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Savanna Sells $158M Senior Note Secured by D.C. Office Properties
Savanna wrapped up the sale to Apollo Global Real Estate of a majority interest in a $157.7 million note collateralized by a 1.4 million-square-foot office portfolio in Rosslyn, Va.
St. John Properties Acquires 1 MSF Pennsylvania Shopping Mall
St. John acquired a 1 million-square-foot distressed regional retail center in Harrisburg, Pa., from TD Bank, with plans to redevelop the mall.
Skanska Gets $148M Slice of Moynihan Station’s First Phase
Skanska has signed a $148 million contract with the Moynihan Station Development Corp. for work on phase one of the expansion of New York City’s Pennsylvania Station.
Economy Watch: Pro-Bailout Victory in Greece; Rise in U.S. Foreign Investment, but Consumer Sentiment Down
Polls closed in Greece at noon Eastern time on Sunday, and preliminary results indicated that the pro-bailout New Democracy party won about 30 percent of the seats in the Greek parliament. Meanwhile, the Commerce Department reported a further increase in foreign investment in the United States. And consumer sentiment reached a low for the year.
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio University to Invest $49.1M into Northeast Ohio
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor The United States is facing a growing shortage of primary-care physicians, but the Cleveland Clinic and Ohio University are taking steps to alleviate the situation in Cleveland. They recently signed an affiliation agreement and plan to invest $49.1 million into Northeast Ohio to open a medical school campus at the […]
Cushman Arranges 1.1 MSF Industrial Lease Re-Up in California
Conopco Inc., a subsidiary of Unilever, has decided to stay put in its 1.1 million-square-foot home at 305 W. Resource Dr. in Rialto, Calif., and has renewed its contract with property owner Prologis.
The Silverman Group Purchases 560 KSF of Industrial Space in North Carolina from W.P. Carey
The Silverman Group has added 560,000 square feet of space to its industrial portfolio with the acquisition of 10000 Twin Lakes Parkway, a Class A distribution center in Charlotte, N.C.
ULI: Real Estate Recovery Comes Amid Rebounding Investment; Worries Abound About Debt Capital Shortfall, Europe
Although investment capital is again flowing for CRE, speakers at the Urban Land Institute’s Real Estate Capital Markets Conference are concerned with relative dearth of debt capital, possible refinancing difficulties ahead and the current European economic crisis.
AREA Property Partners, Commonwealth Ventures Plan $225M Office Project in Boston
An 11-story Class A office building along the South Boston waterfront is moving closer to construction now that the Boston Redevelopment Authority has approved the approximately 500,000-square-foot, $225 million project planned by AREA Property Partners and Commonwealth Ventures.
Nine-Property Net-Leased Walgreens Portfolio Sells for $69M
Investors can’t seem to get enough of the net-lease market: An unidentified institutional investment firm beat eight others in a bidding war, acquiring a 117,600-square-foot portfolio of nine Walgreens stores on the East Coast for $68.7 million.