Investment
Executive Insight, Mike Scilingo, Urban Innovations
Urban Innovations, an owner and manager of commercial real estate in Chicago, takes a unique viewpoint of its portfolio. Company president Mike Scilingo talks about where it’s seeking opportunity and next steps for its portfolio.
INTERNATIONAL: Union Investment Acquires Landmark Weser Tower in Germany
Union Investment has bought the landmark Weser Tower in Bremen, Germany, in a deal that is deemed one of the most significant real estate transactions seen in the city.
Jamestown: Sale of San Francisco’s Pacific Place Has Strong Long-Term Income Drivers
Jamestown COO tells CPE the firm has sold Pacific Place, an office and retail property in downtown San Francisco, to J.P. Morgan for $415 million because of its attractiveness to institutonal investors
PREI, AP3 JV Acquires $360M Worth of German Retail Assets
A new joint venture between Prudential Real Estate Investors and the Third Swedish National Pension Fund, AP3, will invest in retail properties throughout Germany.
Sunstone to Acquire 544-Key Maui Resort for $326M
Sunstone Hotel Investors has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the 544-key Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa for $326 million, or $598,600 per key, from an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners IV.
Thor Equities Adds to Manhattan Footprint with $590M Deal for 530 Fifth Ave.
The sale price is $200 million more than Rockwood Capital, Jamestown, Murray Hill Properties and Crown Acquisitions paid when the building last traded in January 2012.
Starwood Retail to Buy 7 Taubman Malls for $1.4B
Starwood Capital’s two-year-old retail affiliate agrees to acquire properties in Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Texas and Michigan.
LaSalle Hotel Properties Wraps $93M Sale of Hilton Alexandria Old Town
The Bethesda-based REIT, which announced the sale earlier this month, acquired the 246-key hotel in 2004 for $59 million.
HCL-MarqE Buys 352 KSF Retail Center in Houston
The new owners acquired the property, which is located on I-10 West, from a joint venture of Canyon Capital Realty Advisors L.L.C. and Fidelis Realty Partners.
INTERNATIONAL: CPPIB, Hermes Forward-Purchase London’s South Bank Tower
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Hermes Real Estate have agreed to acquire part of London’s mixed-use South Bank Tower from a JV comprising Jadwa Investment and developer CIT Group.