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Shale Play Markets Fuel Net Lease Demand
By Andrew Peeples, Associate Director, Stan Johnson Co.: The domestic energy industry is booming, and it is creating unprecedented demand for real estate in secondary and tertiary markets where oil and natural gas production is rampant.
Where to Invest
By Robert Bach, Director of Research – Americas, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank: What property types and locations will offer the best returns over the next few years?
Capital Markets Fire Up
By Mark Scott, Founder & President, Commercial Mortgage Capital: As we head into the fall, the market remains extremely busy.
Select Income, Cole Corporate Income Trust to Merge in $3.1B Deal
The list of 2014’s REIT M&As continues to grow with Select Income REIT’s acquisition of Cole Corporate Income Trust.
Rouse Properties Acquires 51% Interest in Tupelo, Miss., Mall
Rouse Properties has entered into a joint venture with David Hocker & Associates Inc. to acquire The Mall at Barnes Crossing.
Federal Capital Partners Closes on Record Apartment Portfolio Deal in DC Area
Federal Capital Partners has acquired six Washington, D.C., metropolitan area properties and plans capital improvements on all of them.
Economy Watch: Home Prices, Construction Spending, Purchasing Managers Index
Home prices, including distressed sales, increased 7.4 percent in July 2014 compared with the same month a year earlier, while construction spending increased to an annualized rate of $981.3 billion and the purchasing managers index increased 1.9 percentage points in August.
Citizens Financial Leads $296M Financing for 1.2 MSF Chicago Office Project
Citizens Financial Group has paved the way for the O’Donnell Investment Co.’s $500 million development of 150 N. Riverside, a nearly 1.4 million-square-foot office high-rise in Chicago’s coveted West Loop submarket.
$80M Hilton Dallas/Plano Granite Park Hotel Opens in Texas
The $80 million Hilton Hotels & Resorts property brings 299 guest rooms to the 90-acre mixed-use locale in Plano.
Barclays Picks Metro Dallas Office Park for U.S. Tech Center
In a milestone for a major master-planned community, Barclays Bank has taken 40,000 square feet of Class A space for its U.S. technology center at Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas.