Deals
January 2015 – Briefs/Sales & Development
Blackstone Sells IndCor Properties to GIC for $8B; Massachusetts Ballot Initiative Opens Door to $800M MGM Resort in Springfield; BGC’s Acquisition of ARA to Drive NGKF’s M-H Growth; Jamestown Grabs 220 KSF Cambridge Office Building for $136M; MG, Florida East Coast Realty & Corigin Plan 60-Story Condo Tower in Miami; Miami Worldcenter to Add 60-Story Condominium Tower; Ivanhoe Cambridge, Callahan Capital Buy 2 Seattle Office Buildings for $280M; TIAA-CREF Buys 21 Penn, 2 Herald Square in Midtown Manhattan.
January 2015 – Briefs/Leasing & Management
SL Green Inks TD Bank to Anchor Office, Retail at One Vanderbilt; Hugo Boss Relocating to Downtown Manhattan; Westwood Signs Publix for 47 KSF in NC; Chambers Street Adds Sleepwear Tenant to Jersey City Roster; High 5 Games, xAd Sign at 1WTC; Heitman to Manage $440M Global Listed Property Investment Mandate for Australian Firm; Grosvenor Americas Renovates 1701 Pennsylvania Ave., Adds 3 New Tenants;Cisco Takes Nearly 100 KSF in Howard County.
January 2015 – Briefs/Finance
The Chiofaro Co. Receives $500M in Financing for Boston Office Complex; Howard Hughes Corp. Lands $600M for Nation’s Largest LEED-ND Platinum Project; Meridian Arranges $737M for Brookfield, Urban American NYC Portfolio Buy; CBRE Secures $100M Loan for Netflix HQ in Silicon Valley; Metropolis Investment Holdings Gets $150M Loan for San Francisco Skyline Landmark; TRT, JMI Get $140M in Financing for Omni San Diego Hotel; Oyster Development, Tricon Net $144M in Financing for San Francisco Condo, Retail Development; Bucksbaum, Steiner Land $165M in Financing for Suburban Cincinnati Retail Center.
December 2014 – Briefs/Leasing & Management
Swire Signs Akerman for 108 KSF at Brickell City Centre; PRES Signs Healthcare Company to 192 KSF in Anaheim; NGKF Tapped to Lease Retail at NYC’s Grand Central Terminal; ABS Signs Math for America to 21.5 KSF in Manhattan; Savills Studley Signs John Wiley & Sons to 386 KSF Renewal in Hoboken; Transwestern to Lease 1.5 MSF Houston Office Park for Signorelli; Longust Signs for 94 KSF with Panattoni, Clario; Fifth Third Bank Signs 62 KSF in Detroit.
December 2014 – Briefs/Sales & Development
The Rockefeller Group to Acquire Majority Interest in TA Realty; Thor Equities JV Buys Manhattan’s 530 Fifth Ave.; Excel Trust Grabs Three Shopping Centers from DDR in Utah; Hines, MG Properties Team Up on Development Adjacent to Hudson Yards; American Real Estate Partners, Investcorp Buy $176M Office Complex; John Hancock Drops $244M on 40-Story Chicago Tower; Ivanhoé Cambridge Buys Interest in Denver Office Duo; Chesapeake Lodging Trust Adds JW Marriott San Francisco to Portfolio.
December 2014 – Briefs/Finance
Omega Healthcare, Aviv REIT to Merge in $3B Deal; BofA Provides $71M for L.A. Shopping Center; Dune RE Fund III Closes Oversubscribed at $960M; Colliers Arranges $175M for Massachusetts M-F Community; Magellan JV Lands $80M Miami M-F Construction Loan; CBRE Arranges $158M for Koll in California; Metropolis Investment Holdings Lands $150M for San Francisco Landmark; George Smith Partners Arranges $172M for Complex CRE Portfolio.
November 2014 – Briefs/Leasing & Management
Hudson’s Bay to Open Saks Store, Lease 400 KSF of Office in Lower Manhattan; Fosun, JLL Team Up to Lease NYC’s One Chase Manhattan Plaza; C&W Inks Deal with Microsoft for Manhattan Flagship Store; Cousins Signs Three New Leases at One Ninety Peachtree Tower; LKQ Corp. Takes 109 KSF of Phoenix Logistics Space; Venable Pre-Leases 250 KSF in New D.C. Office; Morningstar to Move NYC Office to 4 WTC; CBRE, Blanca Tapped to Lease Office, Retail at New 3 MSF Miami TOD.
November 2014 – Briefs/Sales & Development
Brookfield Places Winning Bid on Atlantic City’s Bankrupt Revel; Durst JV Invests $1.5B into Astoria, N.Y.; Terranova Closes $342M Lincoln Road Sale in Miami; Prologis Nabs 2.5 MSF in Europe; Paramount Acquires Rockefeller’s 50 Beale for $395M; MetLife Grabs 427 KSF Trophy Office in Houston; Savanna Buys Controlling Interest in Queens’ Citigroup Building; Cinemex to Open First U.S. Theater at Swire’s Brickell City Centre.
November 2014 – Briefs/Finance
Meridian, Eastdil Arrange $700M for Leasehold Acquisition in NYC’s Mobil Building; Thor Equities Secures $420M Refinancing for Chicago’s Palmer House; RCS to Acquire Cole Capital for $700M; Walker & Dunlop to Acquire Johnson Capital’s Loan Platform; Principal, Macquarie Team Up to Tackle CMBS Market; Canyon Capital, Hudson Pacific Provide L.A. Acquisition Financing; C&W Recapitalizes Philly’s Mellon Independence Center; Capital One Closes $134.4M to Refinance Boston Portfolio.
Trinity Capital Advisors and DRA Advisors JV Acquires 584 KSF 400 South Tryon
Trinity Capital Advisors has been heating up the Charlotte commercial real estate market of late.









