Corporate Real Estate
Grubb Files for Bankruptcy, Sells All Assets to BGC Partners
BGC Partners Inc., an intermediary firm to global financial markets, has just purchased “substantially all assets” of troubled commercial real estate services firm Grubb & Ellis Inc.
LaSalle Investment Management Takes Two Medical Office Buildings for $148M
Kilroy Realty Corp. has unloaded $147.5 million of property — in the form of two medical-office buildings — to LaSalle Investment Management. The two Class A buildings, which total 253,676 square feet, are located in San Diego.
American Realty Capital Trust Goes Public, Lists on NASDAQ
After spending a year considering strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value, American Realty Capital Trust Inc., the flagship REIT of investment advisory firm American Realty Capital, has decided to take on the form of a self-administered REIT.
Related Breaks Ground on $350M Santa Monica Mixed-Use Development
Related California has begun construction on The Village at Santa Monica, a $350 million mixed-use community in the city’s Downtown area. The development will contain 318 luxury condo units as well as affordable rental housing amid 20,000 square feet of retail.
Video Recap: State of the Industry from MBA CREF
Members of Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.’s executive team discuss industry trends from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Commercial Real Estate Finance/Multi-Family Housing Convention & Expo 2012 that concluded last week in Atlanta.
JLL to Handle Leasing Efforts for 510 KSF California Office Complex
LNR Property L.L.C., the owner of Warner Center IV in Woodland Hills, Calif., has tapped services firm Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. to lease the 509,923-square-foot Class A office complex.
Empire State to Become REIT? Plans $1B IPO
Malkin Holdings L.L.C., supervisor of Empire State Building Associates L.L.C., owner of the world-renowned Empire State Building in Manhattan, has gotten everyone’s attention with the revelation — in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission — that ESB Associates plans to become a REIT.
HFF Arranges $85M Refi on 22-Property, 3 MSF Portfolio
An affiliate of a real estate fund managed by Oaktree Capital Management and Cohen Asset Management tapped Holliday Fenoglio Fowler to orchestrate a $85 million refinancing for a 22-property portfolio.
Parkway Properties Takes Tempe’s Hayden Ferry Lakeside II for $86M
The 12-story, Class A Hayden Ferry Lakeside II office building has just sold for $86 million to an affiliate of Parkway Properties Inc., which also owns the adjacent Hayden Ferry Lakeside I building.
Parmenter Picks Up 202 KSF Houston Tower from KBS
Houston continues to outperform most of the nation in transaction volume, and Parmenter Realty Partners has just picked up the 201,720-square-foot Class A tower at 2200 West Loop South from KBS Real Estate Investment Trust for an undisclosed price.