Development

Guest Column: Bringing Security Design Home

Page Southerland Page principals James Wright and Thomas McCarthy discuss how modern embassy design elements can benefit today’s commercial buildings.

French Quarter Suites to be Rebranded as Comfort Suites; Plans Move Forward for New Biotech Building at STCC

By Amalia Otet, Associate Editor The French Quarter Suites at Overton Square in midtown is under contract to be purchased by two local businessmen, Rishi Chopra and Jay Kumar, who plan to renovate the vacant facility and brand the new hotel as a Comfort Suites, a member of Choice Hotels. The developers plan to pay […]

SL Green Completes Pieces of $416M Transaction Announced in October

In two separate transactions, SL Green finalized previously announced deals in its prime hunting ground, Midtown New York City.

Jamestown, Rockwood Spend $390M for NYC’s 530 Fifth Ave.

Near the close of yesterday’s markets, Jamestown Properties and Rockwood Capital announced the $390 million acquisition of 530 Fifth Ave. — also known as the Bank of New York Building — which is soon to undergo a $20 million renovation to bring the property to Class A standards.

Hines, JP Morgan Acquire Dallas' Plaza at Legacy Office Complex

Eight years after selling The Plaza at Legacy in Plano, Texas, Hines has welcomed the 215,000-square-foot office property back into its portfolio.

Owner of the Historic Cosby Hotel Building Proposes Office/Retail Redevelopment Plan

By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor The Cosby Hotel building has a chance to dodge the wrecking ball as Sunflower Development Group plans to present a redevelopment plan for the historic construction, The Kansas City Business Journal reports. The 15,000-square-foot building was built in 1881 and was initially an office building for doctors before becoming a […]

Data Center Operator Picks KC for New $32M Facility

CoSentry, an Omaha-based provider of data center, cloud computing, co-location and managed-Internet services, has purchased a 57,500-square-foot former light industrial building in Lenexa, Kan., for use as a data center.

Grubb & Ellis Acquire Nursing Homes for $30 million; Kimberly-Clark to Open Southaven Distribution Center

By Amalia Otet, Associate Editor Santa Ana, Calif.-based Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc. has recently completed, through one of its affiliates, the acquisition of two nursing homes in the greater Memphis area for nearly $30 million. The company acquired the one-story Parkway Health & Rehab Center from Tennessee Property Associates, LP for $15.9 […]

Hines, DLF Ltd. Begin Construction on 800 KSF Office Space in New Delhi

Capitalizing on the increased need for both office and retail space, Hines has partnered with DLF Ltd. to begin construction on One Horizon Center, which will be located southwest of New Delhi in Gurgaon.

Studley, Boyd Execs Form D.C. Tenant-Representation Firm

Three real estate industry veterans have joined forces on the launching of a new services firm, Serten Advisors, designed to provide commercial real estate services exclusively to tenants in metropolitan Washington, D.C.