Investment
Retail Roundup: Jenkins Sells 50 KSF D.C. Asset, Terramar Acquires Washington State Center for $35M
From coast to coast, retail transactions are closing one after the other. Among the grocery-anchored assets involved in the first deals of 2012 are the 50,600-square-foot Jenkins Row Retail in Washington, D.C., and the 130,800-square-foot Canyon Park Place in suburban Seattle.
Cuomo’s Convention Center Plan: A Gamble in Any Form
While New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan for the $25 billion revitalization of the state — including a convention center, hotel and casino in Queens — is ambitious, is it the right move?
Windsor Renewal Buys 320 Acres, 500 KSF of Industrial from Kodak
Windsor Renewal I, a division of The Broe Group, has taken a major step toward further developing the Great Western Industrial Park in Windsor, Colo., with the acquisition of 320 acres of land and 500,000 square feet of industrial buildings from Eastman Kodak Co. in a partial sale-leaseback transaction.
Clarion, Equity Partner Invest $100M in 1.4 MSF Sao Paulo Industrial Project
Looking to capitalize on what will certainly be a growing economy in the next few years, Clarion Partners has acquired 78 acres of land in a northwest suburb of Sao Paulo. The company intends to develop and lease a Class A industrial facility that will eventually include 1.4 million square feet of space.
Cole Real Estate Takes a Piece of Chattanooga-Area Shopping Center
Cole Real Estate Investments has purchased 153,000 square feet in the Cleveland Towne Center in Tennessee from a joint venture composed of Batson-Cook Development and Warren Commercial.
Digital Realty Trust Spends $148M on Data Centers in San Francisco, Atlanta
For a purchase price of $85 million, Digital Realty Trust Inc. has become the new owner of San Francisco’s 360 Spear St., and for an additional $63 million, the company picked up a data-center facility next to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.
LaSalle Hotel Properties Buys Park Central Hotel
Six months after announcing plans to purchase the Park Central Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, LaSalle Hotel Properties has wrapped up the acquisition of the 934-room property in a transaction valued at $396.2 million.
Economy Watch: U.S. Still Tops with Foreign Investors; Markets Stay Calm
The United States remains the No. 1 choice for crossborder investors in commercial real estate, but its popularity has slipped somewhat. And markets worldwide took it easy yesterday.
CPE's Top 11 in '11
Taken as a whole, 2011 was something of a tumultuous year, but an interesting time for commercial real estate. CPE presents our top 11 stories from 2011.
Taubman Completes $560M Purchase of Three Centers
Retail REIT Taubman Centers Inc. has completed the $560 million purchase of three shopping centers from Davis Street Properties.