Investment
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.
Update: Nordstrom to Hit Manhattan–Finally
It’s been a long time coming. Nordstrom Inc. has had its eye on opening a store in Manhattan for yearsand years, and now the long-held plan is finally coming to fruition. The fashion specialty retailer joined New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and real estate owner Extell Development Co. this afternoon to announce Nordstrom’s 285,000-square-foot news.
DivcoWest Flips 354 KSF San Francisco Office Building
DivcoWest has entered into an agreement to sell 1275 Market St., a 354,000-square-foot office building in San Francisco, to Dolby Laboratories Inc. in a transaction valued at $109.8 million. Dolby will occupy the office tower in its entirety.
Nordstrom to Hit Manhattan–Finally
It’s been a long time coming, but Nordstrom Inc. is finally entering Manhattan.
Younan Continues to Trim Leverage with Sale of Houston Asset
Prior to selling 1700 West Loop South in Houston, Younan Properties Inc. had sold $400 million worth of properties and reduced its leverage by 30 percent over the past year.
U.S. Remains Most Transparent Market as Openness Advances Globally: Jones Lang LaSalle
Nearly 90 percent of the world’s markets have improved transparency since the last survey in 2010. This year Jones Lang LaSalle is also introducing a new index for transparency in sustainability.
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.
Brandywine-Allstate JV Takes Suburban D.C. Portfolio for $120.6M
The joint venture will acquire the three-building asset in Silver Spring, Md., from Urdang’s Value-Added Fund II and Moore & Associates.
Manhattan Apartment Property Fetches $280M
JD Carlisle L.L.C. and DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners L.L.C. have just pocketed $280 million on the sale of The Beatrice in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood to Equity Residential.
NAREE Special Report: Housing Demand Grows; Will Supply Follow?
If there are two points economists during the NAREE conference agreed on, it was that housing demand is growing in the face of short supply and that the extent varies at a very local level. But the pace at which it will advance from here remains a moving target.