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NGKF Scores Retail Leasing Assignment at Chicago’s 100-Story John Hancock Center

The renowned John Hancock Center mixed-use tower in Chicago features a premier 190,000-square-foot retail segment, and Newmark Grubb Knight Frank has just been tapped to serve as its exclusive leasing agent by the owners of the space.

Griffin Capital Gets $111M Refi for 5-Property Portfolio

Griffin Capital Corp. and five single-purpose borrowing entities, wholly owned by the operating partnership of Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, have completed a $111 million refinancing of a five-property, 889,800-square-foot office and industrial portfolio.

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Westmount Realty Capital Buys 1.5 MSF Industrial Portfolio in Chicago

Westmount Realty Capital acquired a 1.5 million-square-foot premier Chicago industrial portfolio sited in spots surrounding O’Hare International Airport from KTR Capital Partners.

Hillwood Communities to Break Ground on $600M Master-Planned Development in Little Elm, Texas

Hillwood Communities continues feeding the growing demand for new homes in Texas with two master-planned communities starting development this year, including a $600 million, 787-acre community in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs.

Colony Realty Sells 212 KSF Office Building in Midtown Atlanta

Colony Realty Partners has sold 730 Midtown in Atlanta’s Midtown submarket to a joint venture consisting of Harbert Management Corp.’s Harbert United States Real Estate Fund V L.P. and The Simpson Organization.

W.P. Carey Closes Merger with Affiliate REIT, Gets New $1.2B Credit Facility

W.P. Carey last Friday closed the merger with its publicly held, non-traded REIT affiliate, Corporate Property Associates 16 – Global.

Kilroy Buys Hollywood Parcel for $300M M-U Project

Kilroy Realty Corp. has acquired a nearly four-acre parcel near the renowned intersection of Sunset and Vine from AMPAS in a $46 million deal, with plans to transform the site into a mixed-use development at a cost of $250 million to $300 million.

Simon Purchases Two Taubman Properties

Simon Property Group has acquired land in Syosset, N.Y., and a 50 percent interest in Arizona Mills in Tempe from the Taubman Centers for $60 million and 555,150 partnership units in Simon Property Group L.P.

Commercial Banks a Hit in CRE Borrowers’ Satisfaction Survey

Banks and life insurance companies are the preferred lenders for commercial real estate borrowers, who are likely to increase their overall borrowings this year, according to a new survey by the CRE Finance Council.