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Steadfast Acquires Two Apartment Properties for $61M

California-based real estate investment and development firm Steadfast Income REIT has acquired two apartment communities in separate transactions for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $61 million.

Waveland JV Plans $160M M-U for Suburban Denver

Waveland Ventures, along with partners Jackson Street Holdings and Arrival Partners, has a mixed-use plan in the works for the active Fitzsimons neighborhood in Aurora, Colo.

Hines, Boston Properties Break Ground on 101 First St. in San Fran

Boston Properties and Hines have closed on the $192 million purchase of 101 First St. in San Francisco, where they will erect the 60-story, 1.4 million-square-foot Transbay Transit Tower, the tallest building on the West Coast.

$100M Residential Trump Project Launched in Uruguay

The Trump brand of luxury residences has officially broken into the South American real estate market with the sales launch of the brand’s very first property on the continent.

Picerne Constructing 248-Unit Apartment Project for Hungry Denver Market

The Picerne Group is working hard to answer the increasingly loud cry for apartments in Denver with the construction of a luxury apartment property in the thriving Denver Tech Center area.

Phillips Edison–ARC Acquires Three-Property Portfolio

Phillips Edison-ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. continues what appears to be a bit of a buying binge with the acquisition of a three-state, three-property portfolio of shopping centers totaling 276,000 square feet.

HFF Arranges $78M Refinancing for LA’s Alameda Square Campus

The owners of Alameda Square, an industrial and creative office campus with more than 1.6 million square feet in downtown Los Angeles, have secured a $78 million refinancing and will use part of it for renovations for new tenants.

Richard Walter: Banking on Distress

Bank Assetpoint senior managing director Richard Walter offers insight into the new online bank asset trading community and comments on opportunities in the distressed real estate market.

Tata Housing Launches Landmark Residential Project in Odisha

Mumbai-based real estate development company Tata Housing has launched Ariana, Bhubaneswar’s first integrated residential complex.

Meridian, Eastdil Arrange $275M Financing for NYC Hotel

Meridian Capital Group and Eastdil Secured have negotiated $275 million in permanent financing for the $325 million
acquisition of the fee position in NYC’s Milford Hotel, on behalf of a partnership between David Werner and Deutsche Bank Asset & Wealth Management.