Paul Rosta

FDIC Regional Office Re-Ups in Midtown Atlanta

FDIC, the banking oversight agency, has re-upped for 102,619 square feet at Ten 10th Street, the building’s owner, Parkway Properties Inc., said Monday.

Lincoln Eyes Long-Term Upside in $76M Orange County Buy

Lincoln Property Co. has snapped up the Towers at Bella Terra, a 420,000-square-foot office and retail complex in Huntington Beach, Calif., in a $76 million cash transaction green-lighted by the state Superior Court.

Liberty Kicks Off 1.2 MSF Industrial Project in Lehigh Valley

The $62 million project will provide new big-box industrial space to a thirsty market and reclaim a brownfield site that was once home to the Bethlehem Steel Corp.

Washington is Top Investor Choice Again as Tough 2012 Looms: PwC/ULI Survey

Survey participants predict that 2012 will see more properties for sale but diminished buyer enthusiasm.

Ocwen Picks Up Saxon Mortgage from Morgan Stanley for $59.3M

October 26, 2011 By Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor Morgan Stanley has found a taker for Saxon Mortgage Services Inc.  Morgan Stanley will sell the residential mortgage loan servicing firm to Ocwen Financial Corp. for $59.3 million–and approximately $1.4 billion for servicing outstanding advance receivables. Scheduled to close in the first quarter of 2012, the transaction comes five years after Morgan Stanley acquired Saxon for $706 million in cash. Upon the December 2006 completion of the purchase, Anthony Tufariello, then global head of the company’s Securitized Products Group, said, “This acquisition is another important step in our long-term strategy of building…

With $560M Deal, CubeSmart is Metro NYC’s Top Self-Storage Owner

The company just signed a deal to purchase a 1.6 million-square-foot collection of premier properties in metropolitan New York City from Storage Deluxe.

Riding Multi-Family Wave, TRECAP Sells Seaside Complex to Western National for $95M

Multi-family supply/demand dynamics are their best in a decade, TRECAP Senior Vice President and Managing Director Edward Oprindick tells CPE.

Economy Watch: Home Prices Bounce Along the Bottom (Maybe)

Despite a decline in most markets, an improvement in annual rates of change for pricing may offer a silver lining.

Jersey City Office Tower Commands Record $378M for Brookfield

Multi-Employer Property Trust, a national real estate equity fund, raises its profile in the metropolitan New York City market.

Growing Demand, Supply Constraints Keep Lid on Net-Lease Cap Rates: Boulder Group

The market for single-tenant assets should remain stable through the end of the year as demand for core assets keeps the lid on cap rates.