Investment

GREG VIECELI: Net Lease Market from Lender’s Viewpoint

Greg Vieceli, executive vice president of EverBank.com, describes the circumstances under which EverBank.com will finance net lease properties in secondary and tertiary markets.

Pinnacle Group Buys Out Hudson Realty in $208M Deal

Real estate investment firm Pinnacle Group has bought out the interests of its equity partner, Hudson Realty Capital, in 26 apartment buildings in Brooklyn for $208 million.

Ariel: January NYC M-F Sales Show Strong Start to 2014

Multi-family transactions will continue to dominate the scene in the Big Apple on a grand scale in 2014, according to Ariel Property Advisors’ Multifamily Month in Review for January.

Amazon to Open 4th 1 MSF Fulfillment Center in Kent, Wash.

Amazon.com will open its fourth fulfillment center in the state with the development of a 1 million-square-foot facility in Kent, Wash.

Hyatt Hotels Opens Second Property in Puerto Rico

Hyatt Hotels Corp. held an official ribbon-cutting event for its new Hyatt Place Manati, the second property operated by the company in the municipality of Bayamon.

Kilroy Grabs Premier Life Science Property in Seattle for $106M

Kilroy Realty Corp. has bought a four-story, LEED Gold–certified life science property at 401 Terry Ave. N., in Seattle’s South Lake Union submarket, from the building’s developer, Vulcan Real Estate.

AEW Acquires 296-Unit Senior Housing Portfolio in Colorado for $104M

AEW Capital Management L.P. has snapped up a 296-unit portfolio of seniors housing facilities from Balfour Senior Living on behalf of AEW Senior Housing Investors II for $104 million, outside of Boulder.

Xinyuan Buys Land Parcel in Hunan Province for $112M

Xinyuan Real Estate Co., a Beijing-based residential real estate developer, continues gobbling up land in high-growth Chinese cities to build more multi-family housing.

ARCP to Spin Off $2B in Multi-Tenant Shopping Centers

Looking to unlock the value of its shopping center portfolio, American Realty Capital Properties plans to spin off most of its multi-tenant retail centers into a publicly traded REIT valued at $2 billion and focus on its single-tenant net lease business.