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Streets of Woodfield to Be Sold by Kimco Realty Corp.
By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor The Streets of Woodfield, a 713,000-square-foot outdoor mall located in Schaumburg, is being sold by Kimco Realty Corp., ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com reports. Arrow Retail, a Dallas investment firm, has agreed to buy the property located at 601 N. Martingale Rd. Although the agreed price is not yet known, another investor had signed […]
Avison Young Opens Bethesda, Reno Offices
Avison Young, the largest independently owned commercial real estate services firm in Canada, continues its rapid expansion south of its border with the purchases of Bethesda, Md.-based Realty Management Co., and the opening of an office in Reno, Nev.
Tryko Partners Makes Two Baltimore-Area Multi-Family Pickups
Tryko Partners L.L.C. is having a busy week, as the firm has just picked up Park Raven, a 253-unit apartment community in Baltimore, and Perrywood Garden, a 184-unit property in nearby Aberdeen, Md.
Kennedy Wilson Acquires Research Firm Meyers L.L.C.
After working together on several projects, two leading real estate industry firms — Kennedy Wilson and Meyers Research L.L.C. — decided to team up in a more permanent way with KW acquiring the research and consulting firm.
NKF Nabs Contract to Lease Boston's Faneuil Hall
Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., the manager of Boston’s Faneuil Hall Marketplace, has awarded Newmark Knight Frank the contract for office-positioning and leasing responsibilities for the city landmark.
Economy Watch: EU Recession Spooks Investors
The EU reported on Tuesday that the euro zone is in a “mild recession.” U.S. residential foreclosure sales were up sharply in January, some 29 percent more than in December. And Green Street Advisors’ Commercial Property Price Index didn’t budge in February.
North American Investor Optimism Leads the Way at MIPIM 2012 Despite Uncertainties
Senior industry leaders gathered at the exclusive pre-MIPIM 2012 event hosted by CREOpoint CEO J.C. Goldenstein to share both their expectations for the week and their sentiments on the global real estate environment.
The mood among participants was mostly positive. After sitting on the sidelines for several years, yield-starved investors are eager to find new opportunities. Howard Roth, global real estate leader for Ernst & Young L.P., was “cautious but positive, even in Europe, thanks to the recent stimulus,” he said. “There’s plenty of equity looking for a home this year.”
Demitrios Louziotis, senior vice president of global real estate solutions at ARGUS Software, may have best summarized the mood. “This time last year, the champagne glass was half full,” he said. “When we got to the fourth quarter, we realized the bottle was empty. Now the question is where is the next bottle coming from — and who’s bringing it.”
Bud Malone on Texas’ Multi-Family Conditions
Bud Malone, CEO of Mortgages USA, comments on the recent surge in demand in the Texas markets and how such allays concerns about overbuilding. He also sheds light on which markets in the Lone Star State are the most popular and why.
Mid-City L.A. Shopping Center Completes Construction
Developer CIM Group has completed construction of the 330,000-square-foot Midtown Crossing retail center in Mid-City Los Angeles, which targets the more than 1.3 million residents within a five-mile radius.
Sequoia Equities Purchases $52M California Multi-Family Complex
Institutional Property Advisors, a relatively new division of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services Inc., has arranged the sale of River Oaks Apartments, a 318,768-square-foot luxury apartment complex in Vacaville, Calif., for $52.4 million. GID of Boston sold the property to Sequoia Equities.