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.
Hillwood-Brookfield JV Buys 1.6 MSF at Memphis Distribution Center
Hillwood Investment Properties and Brookfield Asset Management teamed up to acquire five Class A industrial buildings in Southpark Distribution Center in Memphis.
Avison Young Buys Property Management Firm in Las Vegas
Avison Young has acquired Las Vegas–based commercial property management firm Landry & Associates Inc., Avison Young announced Wednesday. The purchase places the Toronto-based company among Las Vegas’ top commercial property management firms.
Archon Buys Colorado Apartment Portfolio for $90M
The transaction is reportedly Colorado’s largest multi-family portfolio sale to a single buyer since 2006.
Motorola Successor to Take Nearly 600 KSF at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart
Motorola Mobility, which was purchased by Google barely two months ago, has signed a lease for 572,000 square feet at the iconic Merchandise Mart in Chicago, the company and property owner Vornado Realty Trust announced late last week.
SL Green Sells Half its Interest in 717 Fifth Ave. to JV Partner Jeff Sutton
In a transaction that released $85 million in net cash proceeds, SL Green Realty Corp. restructured and recapitalized its joint venture at 717 Fifth Avenue in New York City.
NGKF Bolsters Midwest, Las Vegas Offices
Adding to the firm’s expertise in specialties tied to manufacturing and gaming positions Newmark Grubb Knight Frank for shifts in the economy, explained company president James Kuhn.
Equity International Sells Stake in Brazilian Holding Company
Chicago-based Equity International is focusing its South American investment strategy on multiple asset categories in Brazil and Colombia.
LED Upgrade Will Be Latest Environmental Step for SL Green
SL Green Realty Corp. is nearing completion on an extensive, and apparently quite profitable, $2.5 million LED lighting retrofit involving 21 office buildings totaling 7 million square feet.
Federal Realty Breaks Ground on 3.4 MSF Mixed-Use TOD in Rockville
The REIT is investing $250 million in the project’s first phase, a Federal Realty spokesperson told Commercial Property Executive.
Brookfield Asset Managment Buys Suburban Dallas Campus from Citigroup
Citigroup, which occupies two of three buildings in the 620,000-square-foot campus in Irving, Texas, will remain under a sale-leaseback deal.