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JLL Secures $112M in Non-Recourse Financing for Office Complex in Suburban DC
With the assistance of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Capital Markets division, the California State Teachers Retirement System has landed $112 million in financing for Lincoln Place, a 503,800-square-foot office complex in Arlington, Va.
14-Story Office Tower Sold; Energy-Efficient Affordable Housing Opens
Dean Tower, formerly known as the Republic Tower, located on Florida Boulevard at Cloud Drive, has been sold.
Brazilian Residential Market to Get Major Boost as JV to Build 2,400 Affordable Homes
A joint venture created by Paladin Realty Latin America Investors IV and Constructora Altana recently announced a major investment in Brazil’s housing market.
HFF Secures $581M Refi for 16-Property Blackstone Hotel Portfolio
The Blackstone Group has refinanced a 16-property, 4,798-room hotel portfolio and golf course/tennis club with a $581 million loan obtained from GE Capital Real Estate.
Block Plans $100M Industrial Development on Agricultural Site
Block Real Estate Services Inc. recently closed on the sale of a 118.5-acre Lenexa site which is set to be transformed into a $100 million industrial development.
Alco Properties Accesses $4.7M Refinancing Loan for Apartment Property
Leading operator of affordable housing, Alco properties Inc./Alco Management, Inc. has filed a $4.7 million loan on Greenbriar Apartments, refinancing a comparable 2010 loan
$1.4B Sale of Share in GM Building is NYC’s Biggest in Years
In a truly international deal, a 40 percent stake in Manhattan’s iconic General Motors Building traded hands last Friday for a reported $1.4 billion.
Natixis Provides $128M for Chetrit M-F Redevelopment Project in NYC
Natixis Real Estate Capital has come through for Chetrit Group once again. The direct lender recently provided Chetrit–along with partners Clipper Equity and Robert Wolf of Read Property Group–with a $128 million loan for the purchase and predevelopment of the former Cabrini Medical Center complex on E. 19th St., in Manhattan.
UEA to Break Ground on Britain’s Most Sustainable Commercial Facility
The University of East Anglia in Norwich is about to break ground on the Norwich Research Park Enterprise Centre, an academic and office facility that promises to become the greenest commercial building in the United Kingdom.