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International Shipping Company Relocates Houston Office

Mediterranean Shipping Company has signed a 33,713-square-foot office lease at Concourse at Westway, in the city’s West Belt office submarket.

Twitter Signs 215 KSF Lease Extension in NYC

Columbia Property Trust secured the social media company’s lease for another five years. This location marks Twitter’s second-largest headquarters after San Francisco.

Crystal City’s Courting of Amazon’s HQ2

The Northern Virginia locale would see a boon to its office and retail real estate markets should the e-commerce leader’s multibillion-dollar second headquarters come to town.

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Avison Young to Acquire GVA

The combined operations will have 5,000-plus employees in more than 120 offices in 25 countries. The transaction is expected to close in early 2019.

Transwestern Brokers Sale of 150 KSF FL Retail Asset

The Orlando Class A shopping center spans 15 acres and is shadow-anchored by Walmart and Lowe’s Home Improvement Store.

How to Build the Best Team and Finish On Time

In a candid podcast interview, Sarah Barnat discusses her strategy for tackling a complicated, $21 million mixed-use project in Beverly, Mass., Holmes Beverly, which won her this year’s Member to Member Impact Award from CREW.

Former Sears in Mentor, Ohio

CBRE Tapped to Sell Former Sears Stores in OH

The two assets, which encompass approximately 648,000 square feet, are located in Mentor at the Great Lakes Mall and in Middleburg Heights at Southland Shopping Center.

Atlanta Marriott Gets $57M Refi

Integrated Capital has nearly finished $14 million of renovations at the 344-key hotel. The new loan retires a $52.8 million prior mortgage held by Emigrant Bank.

Peachtree Hotel Group Trades Jacksonville Sheraton

The buyer, a joint venture between Rockbridge and Hospitality Ventures Management Group, plans to invest more than $1 million in renovations.

Douglas Development Buys $12M MD Office Property

Transwestern represented the seller in its disposition of 116 Defense Highway, an 81,931-square-foot building that was 70 percent leased at the time of sale.