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Paladin Realty Forms JV with Brazilian Homebuilder, YOU
Paladin Realty Partners, a real estate investment fund manager focused on Latin America, has formed a new programmatic joint venture with YOU Inc. Incorporadora e Participações S.A. to develop middle-income housing in São Paulo, Brazil.
Anatomy of a Cleanup: Getting Ready for Redevelopment
Scores of communities are remediating old industrial sites and hoping to attract investors and developers to put them to new use. Here’s an inside look at how RACER Trust is cleaning up a massive old GM site in Massena, N.Y.
Trigild, Blu Hotel JV Buys 121-Room Santa Ana Hampton Inn & Suites
Just five months after forming a strategic alliance to build, buy and operate hotel properties, Trigild and Blu Hotel Investors have made their first acquisition, the Santa Ana Hampton Inn & Suites in Santa Ana.
Orbach Group Grabs 178-Unit NYC Apartment Portfolio for $70M
Keen on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, The Orbach Group has enhanced its presence in the area with the addition of a three-property apartment portfolio sited along 107th Street.
Chesapeake Lodging Trust Acquires Hyatt Place New York Midtown South
Chesapeake Lodging Trust has closed on its acquisition of the newly developed, 185-room Hyatt Place New York Midtown South for $76 million.
DAMAC Properties, Paramount Unveil $1B Luxury Hospitality Project in Dubai
Paramount Hotel & Resorts, the official licensee of legendary movie production studio Paramount Pictures, has partnered with real estate giant DAMAC Properties to develop a $1 billion, four-tower mega project in the heart of downtown Dubai.
Moritz Gruppe Designs Sports-Themed M-U Project
Developer Moritz Gruppe has come up with a new vision for a large sports-themed mixed-use project. Based on a design by well-known architectural firm LAVA, THE SQUARE3 will focus on three elements: life, nature and sport.
NY Life Finances LaSalle Investment Management’s Onterie Center Purchase
LaSalle Investment Management Inc. landed $125 million in financing from New York Life Insurance Co. for the acquisition of the mixed-use Onterie Center in Chicago.
Jamestown Enters Latin America
Jamestown is tapping into Latin America, where it has created a new division headed by a veteran executive with emerging markets experience.
JDS Development Acquires Murray Hill Lot with $172M in Meridian Financing
JDS Development Group has acquired a 730,426-square-foot development site in New York City’s popular Murray Hill neighborhood from Sheldon Solow for a reported $172 million, with plans to build two multi-family towers on the two-acre vacant lot.