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Greater Charlotte Area Gets 50K Sq. Ft. Data Center
The North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis has announced signing its eighteenth business.
Investment Incubator: The REITs of Inland Group
Under the leadership of chairman & CEO Dan Goodwin and the company’s three other founding partners, Inland Group employs an unusually varied set of investment vehicles, from limited partnerships and Delaware statutory trusts to REITs. At most recent report, it managed an 88.7 million-square-foot portfolio encompassing 48 states and valued at $20.8 billion. The most visible vehicles bearing the Inland name are the six REITs sponsored by Inland Group’s affiliates since 1994, four of which are still associated with the group. Acting in a role comparable to an incubator or venture-capital player, Inland Group conceives the REITs, recruits executives and…
MOB Occupancy and Rental Rates: Regional Trends
Driven by historic trends in demographics and healthcare delivery, the medical office building sector is one of the most vibrant specialties in commercial real estate. These charts offer a snapshot of current regional trends in MOB vacancy and rental pricing. For an in-depth look at managing healthcare-related properties, see “Strong Medicine” in the July issue of CPE.
How to Maintain Servicing Levels When Originations are Down
In the wake of the CMBS industry downcycle during the Great Recession, servicers may be having to figure how to maintain the volume of their business. One strategy may be to acquire other servicing companies.
Interest High in Baltimore Area Industrial Properties
Investors continue to exhibit confidence in the Greater Baltimore industrial market. The low unemployment, close proximity to Washington, DC and Philadelphia, and ease of access to the Port of Baltimore make the area very attractive to industrial users and investors.
$40B Transoceanic Canal Project Resurfaces in Nicaragua
An initiative for the construction of a new canal between the Pacific and the Caribbean is underway after a century of hibernation.
Oxford Properties to Develop Office High-Rise in Downtown Toronto
Oxford Properties Group has unveiled plans to develop the new 40-story Ernst & Young Tower in the heart of downtown Toronto.
Spirit Realty Shareholders Approve Merger with CCPT II
The merger between Spirit Realty Capital and Cole Credit Property Trust II, which will create one of the nation’s largest publicly traded triple-net lease REITs, is moving toward completion now that shareholders on both sides have approved the proposed deal.
New JV to Invest $100M for Recap, Ownership of Chicago’s Prudential Plaza
The iconic 2.2 million-square-foot Prudential Plaza in Chicago will be upgraded and repositioned thanks to a $100 million recapitalization and ownership change at the Class A office towers in the city’s East Loop neighborhood.
Colliers Expands in Germany, Netherlands
Colliers International has acquired controlling interests in Colliers Schon and Lopez Schmitt GmbHand in Trombello Kolbel Immobilienconsulting GmbH, both in Germany, as well as a controlling interest in Urban Properties International Real Estate Management B.V., a leading asset and property management firm in the Netherlands, First Service Corp., Colliers’ parent entity.