Paul Rosta
Ventas to Buy Lillibridge, Expanding MOB Portfolio to 8.4M SF
Buying an entire company is a good way to expand a portfolio in one fell swoop and Ventas Inc. is about to do just that. The Chicago-headquartered healthcare REIT has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lillibridge Healthcare Services Inc., also based in Chicago, in a transaction valued at $300 million to $400 million.
In $180M Deal, TIAA-CREF Takes Washington’s Evening Star Building
TIAA-CREF closed Wednesday on the $180 million acquisition of Washington, D.C.’s venerable Evening Star building.
Pfizer’s 700,000-SF Space Floats General Dynamics’ Boat
General Dynamics’ fast-growing Electric Boat divison snapped up a 700,000-square-foot compound in New London, Conn., that Pfizer Inc. is departing.
Economy Watch: New Home Sales Crater; Disney Unveils Posh Plans
The pace of existing home sales slacked off after the federal tax credit expired at the end of April, but it’s the sale of new houses that have truly taken a tumble.
Paths for Leadership Pondered at ULI Summit
Whatever their regions or business lines, all commercial real estate executives today face the same fundamental question: what is the best way to move forward in this promising but still highly unsettled market?
More Upbeat ULI Summit Finds Big Finance Players ‘Back on Offense’
Only a year ago, the atmosphere at the Urban Land Institute’s spring summit in Atlanta was dour, even fearful, recalled the organization’s CEO, Patrick Phillips. This week, the ULI’s national meeting in Boston revealed an unmistakable change.
Zell, Linneman Offer Unsparing Views in ULI Keynote
Sam Zell and Peter Linneman kicked off the Urban Land Institute’s spring conference Wednesday with frank, witty and frequently caustic perspectives on the state of the industry and of the nation.
Starwood Eyes $2.8B Hotel Shopping Spree after Closing Two Funds
Starwood Capital Group has just closed two funds totaling $2.8 billion in ample time to capitalize on a market loaded with discounted and distressed assets.
Retail Executives at Most Upbeat Since 2007: ICSC
Something that has been missing from retail real estate for almost three years is starting to make a comeback: optimism.
Wells REIT II Takes IBM’s Suburban Boston Campus in $88.5M Deal
What a difference a few years and a good lease make. Four years after its $25 million acquisition of the then-vacant 490,000-square-foot office complex at 550 King Street in Littleton, Mass., a joint venture of Angelo Gordon & Co. and National Development has sold the fully leased asset to Wells Real Estate Investment Trust II Inc. for $85.5 million in an off-market transaction.