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Retail Properties of America Closes on 1 MSF Cost Plus Distribution Center for $63M
Retail Properties of America sold a 1 million square-foot distribution center in Stockton, Calif., to American Realty Trust for approximately $63 million.
Bedok Mall Joins Ambitious M-U Development in Singapore
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor The Singapore mixed-use market is on track to see a large project take shape as the Bedok Mall, the area’s first major shopping mall, was announced for fourth quarter of 2013. Bedok is Singapore’s largest estate and the retail project is just a phase in a massive upcoming retail-residential-transport development, the first of its kind in the region. The Bedok Mall project will join the existing Bedok Residences and the forthcoming Bedok transport hub, consisting of the Bedok MRT station and the new bus interchange to complete the vision. The shopping mall will boast a…
LYND Buys M-F Portfolio with $200M Unpaid Principal Balance
By Scott Baltic, Contributing Editor LYND, of San Antonio, Texas, in partnership with Florida Value Partners, of Miami Lakes, Fla., has acquired a portfolio of 11 multi-family properties in a court-appointed receivership sale brokered by CBRE, LYND announced Monday. The original loan balance was $200 million; the purchase price was not disclosed. “This pretty much followed the model of similar transactions we’ve made over the last couple of years,” said A. David Lynd, LYND’s president and COO. “We continue to seek opportunities that align with our investment strategy of acquiring value-add properties where we can effectively use our operating platform…
Lionstone JV Buys Eight Tracts at Lantana with Capacity for 1.1 MSF of Office Space
By Gail Kalinoski, Contributing Editor More than 1.1 million square feet of office space could be built on eight undeveloped land tracts totaling 154 acres in an Austin, Texas, mixed-use development that Stratus Properties Inc. has sold to a subsidiary of The Lionstone Group, Lincoln Property Group and Greenfield Properties for $15.8 million in cash. Since it purchased the 738 acres in January 1994 for $4.1 million, the Austin-based residential and commercial development company has sold properties at the Lantana site for an aggregated sales price of about $100 million and with an aggregate sales cost of approximately $46.1 million. …
North San Antonio Welcomes New Golf, Garden Home Community
By Camelia Bulea, Associate Editor Austin-area homebuilder Jimmy Jacobs Homes has unveiled a new model home in new community the Fairways at River Crossing, in North San Antonio. During the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the developer presented a small, gated community of 45 home sites in Spring Branch. Prices for the garden homes start at $190 and […]
DC-Focused, Union-Supported Fund Launches with $35M Initial Closing
A new real estate investment fund, which targets development projects in the Washington-Baltimore area, has raised its initial $35 million from institutional investors — union workers.
Ground Broken at 71-Acre Green Mixed-Use Project Franklin Park
By Eliza Theiss, Associate Editor Decades of sustained development continue in the Cool Springs market, a top destination for relocating Fortune 500 companies and other corporations with the groundbreaking of the unprecedented 71-acre mixed-use sustainable corporate community Franklin Park. Located on the corner of McEwen Drive and Interstate 65 in Franklin, TN, Franklin Park is […]
Storage Deluxe Closes Half-Billion-Dollar Sale of 1.6 MSF Portfolio to CubeSmart
Storage Deluxe sold a portfolio in the Northeast to CubeSmart for a heavy amount, a transaction handled by HFF on the seller’s behalf.
CBRE Arranges $112.8M Financing of Three-Property Texas M-F Portfolio
CBRE Group helped a commercial real estate firm get a good chunk of change for the refinancing of three Texas apartment properties.
First Purpose Built Student Housing Launches in Brighton, UK
Property Frontiers is launching the first purpose built student housing in Brighton, United Kingdom to accommodate the greatly underserved student body in terms of housing.
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