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DivcoWest Takes 261 KSF Silicon Valley Office Complex for $71M
In a 261,059-square-foot transaction, DivcoWest acquired the Caribbean Corporate Center, a portfolio of four, 100-percent leased office buildings in the Silicon Valley area for a reported $71 million.
Brookfield Refis Five Multi-Family Properties for $400M
In a deal arranged and closed by HFF, Brookfield Real Estate Financial Partners has secured a $400 million, seven-year, floating-rate refinance loan from M&T Realty Capital Corp. for a 2,600-unit multi-housing portfolio.
Economy Watch: Private Sector Hiring on All Cylinders
The private sector added 233,000 jobs to the U.S. economy in February. Rail volume was down for the same month, but intermodal traffic was up. And Fitch has downgraded Greece from a “C” rating to an “RD,” or “restricted default.”
Vornado Refis NYC's 100 W. 33rd for $325M
Vornado Realty Trust’s flurry of activity in Manhattan continues as the REIT wraps up the refinancing of 100 West 33rd St., a mixed-use office property encompassing 1.1 million square feet. The transaction marks the completion of Vornado’s third Manhattan refinancing deal this year.
Simon Property Group Goes on $3.5B Spending Spree
Simon Property Group, the largest real estate company in the United States, went on a $3.5 billion shopping spree Thursday by acquiring a $2 billion stake in Klepierre, a major European retail and office player, and by buying out its joint-venture partner in The Mills U.S. shopping-center properties for $1.5 million.
Colliers Signs Chicago’s Largest Industrial Lease of 2012
Clarion Partners, working through Colliers International’s industrial advisory group, has signed a 492,866-square-foot lease with tenant Wilton Industries, marking the largest industrial lease in the Chicagoland area this year.
Economy Watch: Hiring Remains Strong in February
The BLS reported that the economy created 227,000 jobs in February. Both commercial property and multi-family mortgage delinquency rates declined during the fourth quarter of 2011. And the conclusion to the Greek debt deal was anticlimactic.
BioMed Realty Trust Signs Biotech Firm to 220 KSF Lease in San Francisco
BioMed Realty Trust Inc. is not naming names, but the REIT just landed a big fish at its 1.4 million-square-foot Pacific Research Center in Newark, Calif. A private biotech company has signed a long-term lease for 220,000 square feet at the sprawling campus in San Francisco’s East Bay submarket.
CBRE to Market, Lease Next Phase of $631M Hong Kong Science Park
The Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corp. has appointed CBRE Group Inc. as the strategic marketing and leasing consultant for the $631 million Phase III of the Hong Kong Science Park.
Inland Real Estate Picks Up Two Ohio Shopping Centers for $109M
In two separate transactions, Inland Real Estate Corp. has spent an aggregate $109.4 million on Ohio shopping centers. The first deal, closed on the last day of February, saw the company pick up the Cincinnati-area Stone Creek Towne Center for $36 million, and earlier this week, Inland spent $73.4 million on Westgate Shopping Center in Fairview Park, near Cleveland.