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Ridge Acquires 29 Acres for Houston Industrial Project

Construction on the 477,355-square-foot Southwest Commerce Center is scheduled to begin in May 2018 and be complete in 2019.

Growth in a Borrower-Friendly Age

With the wall of maturities behind us, the loan servicing industry has high expectations for 2018, while it works to improve the borrower experience.

400-430 California St., San Francisco

WeWork Leases SF Office Tower

The coworking space provider has signed a deal with Kennedy Wilson and Takenaka Corp. to fully occupy 430 California St., as well as the historic bank building next door.

1 Tower Place South San Francisco

Bay Area Life Sciences Campus Lands $385M Refi

HFF worked on behalf of Phase 3 Real Estate Partners to arrange the refinancing of Genesis North and South Towers, two Class A buildings in South San Francisco, Calif.

101 Corporate Center in Lemont, Ill.

High Street Realty Buys Chicago Industrial Portfolio for $86M

JLL’s Capital Markets team facilitated the transaction, which included 11 institutional-quality, value-add properties totaling nearly 1.2 million square feet.

SCG America Opens SoCal Hotel

The newly renovated building is home to the 132-key DoubleTree by Hilton and sits within a short drive of California State Polytechnic University and a major conference center.

Transactions: April 2018

The following is a list of transactions that were announced between February 22 and March 6, 2018.

How Are Driverless Cars Reshaping CRE?

Autonomous vehicles are expected to impact commercial real estate on several levels, from design to new development opportunities. Partner Engineering and Science’s Joe Derhake zeroed in on the extent of these effects.

McCraney Acquires Land for GA Industrial Park

985 Lanier Logistics in Buford will total more than 600,000 square feet and comprise three Class A industrial buildings ranging from 167,000 to 236,000 square feet.

The New Age of Hotel Amenities

In this age of potential disruptors, the hotel industry is using its current prosperity to experiment with amenities that attract Millennials.