Investment

Mesa West Provides $130M to Refi Hyatt Regency San Francisco

Mesa West Capital has provided a partnership involving affiliates of Dune Real Estate Partners L.P. and DiNapoli Capital Partners L.L.C. with a $130 million first-mortgage loan for the refinancing of the 802-room hotel in downtown San Francisco.

Israeli Investors Purchase Houston's 344 KSF The Plaza at Enclave Office Building

Continuing the trend of a high transaction volume in the Texas markets, Core Real Estate and BayNorth Capital Inc. have sold The Plaza at Enclave to an affiliate of Azrieli Group, a real estate development and investment company located in Tel Aviv.

MBA CREF Special Report: Banks Wary About Overbuilding in Key Apartment Markets

Construction lenders raised concerns about the possibility of future overbuilding in key multi-family markets at the MBA CREF 2012 conference, which opened Monday in Atlanta.

Starwood CEO Sternlicht, Partners to Invest $100M in South Beach Hotel, Condos

A consortium including affiliates of Starwood Capital Group, the LeFrak Organization and Invesco Ltd. have purchased a beachfront, mixed-use property in Miami’s South Beach, including a hotel formerly known as the Gansevoort.

SL Green Completes Pieces of $416M Transaction Announced in October

In two separate transactions, SL Green finalized previously announced deals in its prime hunting ground, Midtown New York City.

Griffin-American Snaps Up $167M in Skilled-Nursing Facilities

Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II picked up $166.5 million worth of commercial real estate from the partnership of Westport Capital Partners and Reichmann International Development in the form of 10 skilled-nursing facilities across the Southwest.

CBRE Trust Acquires 121 KSF Tampa Office Building

CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust has expanded its presence in Florida with the purchase of Sabal Pavilion, a 120,500-square-foot office building in Tampa.

Clarion Grabs 187 KSF Washington State Retail Center

Capitalizing on what will likely be a strong year for retail, Clarion Partners has acquired a 187,000-square-foot shopping center in Covington, Wash., for $31 million.

Omninet Capital Completes Purchase of 285 KSF L.A. Office Park

Omninet Capital has closed on the purchase of Commerce Office Park, a 285,368-square-foot institutional-quality office campus at South Eastern and East Slauson avenues in Commerce, Calif.

ULI: Emerging Trends in Europe Bearish for '12

“Debt” is going to be the name of the game for the European real estate markets in 2012, according to Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe 2012, the industry forecast published by PwC and the Urban Land Institute.