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CIM Group Acquires 7-Asset Portfolio from CW Capital

CIM Group has acquired a seven-asset portfolio headlined by Two California Plaza, a 52-story, Class A office building in downtown Los Angeles.

Brookfield to Start $200M Redevelopment of NYC’s 450 W. 33rd St.

Brookfield Office Properties is giving 450 W. 33rd St. in New York City a $200 million makeover, modernizing it and integrating it with the firm’s $4.5 billion, 7 million-square-foot Manhattan West mixed-use project.

Senior Housing Properties to Buy 2 Biotech Buildings in Boston for $1.1B

Senior Housing Properties Trust has agreed to buy two 15-story biotech medical office buildings, which include a connected three-level, 740-stall, below-grade parking garage, located in Boston’s premier Seaport District for a purchase price of $1.1 billion.

NGKF Scores Retail Leasing Assignment at Chicago’s 100-Story John Hancock Center

The renowned John Hancock Center mixed-use tower in Chicago features a premier 190,000-square-foot retail segment, and Newmark Grubb Knight Frank has just been tapped to serve as its exclusive leasing agent by the owners of the space.

Westmount Realty Capital Buys 1.5 MSF Industrial Portfolio in Chicago

Westmount Realty Capital acquired a 1.5 million-square-foot premier Chicago industrial portfolio sited in spots surrounding O’Hare International Airport from KTR Capital Partners.

Silicon Valley Office Portfolio Yields $200M in Financing for Carl Berg

NorthMarq arranged financing for an unencumbered, 711,000-square-foot office portfolio in California’s Silicon Valley through Prudential Mortgage Capital Co.

As Winter Olympics Near, Marriott Opens 428-Key Hotel Close to Sochi Venues

As visitors from around the world prepare to converge on Russia’s Sochi resort region for the Winter Olympics next week, Marriott International Sochi Marriott Krasnaya Polyanahas opened the 428-key Sochi Marriott Krasnaya Polyana Hotel near the Krasnaya Polyana Mountain Cluster, one of the two main Olympic locations.

Seller Finances Heitman JV’s Purchase of DC Office Building

A joint venture of Minshall Stewart Properties and an affiliate of Heitman L.L.C. secured the financing from Lone Star Funds to acquire 1401 New York Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C.

Hines Selects Gehry Partners Design for Germany’s Tallest Residential Tower

International real estate firm Hines announced Gehry Partners has won the architectural competition for the company’s 300-unit apartment project in Berlin. Slated to rise to a maximum of 492 feet, the 39-story structure will likely become the tallest building in Berlin and the tallest residential tower in the entire country.

2014 Tops in Technology – Nominate Your Favorite Provider Today!

Nominate your favorite technology product and service providers for CPE’s second annual Tops in Technology Awards, recognizing the leading technology product and service providers assisting the commercial real estate industry.