Industrial
The Winners: CPE’s 2012 Distinguished Achievement Awards
CPE is pleased to announce the winners of the second-annual Distinguished Achievement Awards, recognized for their ability to complete deals and projects in the face of last year’s recovering economy.
Economy Watch: Pending Home Sales, Durable Goods Orders Rise but Manufacturing Drops
The NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index rose 5.9 percent to 101.1 in May, while U.S. durable goods orders went up 1.1 percent. But the Midwest manufacturing output decreased 1 percent.
In $770M Deal, DEXUS Sells 16.7 MSF Industrial Portfolio to Blackstone
Affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII picked up the 68 assets in what is being touted as the largest industrial portfolio transaction in the U.S. so far this year.
Soitec Solar to Invest $150 Million in New Manufacturing Facility
By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor French firm Soitec Solar has received a SUNPATH award in the amount of $25 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to support its new solar manufacturing facility in San Diego. The French company acquired a 176,000-square-foot manufacturing center in December to support over 300 megawatts of advanced projects throughout […]
Goodman, Birtcher Form $1.5B Partnership Targeting Industrial Properties
With an eye on developing and acquiring premier industrial and logistics properties in North America, Australia’s Goodman Group has joined forces with California’s Birtcher Development and Investments.
Michigan, Canada Officials Announce New Detroit-Windsor Bridge
By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor On June 15 Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced plans for a new bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. First proposed nearly ten years ago, work on the new six-lane bridge could start in 2013 or 2014 and it would take at least four years […]
BioMed Realty Trust Expands San Diego Portfolio
By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. has acquired two parcels of land totaling 28 acres in San Diego for approximately $47 million, excluding transaction costs. The locally based company announced that it has leased the two sites to Advanced BioHealing, Inc., a subsidiary of Shire plc, in a long term deal. Advanced […]
Cushman Arranges 1.1 MSF Industrial Lease Re-Up in California
Conopco Inc., a subsidiary of Unilever, has decided to stay put in its 1.1 million-square-foot home at 305 W. Resource Dr. in Rialto, Calif., and has renewed its contract with property owner Prologis.
The Silverman Group Purchases 560 KSF of Industrial Space in North Carolina from W.P. Carey
The Silverman Group has added 560,000 square feet of space to its industrial portfolio with the acquisition of 10000 Twin Lakes Parkway, a Class A distribution center in Charlotte, N.C.
PREA: 2012 CRE Returns Will Rise to Nearly 10 Percent
Commercial real estate firms expect the future of the U.S. commercial real estate market to continue to shine, as indicated by the results of the Pension Real Estate Association’s latest Consensus Forecast Survey: Survey participants in May anticipate full-year 2012 returns of 9.6 percent.