Business Specialties

Apartment Trust of America Gets $537M Recap, New Name

The recapitalization included the investors’ contribution of a 21-property portfolio encompassing 6,100 apartment units valued at $485 million. For its part, ATA handed over $187 million of partnership interests in its operation partnership.

C.A. Anderson To Lead Cambria Suites' Growth Push

Cambria Suites is already in growth mode and Anderson is tasked to bring the program to new levels. All told, 26 hotels are in various stages of development.

Hillwood-Brookfield JV Buys 1.6 MSF at Memphis Distribution Center

Hillwood Investment Properties and Brookfield Asset Management teamed up to acquire five Class A industrial buildings in Southpark Distribution Center in Memphis.

Nevada Approves Tax Abatements for Apple's $1B Commitment

The road has been paved for Apple Inc. to get some big tax breaks in exchange for an even bigger commitment to Reno, Nev.

Cornerstone Enters U.K. with $129M Loan

About six months after appointing its new CEO of European operations, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers completed its first loan in the United Kingdom, a $129.1 million (£83 million) refinancing for Derwent London plc.

Cassidy Turley Picks Up 14 MSF Outsourcing Assignment from SunTrust Banks

Cassidy Turley’s responsibilities have just grown by 14 million square feet in one fell swoop, courtesy of SunTrust Banks Inc.

Compatriot Capital Expands M-F Presence with JLB Investment

Compatriot Capital Inc. has taken a significant step in its 10-year business plan through a new deal with national multi-family developer JLB Partners L.L.C.

Marriott Marquis Times Square to Get $140M Retail Makeover

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. has just struck a deal with Vornado Realty Trust that will bring new prominence to the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square with a $140 million retail redevelopment.

Cassidy Turley: CRE Recovery a Tale of Two Markets

In a year where the U.S. economy remains “stuck in a slow growth gear,” commercial real estate recovery is uneven and there are very clear winners and losers, according to Cassidy Turley chief economist Kevin Thorpe.

JLL Secures $48M in CTL Financing

Jones Lang LaSalle’s Capital Markets team has secured $48 million in Credit Tenant Leasing financing from a foreign institutional investor for an industrial and bus maintenance complex in Newark, N.J., owned by Hartz Mountain Industries Inc.