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MIPIM Special Report: 10 Must-Have Innovative Solutions

During a Friday morning session at the MIPIM 2014 Innovation Forum, Carlo Ratti, director of MIT Senseable City Lab and partner with Carlo Ratti Associati (Italy), Marek Partel, founding partner of Estateguru (Estonia), as well as four students from the ESSEC University in Paris discussed some of the most exciting, disruptive innovations impacting the real estate industry.

AEW Acquires 296-Unit Senior Housing Portfolio in Colorado for $104M

AEW Capital Management L.P. has snapped up a 296-unit portfolio of seniors housing facilities from Balfour Senior Living on behalf of AEW Senior Housing Investors II for $104 million, outside of Boulder.

Xinyuan Buys Land Parcel in Hunan Province for $112M

Xinyuan Real Estate Co., a Beijing-based residential real estate developer, continues gobbling up land in high-growth Chinese cities to build more multi-family housing.

ARCP to Spin Off $2B in Multi-Tenant Shopping Centers

Looking to unlock the value of its shopping center portfolio, American Realty Capital Properties plans to spin off most of its multi-tenant retail centers into a publicly traded REIT valued at $2 billion and focus on its single-tenant net lease business.

Behringer Harvard M-F REIT Builds Property in Atlanta

Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I has begun construction of Cyan on Peachtree, a 23-story, 329-unit luxury apartment development in the Buckhead office and entertainment district north of downtown Atlanta.

The March digital edition of CPE is now available!

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NGKF Opens New Office in Colorado Springs

The Colorado Springs market is going through recovery, and Newmark Grubb Knight Frank has prepared itself for the impending turnaround with the opening of a new office in the city.

JLL: Rents Expected to Keep Rising at U.S. Skyscrapers

Rents are rising and vacancy rates are falling at America’s trophy skyscrapers, spurred by aggressive investors, tightening supplies and the growing technology, energy and healthcare sectors.

SCA Signs Lease with Hines for 73 KSF of Office Space in Paris

International manufacturer SCA signed a nine-year lease with Hines European Core Fund (HECF) to occupy 73,000 square feet across three floors at the Eurosquare building in the Saint-Ouen business district in Paris.

Starwood’s Big Plans for Sheraton in 2014

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide expects the next 12 months to reach record growth for its Sheraton Hotels brand, with 35 new hotels expected to open in emerging markets.