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NorthStar to Buy $1B Healthcare RE Portfolio from Formation Capital, Safanad
NorthStar Realty Finance, which has been growing its healthcare real estate holdings since former HCP chairman & CEO James “Jay” Flaherty came on board in January, has agreed to acquire a $1 billion seniors housing and skilled nursing portfolio from Formation Capital and Safanad Ltd.
GREG VIECELI: Net Lease Market from Lender’s Viewpoint
Greg Vieceli, executive vice president of EverBank.com, describes the circumstances under which EverBank.com will finance net lease properties in secondary and tertiary markets.
AEW Acquires 296-Unit Senior Housing Portfolio in Colorado for $104M
AEW Capital Management L.P. has snapped up a 296-unit portfolio of seniors housing facilities from Balfour Senior Living on behalf of AEW Senior Housing Investors II for $104 million, outside of Boulder.
Guest Column: Obamacare and Commercial Real Estate
Healthcare real estate expert Lee Eastwood examines the impacts of the Affordable Care Act on commercial real estate.
Skanska Develops Medical Building in Connecticut for $149M
Skanska USA is building a new 645,800-square-foot medical specialty building on the Stamford Hospital campus in Stamford, Conn., at a cost of $149 million.
Emaar Properties JV to Develop RE Projects in Saudi Arabia
Abdul Latif Jameel and Emaar Properties have officially gone into business together, looking to develop a number of projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
David Durning: Prudential’s Construction Financing Strategy
David Durning, president & CEO of Prudential Mortgage Capital Co., describes the insurance company’s commercial property construction loan program.
Brookfield Multiplex to Build $154M Hospital in New South Wales
Global contractor Brookfield Multiplex has received a contract to build the new South East Regional Hospital on a 43-acre site in Bega, New South Wales, for $154 million.
Palmetto to Develop 4,500-Acre Medical Campus in SC; Phase One to Cost $135M
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians and Equity Inc. are developing a $135 million health and wellness campus in Summerville, S.C., featuring two 150,000-square-foot medical buildings.
SPECIAL REPORT: MBA Delivers Cautious Economic Outlook for 2014; Financing Hits Highest Level Since ’07
Mortgage originations for multi-family and commercial real estate in the last quarter of 2014 reached the highest volume achieved since 2007. Multi-family financing, in particular, has returned to levels last witnessed at the peak of the market.