Cities

Harbor Group Acquires $190 Million Portfolio in Baltimore

By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
Harbor Group International(”HGI”), LLC has paid $190 million for a six-property multifamily portfolio located in Baltimore, Maryland. The seller is an affiliate of Sawyer Realty Holdings, LLC.
In a time when people would rather rent than buy, […]

Swift Realty Buys 1 Million SF Bank of America Complex in Concord

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
 
In one of the area’s largest local office trades of recent years, Bank of America’s 1.1 million-square-foot complex in Downtown Concord has come under the ownership of Swift Realty Partners, the Contra Costa Times reported. Clocking in […]

Light of Hope for Philadelphia Multifamily Developments; RDA Approves New Commercial Projects

By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor
Recent data from IHS Global Insight released last week show a 14.6 percent increase of multifamily housing developments in June as compared to May figures, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. New apartment and condo developments rose 30.4 […]

Detroit Housing Market Receives Extra Help From Local Companies

By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) agreed to remove Detroit from the “troubled designation list” where it had been since 2005. The decision was taken based on the recommendations offered by members of […]

Full Sail University Adds $17.5M Office Park and New On-Campus Facility

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Full Sail University recently purchased a $17.5 million office park close to its University Boulevard campus, adding 225,550 square feet of office space to its portfolio. Silver City Lakeview LLC, the real estate arm of the […]

Housing Market Still Lagging, Owners Trade Ambition for Realism

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
Nevada’s housing market is not looking good, especially if you’re a real estate agent. VegasINC magazine used data from a HomeGain survey to point that out this past week. HomeGain is a California-based research and marketing […]

Properties Trade Hands in Denver

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
One of the larger real estate deals perfected in Denver in took place recently, with the sale of the Courtyard Denver Downtown. The hotel was acquired by Bethesda-based DiamondRock Hospitality as shown by the company’s financial […]

Investors Flock to Tampa Bay Apartment Assets

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Investment sales in Tampa Bay’s multi-family market continue to heat up. In a $14.3 million transaction, a Houston-based partnership has acquired the 444-unit Chaparral apartments in Largo, Pinellas County’s third-largest city. The 451,420-square-foot property is located […]

Spring Multi-Family Complex Hits the Market

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
The Villages of  Louetta, a  gated multi-family complex in North Houston’s Spring  district, has come to market, Citybizlist reported. The seller is a joint venture between Prudential Real Estate Investors, on behalf of one of its advisory clients, and […]

Principal Takes NoMa Office Building for $149.5M; Kelley Drye Extends Lease in Georgetown

By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor 
Underscoring the continued strength of the capital’s office investment market, Capitol Plaza has traded to Principal Real Estate Investors L.L.C for $149.5 million, the property’s sellers, a joint venture of AREA Property partners L.P. and Van […]