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American Realty Capital Properties to Acquire ARCT III for $2B
American Realty Capital Properties Inc. and American Realty Capital Trust III Inc., two separate net-lease REITs that count investment advisory firm American Realty Capital as their original sponsor, will soon become one.
Savanna Completes Sale of Manhattan’s 104 West 40th St. for Reported $100M
Savanna, a New York-based real estate private equity and asset management firm, has completed the sale of 104 West 40th St., a 210,000-square-foot, 20-story Class A office building located next to Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan, to Princeton International Properties.
Westcore Grabs 520 KSF Clorox HQ in Sale-Leaseback Deal
In a sale-leaseback transaction, Westcore Properties has acquired the headquarters building of The Clorox Co. in downtown Oakland, Calif.
Greenwich Group Outlines $1.5B Financing Strategy for DC’s The Wharf
Even with quite specific preferences regarding both the debt and the equity financing for The Wharf, in D.C., Greenwich Group International reportedly has numerous entities potentially interested in getting in on the $1.5 billion, 27-acre, 3.2 million-square-foot mixed-use riverfront development.
PPG to Buy Leading Architectural Coatings Business for $1B
PPG Industries will double its architectural wood coatings presence in North America with the $1 billion acquisition of AkzoNobel’s North American architectural coatings business, in a deal expected to close in early second quarter 2013, subject to regulatory approvals.
Culver City Creative Office Campus Development Breaks Ground
A new Culver City office campus officially broke ground recently when developer Hackman Capital Partners LLC kicked off the construction of its WorkScapes at the Hayden Tract facility. The project includes the renovation and conversion of three different industrial buildings, operation for which the company has also recently secured a senior loan from Deutsche Bank. The space will be turned into creative offices that would match current market standards for facilities in the Westside. Continue reading →
Manhattan’s Thriving On The Ave Hotel Lands $80M in Refinancing
The 282-room On The Ave Hotel in Manhattan has been refinanced to the tune of $80 million.
CalSTERS, GI Partners Fund Acquires San Diego Data Center
DataCore, a fund co-founded earlier this year by CalSTERS and GI Partners, has acquired a two-story data center and office building in a submarket of San Diego.
MetLife JV Acquires Constitution Center
Constitution Center, the largest privately owned office building in Washington, D.C., which recently completed a $250 million renovation, has been acquired by a joint venture between MetLife and an unidentified U.S.-based institutional investor.
Dubai Hills Unveils $3B Master-Planned Project in MBR City
Emaar Properties and Dubai Holding have unveiled Dubai Hills, the first project in the Mohammed Bin Rashid City (MBR City), the largest joint venture in the region’s real estate sector.