Nicholas Ziegler
Was 2011 the Best Year for Triple-Nets?
By Craig Tomlinson, Director, Stan Johnson Co.
2011 was a bigger year than 2007 in the net-lease arena, but which came out on top — and what does last year’s performance portend for 2012?
Non-Prime Markets Look Good for Investors
By Michael Ryan, Director, Faris Lee Capital
With prime commercial real estate under intense competition, looking outside the major markets could prove profitable for investors who are trying to minimize cap rates.
Swapping Out the Best Rates to Reduce Risk
By Marcelo Bermúdez, President, Figueroa Capital Group Inc., a subsidiary of Charles Dunn Co.
When choosing your financing vehicle, it’s advantageous to consider swap rates to hedge against a portfolio’s floating-rate risk.
The Time is Right for Buying — and Selling and Refinancing — in the Multi-Family Sector
Capital markets – especially in the hot multi-family sector – are coming around to the idea that there’s no time like right now for buyers, sellers and finance firms.
BioMed Realty Trust Takes Cambridge Place for $119M
BioMed Realty Trust Inc.’s presence in the Boston/Cambridge life sciences market will soon surpass 3 million square feet, now that the life sciences real estate REIT has entered into an agreement to purchase the 287,000-square-foot Cambridge Place in for $119 million.
Are Government Agencies Still Desirable Tenants?
With the severe budget cuts, and in many cases outright downsizing, hitting all levels of government, are government tenants as desirable to office building managers and owners as they were pre–Great Recession?
Mesa West Provides $130M to Refi Hyatt Regency San Francisco
Mesa West Capital has provided a partnership involving affiliates of Dune Real Estate Partners L.P. and DiNapoli Capital Partners L.L.C. with a $130 million first-mortgage loan for the refinancing of the 802-room hotel in downtown San Francisco.
Israeli Investors Purchase Houston's 344 KSF The Plaza at Enclave Office Building
Continuing the trend of a high transaction volume in the Texas markets, Core Real Estate and BayNorth Capital Inc. have sold The Plaza at Enclave to an affiliate of Azrieli Group, a real estate development and investment company located in Tel Aviv.
TMG, Rockwood Sign San Francisco Technology Tenant to 168 KSF Office Lease
Riverbed Technology, an IT firm in San Francisco, has just found itself a new home with a 167,788-square-foot lease at 680 Folsom St., courtesy a transaction handled by TMG Partners and financial partner Rockwood Capital.