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Mitsui Fudosan Takes 80% Stake in D.C.'s Homer Building for $252M
Mitsui Fudosan America Inc. has completed the acquisition of an 80 percent interest in The Homer Building, a premier office property just blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C.
Brookdale Acquires 1.4 MSF Dallas Office Complex
Brookdale Investors Six L.P. has just added 1.4 million square feet of Class A office space to its portfolio with the acquisition of The Towers at Williams Square in Irving, Texas.
Invesco Takes 220 KSF Boston Office Tower for $75M
An institutional client of Invesco Real Estate has set its sights on Boston, picking up a 220,311-square-foot Class A office property from Millennium Partners for the price of $75 million.
Chicago's 55 W. Monroe Sold to Hearn for $136M
In what Jones Lang LaSalle is calling “one of the Chicago market’s largest year-end transactions,” The Hearn Co. purchased 55 W. Monroe from LaSalle Investment Management for $136 million.
Economy Watch: Retail Sales Eke Out December Gain
The Census Bureau reported on Thursday that U.S. retail sales in December edged up only slightly compared with November. Americans are planning to travel more in 2012 and spend more doing it. And on Thursday, investors bought more than 10 billion euro of Spanish bonds.
Cushman: Manhattan Office Vacancies at Lowest Rate in Two Years
New York City’s year-over-year office-leasing activity for 2011 exceeded 2010’s volume by more than 16 percent, according to a new report by services firm Cushman & Wakefield.
MetLife Spends $125M on Chicago Luxury Multi-Family Tower
Amid a flurry of multi-family trades in Chicago, MetLife has bought EnV, a luxury high-rise tower, from LYND Development Partners for an estimated $125 million.
CBRE Grabs Office Building in Atlanta's Atlantic Station Mixed-Use Development
CBRE Global Investors has acquired 201 17th St., a 349,400-square-foot, 17-story, Class A, LEED Gold–certified office tower built in 2007. The Atlanta offices of CBRE will manage and lease the building, which is currently 48 percent leased.
Former Grubb CEO Arnitz Joins American Realty Capital
American Realty Capital continues to incorporate the magic produced by top executives at the former Grubb & Ellis Capital Corp. into its broker dealer subsidiary, Realty Capital Securities, with the hiring of Richard Arnitz.
Swig Co. Purchases 12-Story Downtown L.A. Office Tower
The Swig Co. has just added a downtown Los Angeles office building to its portfolio with the acquisition of 617 W. 7th St. from a joint venture sponsored by Alliance Commercial Partners.