Industrial
Carlson Real Estate Engages Eastdil Secured for 5.5 MSF Portfolio
Carlson Real Estate Co. has engaged investment banking firm Eastdil Secured to “assist in reviewing and evaluating strategic alternatives” for CREC’s 5.5 million-square-foot real estate investment portfolio in Minnesota, Arizona and North Carolina.
CBRE Gets $61M Refi for 3 Nestlé Buildings in Tampa
A 2.2 million-square-foot industrial and office portfolio, leased in its entirety to Nestlé USA Inc., has been refinanced to the tune of $61 million, courtesy of a transaction orchestrated by CBRE Capital Markets.
Liberty Property Trust Builds 1.2 MSF Big-Box Industrial Space in Eastern Pa.
Capitalizing on the need for big-box industrial spaces, Liberty Property Trust is constructing a 1.2 million-square-foot speculative distribution property in Bethlehem, Pa., and has named Cushman & Wakefield Inc. as the exclusive leasing agent for the $62 million project.
Blackstone Takes 3.5 MSF of U.K. Industrial from Prologis
Blackstone is no stranger to huge deals, and its latest transaction makes it the owner of 3.5 million square feet of industrial space in the United Kingdom after making a $335 million, 13-property purchase from Prologis.
Owner of the Historic Cosby Hotel Building Proposes Office/Retail Redevelopment Plan
By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor The Cosby Hotel building has a chance to dodge the wrecking ball as Sunflower Development Group plans to present a redevelopment plan for the historic construction, The Kansas City Business Journal reports. The 15,000-square-foot building was built in 1881 and was initially an office building for doctors before becoming a […]
ULI: Emerging Trends in Europe Bearish for '12
“Debt” is going to be the name of the game for the European real estate markets in 2012, according to Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe 2012, the industry forecast published by PwC and the Urban Land Institute.
Grubb & Ellis Acquire Nursing Homes for $30 million; Kimberly-Clark to Open Southaven Distribution Center
By Amalia Otet, Associate Editor Santa Ana, Calif.-based Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc. has recently completed, through one of its affiliates, the acquisition of two nursing homes in the greater Memphis area for nearly $30 million. The company acquired the one-story Parkway Health & Rehab Center from Tennessee Property Associates, LP for $15.9 […]
Trammell Crow, USAA Break Ground on 700 KSF Industrial Facility in Pennsylvania
Following on the heels of reports that call for an uptick in industrial activity for 2012, Trammell Crow and USAA Real Estate have announced the groundbreaking on a 700,000-square-foot Class A spec distribution facility at Mountain Creek Distribution Center in Carlisle, Pa.
Exclusive: Industrial Back to Pre-Recession Levels, According to Cushman
New leases for industrial properties “returned to levels not seen since prior to the 2008/9 recession,” according to a new fourth-quarter 2011 report by Cushman & Wakefield Inc.
Menlo Equities Tops List of Orange County's 2011 Industrial Transactions with $47M Buy
In what is being described as Orange County, Calif.’s largest industrial consideration of 2011, Menlo Equities snapped up the Irvine Crossings project, a 420,000-square-foot property, for $47 million.