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Midland, Freddie Mac Achieve Advances in Online Automation
While servicers are using automation at a more advanced level than originators today, both ends of the business have eased processes through application of technology. CPE offers examples of successful applications.
Ventas to Sell 64 Healthcare Assets
Ventas Inc. has announced plans to market 64 healthcare properties, which generate $77 million in annual rent and are presently leased to Kindred Healthcare Inc.
EdR, Landmark Properties to Develop Student-Housing Community at Ole Miss
EdR and Landmark Properties have committed to joining forces on the development of a 668-bed student housing property near the University of Mississippi in Oxford. The project, which will sit in a residential neighborhood approximately one mile from campus, will cost $36 million to develop.
Sears' Store Sales, Rights Offering 'A Brilliant Move'
In the wake of the announcement that Sears would be selling 11 stores to General Growth Properties and spinning off two of its brands, industry sources called the actions “a brilliant move.”
NAR: Commercial Vacancy Rates Improving, Rents Firming
In its quarterly Commercial Real Estate Market survey, the National Association of Realtors predicts a widespread fall in vacancy rates for nearly all property types, with multi-family continuing to lead the way.
OneRoof Energy Brings 100 New Green Jobs to San Diego; LaSalle Investment Management Expands Portfolio
By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor Mayor Jerry Sanders, CleanTECH San Diego and OneRoof Energy have announced the creation of over 100 new green jobs. OneRoof Energy is the first U.S. residential solar company working directly with roofers to sell and install its solar systems. Last year, the company received $50 million in financing to create […]
Midway, Pension Fund JV on 119 KSF Houston Office-Building Purchase
Midway Cos. and its joint venture partner, a pension fund client advised by L&B Realty Advisors, have sold part of the office segment of their 1.8 million-square-foot City Centre mixed-use development in Houston.
FedEx to Build $142 Million Flight Facility; Memphis Multifamily Properties to Be Auctioned Online
By Eliza Theiss, Associate Editor FedEx Express, a unit of Memphis-based FedEx Corp., plans to build a $141.9 million flight-training facility adjacent to the existing Airways Boulevard location, reports The Memphis Daily News. The company currrently leases several flight-training facilities scattered throughout Shelby County. The new Air Operation Training Center would consolidate all flight-training into […]
Pivotal Group Acquires 21-Property, 3,200-Unit Texas Apartment Portfolio
Pivotal Group, in a joint venture partnership with an institutional investor, just completed the purchase of a 21-property portfolio of Class B apartment communities from TRA Midland Properties in an off-market transaction.
Marcus & Millichap Hired as Consultant on $1B Kelly Park Project in Florida
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services Inc. will be playing key roles as a broker and consultant on a $1 billion, 9.2 million-square-foot development in Apopka, Fla., that is expected to include a regional mall, offices, a college campus, hospital, housing and a merchandise mart.