Business Specialties

Trepp: Banking Industry To Be Slow Going in 2012

The banking industry should not hold its breath for a rollicking good time in 2012, as indicated by Trepp’s 2012 U.S. Banking Sector Outlook.

PwC: Investor Interest in Offices, Apartments to Gain Steam Next Year

Investor interest in the office market will gain some steam in 2012, as per results of the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Real Estate Investor Survey, and the apartment sector will continue to attract a great deal of attention — as well as development dollars.

Chicago's 896 KSF 321 N. Clark Office Tower Certified LEED Gold

Hines has just achieved LEED Gold for Existing Buildings certification for its 896,500-square-foot office building at 321 North Clark at Riverfront Plaza in Chicago.

Duke Realty Buys 1.4 MSF of Industrial, 98 Acres of Land in Dallas

Courting two different sellers is no easy task, but Duke Realty Corp. has announced this week that it has done just that, adding two industrial properties in the Dallas area to its portfolio that total 1.4 million square feet.

Houston's Hess Tower Taken for $442.5M

Carrying a sale price of $442.5 million, Houston’s Hess Tower was just picked up by H&R Real Estate Investment Trust from Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors.

Equity One Sells 36 Shopping Centers for $473M to Blackstone

Continuing its capital-recycling strategy and the refocusing of its portfolio, Equity One has completed the sale of a 3.9 million-square-foot shopping-center portfolio to Blackstone Real Estate Partners.

Hines Spends $160M on Seattle's Fisher Plaza, Nets New Data-Center Capabilities

Fisher Media Services has finalized the $160 million sale of Fisher Plaza, a two-building office complex in Seattle, to Hines Global REIT.

SL Green Gets $86M Loan for Stamford's Landmark Square

SL Green Realty Corp., with Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman acting as its adviser, just received an $86 million senior mortgage for Landmark Square in Stamford, Conn.

PS Business Parks Buys $520M NoCal Industrial Portfolio from RREEF

PS Business Parks has purchased an 18-site Northern California industrial portfolio from RREEF America REIT II and its affiliate Northern California Industrial Portfolio for an aggregate $520 million.

First Wind Secures $210M in Financing for Wind Project in Washington State

Lenders are warming up to the alternative-energy market, as evidenced by the $210 million financing package First Wind just acquired on behalf of its subsidiary, Palouse Wind L.L.C.