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PPG to Buy Leading Architectural Coatings Business for $1B
PPG Industries will double its architectural wood coatings presence in North America with the $1 billion acquisition of AkzoNobel’s North American architectural coatings business, in a deal expected to close in early second quarter 2013, subject to regulatory approvals.
MetLife JV Acquires Constitution Center
Constitution Center, the largest privately owned office building in Washington, D.C., which recently completed a $250 million renovation, has been acquired by a joint venture between MetLife and an unidentified U.S.-based institutional investor.
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CBRE Arranges $212M Financing for Clarion DC-Area Office Campus
CBRE Capital Markets has arranged $212 million in financing for Metro Park, a 37-acre, seven-building, 1 million-square-foot Class A office campus in Alexandria, Va.
Vornado Closes $707M Manhattan Retail Condo Purchase
The Manhattan retail market is on fire and Vornado just grabbed a coveted 114,000-square-foot piece of it.
HFF Markets $133M Loan for M-U Development in Texas
HFF has sold a $133 million non-performing loan secured by Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm, a mixed-use development in Allen, Texas, on behalf of a five-member bank group to a joint venture group led by Fort Worth-based Trademark Property Co.
Harbor Buys Chicago’s One South Wacker for $221M, Plans Upgrades
Affiliates of Harbor Group International, of Norfolk, Va., have acquired One South Wacker, a 40-story, 1.2 million-square-foot Class A office building in Chicago’s West Loop, for $221 million.
Cole Acquires Retail Center in Brooklyn, NY, for $124M
In one of its largest multi-tenant retail transactions of the year, Cole Real Estate Investments has acquired Canarsie Plaza, a 278,000-square-foot shopping center in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn.
American Campus Closes on Student Housing Portfolio Purchase for $863M
American Campus Communities of Austin, Texas, has closed on its $863 million purchase of a 19-property, 12,049-bed student housing portfolio from affiliates of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, of Los Angeles and Armonk, N.Y.
Sulentic Becomes CBRE Group CEO
CBRE Group’s new president & CEO, Robert Sulentic, is officially on the job.