Featured

AREA15 in Las Vegas

AREA15 to Bring Immersive Retail, Entertainment to Las Vegas

Real estate development firm Fisher Brothers and creative agency Beneville Studios have teamed up to deliver the 126,000-square-foot project by late 2019.

Menlo Gateway Phase II, Menlo Park, Calif

NorthMarq Arranges $157M Loan for Bay Area Office Project

Borrowers Bohannon Development Co. and Alexandria Real Estate Equities will use the financing to develop the 521,000-square-foot Phase II of Menlo Gateway, which will be occupied by Facebook.

Five Crescent Drive in Philadelphia

Liberty Property Trust Sells Office Building at Philly Navy Yard

The $130.5 million acquisition of a building that’s fully leased to pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline marks the second major purchase for Korea Investment Management in Philadelphia.

Steve Thelen, JLL Managing Director

‘War for Talent’ Drives CRE Activity in Dallas-Fort Worth

DFW’s business-friendly environment, quality of life and well-educated labor pool help attract companies to the region, which has an unemployment rate running below the national average.

Is It Time for a Change?

Does your property need an update? Or have you recently completed some construction? This month, Commercial Property Executive and Kingsley Associates partnered to find out what tenants think of renovations.

1 Rocket Road in Hawthorne, Calif.,

Blackstone to Buy Gramercy Property Trust for $7.6B

The transaction will add more than 80 million square feet of high-quality industrial properties to the private equity giant’s holdings.

Ryan Severino, JLL’s chief economist

How Does Labor Shortage Impact CRE?

As of January, there were 6.3 million unfilled jobs in the U.S., up 16 percent from 2017. In its report Where Are All the Workers?, JLL notes unfilled positions can lead to lower rents and increasing vacancy across property types.

bartaco restaurant

Del Frisco’s Expands With $325M Acquisition

The steakhouse restaurant chain has agreed to purchase the Barteca Restaurant Group, which consists of 31 locations operating across 10 states and Washington, D.C.

SKYCITY at Hong Kong International Airport

New World Plans $2.5B Mixed-Use Project in Hong Kong

The property will encompass 3.8 million square feet of retail, entertainment and office accommodations at Skycity, a 60-acre commercial development at Hong Kong International Airport.

Burlington Arcade in London

Thor Equities, Meyer Bergman to Sell London Retail Asset for $407M

Considered a landmark since its completion in 1819 as Britain’s first shopping arcade, Burlington Arcade features 37,000 square feet of space and attracts more than 4 million visitors a year.