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Rockbridge Selects New Management for ME Hotel

Interstate Hotels & Resorts will oversee management operations at the 289-key asset in Portland’s Arts District. The historic property opened its doors in 1927.

Carlyle Group, Explorer Investments Acquire Portuguese Resort

The joint venture purchased the 194-key Penha Longa Hotel & Golf Resort in Sintra, Portugal. A CBRE team advised the buyers in the transaction.

Cook Medical Acquires 850 KSF Facility in NC

The medical devices manufacturer intends to relocate all local workforce to the former R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. plant in Winston-Salem’s Whitaker Park.

MIdtown Medical Plaza

Welltower to Buy CNL Health-Care Portfolio for $1.3B

The REIT’s acquisition of 55 high-quality medical office buildings and outpatient facilities will expand its holdings by 3.3 million square feet.

Randy Blankstein, president of The Boulder Group

Net Lease Retail Cap Rates Flat in Q4, Up for the Year

Industry participants expect an active market in 2019, as well as higher acquisition yields, The Boulder Group reports.

Preferred Office Properties Pays $209M for Charlotte Towers

The affiliate of Preferred Apartment Communities acquired two new Class A properties in the city’s SouthPark submarket.

Pennzoil Place

Bond Collective Enters Houston Market

The coworking firm signed a lease for more than 25,000 square feet at Pennzoil Place, an iconic high-rise in the city’s CBD. Transwestern and Cushman & Wakefield assisted the parties in the deal.

Christoph Donner, CEO, Allianz Real Estate of America

Tradepoint Atlantic Receives $135M for 2 Industrial Buildings

HFF facilitated the financing of the build-to-suit Class A properties in Sparrows Point, Md., which are fully leased to Under Armour and Amazon.

Lee & Associates Brokers LA-Area Inn Sale

Y&C Pacific paid roughly $8 million for Good Nite Inn in Whittier, Calif. Andy Investment Co. sold the 102-key asset after three decades.

Meridian Group Purchases VA Office Building

The buyer plans to renovate the LEED Gold-certified property, which sits in the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor and is well connected to the rest of the metro.