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In $770M Deal, DEXUS Sells 16.7 MSF Industrial Portfolio to Blackstone
Affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII picked up the 68 assets in what is being touted as the largest industrial portfolio transaction in the U.S. so far this year.
Brandywine-Allstate JV Takes Suburban D.C. Portfolio for $120.6M
The joint venture will acquire the three-building asset in Silver Spring, Md., from Urdang’s Value-Added Fund II and Moore & Associates.
Prudential Mortgage Capital Closes its First CRE Loan in U.K.
Prudential is targeting at least $500 million of long-term, fixed-rate senior debt transactions in Europe, initially focusing on office, logistics, multi-family and retail properties in and around large population centers such as London, Paris and major German cities.
424,000-SF Lease in Place for Suburban Boston BTS
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. has signed a 424,000-square-foot lease with Gutierrez Co., effectively paving the way for development of its build-to-suit office and R&D facility at the Burlington Research Center in the suburban Boston town of Burlington.
Opus to Build New Office Building for Xcel Energy at Nicollet Mall
By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor The Opus Development Corporation has announced plans to build a 212,000-square-foot office building in downtown Minneapolis. The nine-story building will be built for Xcel Energy on the southeast corner of Fourth Street and the Nicollet Mall. The site is currently a private parking ramp which was built in the 1960s. […]
Regency Begins 280 KSF Shopping Center Outside Seattle
Regency Centers will break ground tomorrow on Grand Ridge Plaza in the master-planned development of Issaquah Highlands in Washington state.
Manhattan Apartment Property Fetches $280M
JD Carlisle L.L.C. and DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners L.L.C. have just pocketed $280 million on the sale of The Beatrice in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood to Equity Residential.
NAREE Special Report: Housing Demand Grows; Will Supply Follow?
If there are two points economists during the NAREE conference agreed on, it was that housing demand is growing in the face of short supply and that the extent varies at a very local level. But the pace at which it will advance from here remains a moving target.
$120M Data Center Campus Announced for Metro Austin
Arista Data Centers plans to build a 500,000-square-foot, $210 million data center campus in Pflugerville, Texas, in the northeastern Austin metro area.
Economy Watch: Spain Set to Ask for Bailout; L-T Unemployment Down; Stimulus Debated
Spain might request as much as 100 billion euros ($125 billion) in financial assistance. U.S. long-term unemployment saw a drop, while Lacker dissented on the Twist.