Deals
January – Briefs/Sales & Development
Columbia Property Sells 4 MSF Office Portfolio to Griffin Capital; Jay Paul Breaks Ground on San Francisco’s 181 Fremont Tower; SL Green Acquires Interest in Manhattan’s Embattled 650 Fifth Ave.; Essex Acquires San Diego M-F Asset from Wood Partners; Kilroy Set for Big Expansion in Bay Area; AvalonBay Sale Breaks Westchester County Record; PREI Closes $430M Property Fund V; Parmenter Realty Partners Buys 1.3 MSF Trophy Office in Dallas.
January – Briefs/Finance
Hunt Completes Acquisition of Centerline Holding Co.; U.S. Bank Provides $263M for 2 Medical Office Portfolios; C&W Arranges $275M for Historic NYC Tower; Mesa West Raises $752M for Debt Fund; MetLife Provides CBRE with $161M for Marathon Oil Tower; Hillwood, Sovereign Wealth Fund Wrap First Closing of $1B Industrial Venture; Walker & Dunlop Launches CMBS/High-Yield Lending Platform; Meridian, Beech Street Arrange $90M in Financing for M-F Portfolio in Orange County, Calif.
December – Briefs/Leasing & Management
Rockefeller Completes 187 KSF Lease in Manhattan with Mayer Brown; Transwestern, Rappaport Nab Washington Harbour Assignment; Cassidy Turley Leases 90 KSF in St. Louis; Inland Picks JLL to Lease Dallas Shopping Centers; Cvent Fills 130 KSF in Tysons Corner; SunGard Appoints NGKF Global as CRE Advisor; Chambers Street Lands 342 KSF Lease in South Carolina; STAG Inks 427 KSF Wisconsin Lease.
December – Briefs/Sales & Development
ARCP to Buy Cole for $11.2B; Facebook, St. Anton to Build Affordable Infill Asset; Chariot Unveils $1B Revitalization Plan for Philadelphia; San Francisco’s Apple, Bulgari Buildings Trade for $160M; Acadia to Dispose of Two Fund II Assets; Ivanhoé Buys 51% Interest in NYC’s 1211 Avenue of the Americas; EPR Properties Grabs Poconos Ski Resort; JV to Develop M-U Project Near New 49ers Stadium.
December – Briefs/Finance
NYC Condo Moves Forward with $860M Construction Loan; HFF Arranges $130M for 2.9 MSF IDI Portfolio; Landesbank Provides $110M for Queens M-F Project; Freddie Mac Closes $195M M-F Bulk Loan Sale; Prudential Provides $48M for Two M-F Assets; Meridian Arranges $150M for Manufactured Housing Portfolio; Tysons Corner Center Lands $850M; Hudson Team Places $72M in Financing to Refi Retail Centers in Washington, California.
November – Briefs/Leasing & Management
Alexandria Executes 142 KSF Extension in Cambridge; Jackson Walker Leases 104 KSF in Dallas Arts District; Google Leases Office Campus at Former Mall from Rockwood, Four Corners; Chambers Street Signs 450 KSF Near Charleston; One WTC Launches Build-to-Suit Leasing Program; Cassidy Turley Fills 90 KSF in Missouri; Liberty Property Trust Breaks Quarterly Leasing Record; Transwestern Awarded 700 KSF in Contracts.
November – Briefs/Sales & Development
Cousins Closes Billion-Dollar Purchase of Texas Office Portfolio; Brookfield Property Offers to Buy Brookfield Office for $5B; Associated Estates to Buy 1,606-Unit Apartment Portfolio; Skanska Breaks Ground on $126M Boston Tower; Boston Properties Sells Interest in Times Square Tower for $684M; Rockrose Buys DC Office Building from Brookfield for $192M; Bill Gates’ Investment Group Buys Four Seasons Houston; Greystar to Acquire UK Student Housing Portfolio.
November – Briefs/Finance
Tucker Secures $218M for Phase I of 1 MSF NJ Development; Parkway Properties Buys Thomas Properties for $1.2B; Marcus & Millichap Files for IPO; Berkeley Closes $325M Refinance of San Francisco’s Gateway; HFF Arranges $99M for M-U Development in DC; SL Capital Provides $130M for Paramount Building in Times Square; Clarion Gets $150M in Financing for 1.3 MSF Office; Washington Property Closes $75M for M-F Asset in Suburban DC.
October – Briefs/Finance
Avalon Closes $126.5M in Construction Financing; Time Equities Lands $398M to Start Manhattan High-Rise; ING Sells $1.6B of CRE Loans to Wells Fargo; MetLife Extends $235M in Financing for 974 KSF Houston Office Building; Behringer Harvard M-F REIT I to Become Self-Managed; LTC Properties Enters into $141M Mortgage Agreement; Northwestern Mutual Provides Gables Residential with $233M Refinance; Prometheus Gets $188M Mortgage for M-F Project in Silicon Valley.
October – Briefs/Sales & Development
Hyatt Buys Peabody Orlando for $717M; Forest City Sells Pittsburgh Complex for $135M; Tempe Set to See New Mixed-Use Development; Wood Partners Begins Two Maryland Projects; NYRR Buys SL Green Office for $220M; Behringer Harvard, TCR Break Ground in Central Dallas; W.P. Carey Closes $100M Sale-Leaseback in Austin; Harbor Group Sells Chicago Office Tower to Beacon for $113M.