Investment

Moinian Secures Loan for Manhattan’s Largest Apartment Tower Under Construction

Development of 605 West 42nd St., The Moinian Group’s luxury residential tower, can continue now that the firm has secured a construction loan. The New York-based developer also announced that SL Green has signed on as an investor.

Rockefeller Group Acquires 236 KSF Office Portfolio in Beverly Hills

Rockefeller Group Investment Management Corp. has acquired UTA Plaza and The Ice House, a premier 236,000-square-foot portfolio on Civic Center Drive in Beverly Hills, Calif., from Tishman Speyer.

Grosvenor Buys M-F Asset in Suburban Washington for $108M

Grosvenor Americas has purchased Avalon Fair Oaks, a 491-unit apartment community in Fairfax, Va., and will rebrand the property Wheelhouse of Fair Oaks.

Realty Mogul Crowdfunds 150 KSF Georgetown Plaza in DC

Realty Mogul crowdfunded a 150,000-square-foot Washington, D.C., office property on behalf of JOSS Realty Partners.

New York REIT to Acquire Twitter HQs in Manhattan for $335M

New York REIT Inc. has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire Twitter’s 282,000-square-foot East Coast headquarters in Manhattan for a reported $335 million from Savanna.

P.B. Bell Snaps Up Phoenix M-F Assets for $170M

The P.B. Bell Cos. completed the biggest deal in the company’s history and one of the largest in the Phoenix area since the recession, snapping up seven apartment communities for $168.5 million.

KSG Grabs Hidrock’s SpringHill Suites New York for $82M

Malaysian company KSG Enterprises Ltd. is expanding its presence in the U.S. with the purchase of SpringHill Suites New York Midtown Manhattan/Fifth Avenue.

Parmenter Sells 846 KSF Dallas Office Complex

Eight years after acquiring Park Central 7-8-9 in Dallas, Parmenter Realty Partners has sold the 845,900-square-foot property to an institutional investor.

Israel’s Clal Insurance Buys Chicago’s Harper Court Office Complex for $112M

The Tel Aviv-based company made its second purchase in the U.S. real estate market with the 225,000-square-foot Harper Court mixed-use office and retail complex in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood.

Executives Think Globally, Offer Upbeat Outlook: CPE 100 Quarterly Sentiment Survey

By Paul Rosta, Senior Editor As commercial real estate becomes increasingly global, the latest CPE 100 Quarterly Sentiment Survey confirms that a growing number of industry executives are thinking beyond American borders. One-third of respondents to the second-quarter survey said the global real estate market has become more important to their business in the past 12 months, while half of respondents said the global market’s impact on their businesses remains unchanged. The executives surveyed said that investment and investment management offer the greatest potential during the next 12 to 18 months. Nearly six in 10 cited these sectors as offering…