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Sam Khater, VP and Chief Economist at Freddie Mac

Freddie Mac Hires New VP, Chief Economist

Sam Khater brings more than 20 years of finance experience to Freddie Mac. He previously worked for CoreLogic and Fannie Mae.

Park Hyatt Beaver Creek

Ashford Prime Repositions as Braemar Hotels & Resorts

Ashford Hospitality Prime will now be known as Braemar Hotels & Resorts, emphasizing its new focus on luxury hotel and resort properties.

Historic Atlanta High-Rise Lands New Tenant

Herzing University plans to occupy the full-floor, 30,000-square-foot space in the late summer of 2018, relocating students and employees from its existing space in Buckhead.

Embassy Suites by Hilton, Noblesville, Ind.

New Embassy Suites Opens near Indianapolis

The hospitality asset is close to several attractions such as Hamilton Town Center, Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center, Edge Adventure Parks and the Conner Prairie Living History Museum.

Montecito Medical Expands Milwaukee Footprint

Built in 2016, the two-story facility houses a 24,563-square-foot accredited ambulatory surgery center with five operating rooms and 20 prep and recovery rooms.

The Mele Group Brokers Sale of CA Facility

Marcus & Millichap’s self-storage group arranged the sale of a 515-unit facility located in Fairfield, Calif. The group represented the seller and also secured the buyer in the transaction.

10800-10900 Belmont Ave., Franklin Park, Ill.

NKF Facilitates 2 Chicago-Area Leases for K2 Express

One of the long-term agreements represents a renewal and expansion lease at a multi-tenant, Prologis-owned building in Franklin Park, Ill. The other deal concerns an adjacent four-acre land parcel.

La-Z-Boy Signs 221 KSF Full-Building Lease in MD

The building is located within the 3.2 million-square-foot Collington Trade Center in Upper Marlboro. The manufacturing company is planning to transfer its distribution and logistics operation into the facility by fall 2018.

Chicago’s Legal Sector Contracting Office Space

Since 2016, approximately 70 percent of the large Chicago law firms that completed lease transactions downsized, according to 2018 CBRE research. Senior Vice President David Mahoney talked with CPE about the impact of this trend on the metro’s office market.

Kidder Mathews Hires New Sacramento SVP

With more than 30 years of industry experience, John Austin contributed to the development of several major shopping centers, while also negotiating more than 800 transactions.