Scott Baltic
Scott Baltic has been a contributing editor with Commercial Property Executive since 2011 and also wrote for its predecessor, Commercial Property News. He started writing about CRE in 1988 for a group of Chicago-based publications and in 1989 became the editor of Midwest Real Estate News. After moving on from there in 1991, Baltic continued writing occasionally about real estate, for publications like the Chicago Sun-Times, National Real Estate Investor, Urban Land, Shopping Center World and Architect’s Newspaper. He earned a master’s in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and has a bachelor’s from North Park University.
FirstService Expands Into Commercial Property Association Management
Merit Property Management has acquired Mar West Real Estate, a major provider of commercial property association management services in the western United States, with operations in California, Arizona and Nevada.
Clarion Nabs $296M Financing for M-F Office Portfolio
Clarion Partners will have some hefty payments to make in the new year, now that a $296 million financing package for a 10-building, 1.6 million-square-foot portfolio of Class A office buildings it owns has been completed.
NGKF Parent Buys Partner Firms in Philly, Denver
BGC Partners, the parent entity of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, has acquired two prominent regional CRE firms, one in Philadelphia and one in Denver.
Revel Resort Nails Down $150M in Additional Financing
Revel AC, the parent company of Revel, the newest popular resort and casino in Atlantic City, N.J., has completed an amendment to its existing revolving credit facility with JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. as administrative agent and the participating lenders and financial institutions.
Lynd, Endeavor Start 36-Story Apartment Tower in Austin
Lynd, of San Antonio, and Endeavor Real Estate Group, of Austin, have begun construction on The Bowie, a 36-story, 358-unit luxury apartment building in downtown Austin.
Prudential’s Transition from Twardock to Durning Has Deep Roots
Yesterday’s announcement that Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. president David Twardock will retire in April, to be succeeded by David Durning, currently senior managing director and the company’s head of originations, goes back 20 years.
Greenwich Group Outlines $1.5B Financing Strategy for DC’s The Wharf
Even with quite specific preferences regarding both the debt and the equity financing for The Wharf, in D.C., Greenwich Group International reportedly has numerous entities potentially interested in getting in on the $1.5 billion, 27-acre, 3.2 million-square-foot mixed-use riverfront development.
KDC Moves Ahead on $1.5B M-U Project in Metro Dallas
Rezoning has been approved for Dallas-based KDC’s $1.5 billion, master-planned, mixed-use project in Richardson, Texas, clearing the way for the company to acquire the needed 186 acres of land and move forward with the development.
CBRE Arranges $212M Financing for Clarion DC-Area Office Campus
CBRE Capital Markets has arranged $212 million in financing for Metro Park, a 37-acre, seven-building, 1 million-square-foot Class A office campus in Alexandria, Va.
Harbor Buys Chicago’s One South Wacker for $221M, Plans Upgrades
Affiliates of Harbor Group International, of Norfolk, Va., have acquired One South Wacker, a 40-story, 1.2 million-square-foot Class A office building in Chicago’s West Loop, for $221 million.