Investment

JLL Secures $112M in Non-Recourse Financing for Office Complex in Suburban DC

With the assistance of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Capital Markets division, the California State Teachers Retirement System has landed $112 million in financing for Lincoln Place, a 503,800-square-foot office complex in Arlington, Va.

HFF Secures $581M Refi for 16-Property Blackstone Hotel Portfolio

The Blackstone Group has refinanced a 16-property, 4,798-room hotel portfolio and golf course/tennis club with a $581 million loan obtained from GE Capital Real Estate.

$1.4B Sale of Share in GM Building is NYC’s Biggest in Years

In a truly international deal, a 40 percent stake in Manhattan’s iconic General Motors Building traded hands last Friday for a reported $1.4 billion.

Natixis Provides $128M for Chetrit M-F Redevelopment Project in NYC

Natixis Real Estate Capital has come through for Chetrit Group once again. The direct lender recently provided Chetrit–along with partners Clipper Equity and Robert Wolf of Read Property Group–with a $128 million loan for the purchase and predevelopment of the former Cabrini Medical Center complex on E. 19th St., in Manhattan.

Blackstone Buys Four-Property Hilton Portfolio

The private equity giant’s real estate affiliate has acquired a 751-room, four-property Hilton Select Service portfolio from Sage Hospitality and Apollo Global Management.

Summit Grabs Six Hotels in Deals Totaling $170M

During the period between the closing of its initial public offering in February 2011 and the end of 2012, Summit Hotel Properties Inc. amassed a portfolio of 24 properties, and with the recent purchase of six assets for an aggregate $170 million, there appears to be no end in sight to the company’s shopping spree.

Digital Realty Acquires 337 KSF, Six-Building Portfolio in Austin

Digital Realty Trust, already the world’s largest data center REIT, continues boosting its United States portfolio with the acquisition of a six-building holdings totaling 337,000 square feet in Austin, Texas.

CDT Buys Ocean Towers in Coney Island, Area Hit Hard by Sandy

Community Development Trust and Proto Property Services have teamed up on a $52 million project to buy and rehabilitate a 19-story, 380,000-square-foot apartment building in Coney Island, an area in Brooklyn hit hard by Hurricane Sandy.

Emaar Launches Sale of Dubai Luxury Residences

Global property developer Emaar Properties PJSC has begun the sale of its newest residential project, Burj Vista II.

Wolff Picks Up $200M M-F Portfolio in Las Vegas

The Wolff Co., of Scottsdale, Ariz., has acquired the 3,098-unit “Oasis Portfolio” of 14 apartment communities in metro Las Vegas.