Business Specialties

Digital Realty Acquires 82,000 SF in Silicon Valley

The buildings are located on a single 4.2-acre parcel across the street from another Digital Realty campus.

Online Service Documents Construction Process

Seeing is believing. That’s why Scott Yahraus created ConstructionPhotoDocs, an online system that documents each step of the building process.

Balfour Beatty Tapped to Build 330,000-SF NPR Headquarters in D.C.

The new NPR headquarters will be located at 1111 North Capitol St., N.E., in the city’s burgeoning NoMa neighborhood, on a site that was home to a 165,000-square-foot warehouse when the company acquired the property in 2008.

Kennedy Wilson Gets $100M Commitment from Fairfax

Calling it “the single greatest event in Kennedy Wilson’s history thus far,” Kennedy Wilson chairman and CEO William McMorrow on Wednesday announced that the company had secured a stock purchase agreement with Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

Skanska Tapped for $115M Seattle Road Construction

The Swedish development and construction firm will build the $115 million Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, a 0.8-mile stretch on the southern section of the Alaskan Way on the State Route 99 bypass in downtown Seattle.

Turner Tapped for $31M Renovation of Portland’s PGE Park

The company will be responsible for overseeing the construction of a training facility, club seating with a full-service restaurant, grandstands with concessions, a roof structure to cover the stands and a new playing field.

SPECIAL REPORT: ABA Panel Outlines Potential Situations in LLCs that Need to be Considered at Time of Formation

The LLC is one of the most widely used, but by no means straightforward, ownership entities today. When creating the original LLC contract, many potential situations need to be anticipated.

Report: Santa Clara City Council Approves New Yahoo! Complex

The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that the Santa Clara City Council has given the nod to an enormous new Yahoo campus.

Voit Named Asset Manager on $150M Distressed Sacramento Portfolio

In these still-stinging-from-recession days, distressed assets continue to provide a major buzzword in commercial real estate. As part of this trend, Voit Real Estate Services has been named asset manager on a $150 million, 12-asset portfolio in the greater Sacramento area.

Is the Time Right to Invest in Retail? Some Say No

While demand seems to exceed supply for investment sales transactions, not everyone thinks this is the time to acquire retail real estate.