Investment
Brookfield Asset Management Acquires Silicon Valley Office Campus
Brookfield Asset Management has acquired Rio Robles Technology Park, a 460,000-square-foot, eight-building office/R&D portfolio located in the North San Jose submarket of the Silicon Valley.
Inland Buys Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel for $183M
Inland American Lodging Group made its first acquisition in Hawaii with the purchase of the 645-room Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel in Honolulu for $183 million.
SL Green Buys Ivanhoe Cambridge’s Stake in NYC Citigroup HQ
SL Green Realty Corp. will acquire Ivanhoé Cambridge’s stake in 388-390 Greenwich St. in Manhattan’s TriBeCa, thus assuming full ownership of Citigroup Inc.’s 2.6 million-square-foot headquarters in New York.
W. P. Carey Acquires Siemens HQ in Oslo for $90M
W. P. Carey’s non-traded REIT CPA:18 acquired a new 166,000-square-foot office building from developer Oslo Business Park AS for $90 million.
Donaldson Group-Angelo, Gordon JV Buys M-F Complex in DC’s Maryland Burbs for $110M
The Donaldson Group and Angelo, Gordon & Co. have acquired Cider Mill Apartments, an 864-unit garden-style apartment community in Montgomery Village, Md.
Keystone JV to Buy 2 MSF Office Portfolio for $231M from Mack-Cali
Keystone Property Group and Mack-Cali Realty have joined forces again, committing to the establishment of various joint ventures through which Keystone will acquire a 2.3 million-square-foot Tri-State office portfolio from Mack-Cali in a transaction valued at $231 million.
Ashford Hospitality Prime Acquires Chicago Hotel for $153M
Ashford Hospitality Prime has acquired a 415-room hotel in the desirable Gold Coast submarket of Chicago from The Blackstone Group for $153 million.
Tesla Eyes 4 States for $5B Battery Factory
Four Southwest states – Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada – are in the running to be the home of Tesla Motors’ $5 billion “Gigafactory” that would mass produce lithium-ion batteries for electric cars and create 6,500 jobs.
Equity Sells 2 Suburban San Francisco Office Properties for $100M
Equity Office Properties Trust has been in a selling kind of mood in certain locations and it recently pocketed $100 million on the disposition of two office assets totaling 212,900 square-feet in Marin County, across the bay from San Francisco.
HFF Arranges Financing for $361M Purchase of Chicago Office Property
HFF did double duty for 10 and 120 South Riverside Plaza, a 1.4 million-square-foot office complex in Chicago.