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Genomics Firm Leases 170 KSF in Manhattan

Owner Edward J. Minskoff Equities Inc. will create a $47 million building within a building for the New York Genome Center at 101 Avenue of the Americas.

Federal Capital Partners Closes CRE Fund with $1.5B in Buying Power

Opportunities in the multi-family, office, retail and industrial sectors will be the focus of Fund II, which, when leveraged, will allow for a total of approximately $1.5 billion of investments.

Fallon, Drew Move Ahead on Big Boston Residential Projects

Developers like The Drew Co. and The Fallon Co. are taking note as demand for apartments in Boston continues to soar and the call for condominiums is on the upswing.

IKEA’s Real Estate Arm to Build Master-Planned Community in East London

IKEA’s real estate arm, LandProp Holding, has begun a new 2 million-square-foot mixed-use master-planned neighborhood just south of the Olympic Park in Stratford, an area in eastern London.

Qatar to See New $1.7B Shopping Center, Country's First IKEA

Doha, the capital city of Qatar, is set to get a massive $1.7 billion shopping center. The promising complex will offer approximately 2.7 million square feet of space divided into 500 retail units. A large chunk of the space will be filled by the country’s first IKEA.

Berkeley Point Capital Names Jim McDevitt President

Berkeley Point Capital L.L.C. has been adding executives to its ranks for the past several months, capping it off this week with the news that CRE finance veteran Jim McDevitt had been named president.

PREI, Urban Pacific Turn Dirt on 52-Story Condo High-Rise in San Francisco Hotspot

Demand for such dwellings is so substantial that the developers have committed to paying the city of San Francisco a $15.1 million fee to compensate for the exclusion of below-market-rate units.

Federal Realty Breaks Ground on 3.4 MSF Mixed-Use TOD in Rockville

The REIT is investing $250 million in the project’s first phase, a Federal Realty spokesperson told Commercial Property Executive.

Kennedy Wilson Buys Anaheim Office Building for $56M

The company bought the 273,000-square-foot asset in Anaheim, Calif. for $56 million–a significant discount to the $71.1 million price the property fetched in 2005.

DreamWorks to Design Theme Park for $3.7B N.J. Meadowlands Project

The DreamWorks indoor theme park will be a major attraction for American Dream at Meadowlands, the 7.5 million-square-foot project that Triple Five is developing in East Rutherford, N.J.