Northeast
Beacon JV Buys Minnesota’s Highest Skyscraper for $253M
A Class A office property just traded for a quarter billion dollars, and it didn’t happen in New York City or San Francisco or Washington, D.C.
KeyCorp Signs 15-Year Extension in Cleveland’s Key Tower
KeyCorp has extended its occupancy of approximately 487,000 square feet at the company’s namesake corporate headquarters at Key Tower in Cleveland.
Anatomy of a Cleanup: Getting Ready for Redevelopment
Scores of communities are remediating old industrial sites and hoping to attract investors and developers to put them to new use. Here’s an inside look at how RACER Trust is cleaning up a massive old GM site in Massena, N.Y.
JDS Development Acquires Murray Hill Lot with $172M in Meridian Financing
JDS Development Group has acquired a 730,426-square-foot development site in New York City’s popular Murray Hill neighborhood from Sheldon Solow for a reported $172 million, with plans to build two multi-family towers on the two-acre vacant lot.
Real Estate Expo Special Report: Knakal Terms NYC Sales Market “Phenomenal”
Robert Knakal, chairman of Massey Knakal Realty, said the New York City commercial property investment sales market is currently red hot, but warned that sustained periods of low interest rates typically lead to real estate bubbles.
Ramco-Gershenson Buys Clarion Partners’ Stake in 12 Shopping Centers
In a $256.8 million deal, Ramco-Gershenson will gain sole ownership of a dozen assets in Florida and Michigan currently held in joint venture with Clarion Partners.
MIG Acquires 304-Unit Apartment Property in Scottsdale
Newport Beach, Calif.-based real estate investment company MIG has acquired Acacia Creek, a 304-unit apartment community in Scottsdale, from Equity Residential.
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.
The Rockefeller Group, IPA Break Ground on M-F Project in Suburban Phoenix
Late last summer, The Rockefeller Group and Investment Property Associates said they would break ground on the $58 million Liv Northgate in Gilbert, Ariz., in early 2013, and now they have.
Silverstein Team Buys Beekman Tower, Plans Renovation
The Beekman Tower Hotel in Midtown Manhattan has found a new owner and will soon find a new life. Silverstein Properties and a group of partners have acquired the 174-room hotel from Lone Star and will transform it into a luxury corporate apartment destination.