphor for Wall Street’s activity this week. And while foreclosures are down significantly, the government is looking into what to do with the empty properties.

Lehman, Other Owners May Take Archstone Public

Lehman Brothers looks to be going ahead with a plan to either sell the massive apartment landlord and developer Archstone, or take the company public again.

Tishman Speyer Lands 400 MSF Government-Office Tenant in Landmark Paris Deal

Tishman Speyer has just made a huge splash in the Paris office market with the closing of the biggest lease transaction in the City of Lights.

Economy Watch: The Wall-Street Roller Coaster Returns, Median Home Prices Drop, JOLT Doesn’t Jolt

The markets’ roller-coaster was back down on Wednesday, pretty much erasing Tuesday’s gains, which had mostly erased Monday’s losses. The median home price declined in the second quarter, and the JOLT numbers showed only a 0.1 percent increase in job openings.

HFF Engineers Sale, Acquisition Financing for 5-Property Houston Office Portfolio

HFF has wrapped up the disposition of the approximately 347,300-square-foot Westridge Realty Partners office-building portfolio in Houston.

UDR to Acquire Dwell95 Apartment Building in NYC for $325M

UDR Inc. has purchased the premier 507-unit multi-family building known as Dwell95 in Lower Manhattan from The Moinian Group for $325 million.

RBS Provides $120M in Financing for 1.3 MSF Cold-Storage Portfolio

CBRE arranged $120 million in financing with RBS Securities Inc. to a iStar Financial Inc. affiliate for a 1.3 million square-foot portfolio of refrigerated-warehouse space located in seven states.

Crocker Purchases 31-Story SunTrust International Center in Miami

Crocker Partners purchased the 31-story SunTrust International Center in Miami’s Central Business District from Stiles Corp. and an unnamed partner.