Corporate Real Estate
North American Investor Optimism Leads the Way at MIPIM 2012 Despite Uncertainties
Senior industry leaders gathered at the exclusive pre-MIPIM 2012 event hosted by CREOpoint CEO J.C. Goldenstein to share both their expectations for the week and their sentiments on the global real estate environment.
The mood among participants was mostly positive. After sitting on the sidelines for several years, yield-starved investors are eager to find new opportunities. Howard Roth, global real estate leader for Ernst & Young L.P., was “cautious but positive, even in Europe, thanks to the recent stimulus,” he said. “There’s plenty of equity looking for a home this year.”
Demitrios Louziotis, senior vice president of global real estate solutions at ARGUS Software, may have best summarized the mood. “This time last year, the champagne glass was half full,” he said. “When we got to the fourth quarter, we realized the bottle was empty. Now the question is where is the next bottle coming from — and who’s bringing it.”
Bud Malone on Texas’ Multi-Family Conditions
Bud Malone, CEO of Mortgages USA, comments on the recent surge in demand in the Texas markets and how such allays concerns about overbuilding. He also sheds light on which markets in the Lone Star State are the most popular and why.
Sequoia Equities Purchases $52M California Multi-Family Complex
Institutional Property Advisors, a relatively new division of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services Inc., has arranged the sale of River Oaks Apartments, a 318,768-square-foot luxury apartment complex in Vacaville, Calif., for $52.4 million. GID of Boston sold the property to Sequoia Equities.
Macy's Signs 243 KSF Office Lease in San Francisco
Macys.com, the e-commerce-division of Macy’s Inc. department store, has just signed a lease with a joint venture involving TMG Partners and Rockwood Capital to occupy 242,600 square feet at 680 Folsom St. in San Francisco.
Mixed-Use Buckhead Place Development in Atlanta Gets $50M Refi
Buckhead Place, a mixed-use development in the Buckhead submarket of Atlanta, has just seen a $50 million permanent financing arranged by CBRE’s capital markets team, which represented the development’s owner, Buckhead Place L.L.C.
Kilroy Realty Buys Bay-Area Office Park for $162M
Kilroy Realty Corp. of Los Angeles has purchased Menlo Corporate Center in Menlo Park, Calif., for approximately $162.2 million. The seven-building, 374,000-square-foot park is 79 percent occupied by 10 tenants.
Spinnaker Begins Residential Phase of $250M St. Louis Development
Spinnaker Real Estate Partners takes the next step toward the completion of the $250 million, mixed-use Mercantile Exchange project in St. Louis, Mo., with the opening of Laurel Apartments, a 205-unit luxury residential community.
N.S.P. Ventures Purchases 236 KSF U.S. Mint Facility in D.C. for $148M
Japan-based N.S.P. Ventures has acquired 801 Ninth St., N.W., in Washington, D.C., a 236,000-square-foot building occupied in its entirety by the U.S. Mint, from the Netherlands-based Wereldhave USA for $147.5 million.
American Realty Capital Trust Goes Public, Lists on NASDAQ
Looking to “unlock the value of the company” for shareholders, American Realty Capital Trust Inc., the flagship REIT of a New York investment firm, began trading Thursday on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as a publicly traded, triple-net-lease REIT.
Kennedy Wilson Sells L.A. Luxury Multi-Family Building for $74M
Kennedy Wilson has sold NoHo-14, a 14-story luxury apartment building in the NoHo district of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, for $74 million.