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PREA Special Report: Housing Still Surest Bet in CRE
Despite construction costs on the rise and financing still not being up to par to pre-Great Recession times, real estate is still the soundest investment of today and tomorrow, according to commercial real estate high rollers who spoke at Pension Real Estate Association’s 2013 Spring Conference in Washington, D.C.
NFR, Oaktree Buy 3 MSF Office Portfolio for $241M
It could take years to amass 3.4 million square feet of high-quality office space or it could happen overnight, as it did for National Financial Realty and Oaktree Capital Management.
CPC, Citi Announce $250M Facility to Finance Affordable Housing
Citi Community Capital has provided $250 million in financing, one of its largest single investments in affordable housing, to help create or preserve nearly 6,000 low- and moderate-income units in New York State.
Concord Hospitality to Construct 182-Room Cambria Suites in Nation’s Capital
Choice Hotels International has taken its Cambria Suites in Washington, D.C., project skyward, marking a big step in the $40 million development of the Silver Spring, Md.-based company’s first Cambria Suites property in its own backyard.
Piedmont Acquires 334 KSF Office Building for $176M
Piedmont Office Realty Trust boosted its Washington, D.C., area portfolio this week by acquiring Arlington Gateway, a 12-story, Class A office property and one of the top buildings in the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor, for $176 million.
Clarion Partners Sells SF Office Tower for $100M
Clarion Partners has completed the sale of 100 Spear St., a Class A, LEED Gold office tower in the heart of San Francisco’s Central Business District for $100 million.
Hines Acquires Archstone Enterprises’ Interest in CityCenterDC Project
Hines has acquired Archstone Enterprises’ ownership interest in the two companies’ CityCenterDC mixed-use project, currently under construction in downtown Washington, D.C.
Cassidy Turley Secures $150M in Acquisition Financing for DC-Area Office Complex
Cassidy Turley secured the financing, in the form of a $150 million loan from a commercial bank, for the recent sale of the three-building, 689,000-square-foot Air Rights Center in downtown Bethesda, Md.
Midtown Manhattan Readies for 470 KSF Cutting-Edge Office Tower
The future is coming to Midtown Manhattan. A partnership comprising real estate company Hines, investment entity Pacolet Milliken Enterprises and institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management have broken ground on 7 Bryant Park, a premier office tower that will deliver 470,000 square feet of state-of-the-art office accommodations in the Bryant Park area.
CBRE Gets $1B in Financing for M-F Greystar, Goldman Portfolio Buy
How do you get your hands on a billion dollars? Greystar Real Estate Partners and Goldman, Sachs & Co. kicked off 2013 with the announcement of plans to snap up an 8,010-unit multi-family portfolio from Equity Residential for $1.5 billion, and now news emerges that CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Equity Finance group has helped the joint venture partners cull more than $1 billion to finance the acquisition.