Northeast
ULI: Real Estate Recovery Comes Amid Rebounding Investment; Worries Abound About Debt Capital Shortfall, Europe
Although investment capital is again flowing for CRE, speakers at the Urban Land Institute’s Real Estate Capital Markets Conference are concerned with relative dearth of debt capital, possible refinancing difficulties ahead and the current European economic crisis.
AREA Property Partners, Commonwealth Ventures Plan $225M Office Project in Boston
An 11-story Class A office building along the South Boston waterfront is moving closer to construction now that the Boston Redevelopment Authority has approved the approximately 500,000-square-foot, $225 million project planned by AREA Property Partners and Commonwealth Ventures.
Nine-Property Net-Leased Walgreens Portfolio Sells for $69M
Investors can’t seem to get enough of the net-lease market: An unidentified institutional investment firm beat eight others in a bidding war, acquiring a 117,600-square-foot portfolio of nine Walgreens stores on the East Coast for $68.7 million.
$65M Mixed-Use Dover Landing Project in New Hampshire Moves Forward
Dickinson Development Corp.’s Dover Landing, an upscale mixed-use project that will sit along the Cocheco River in Dover, N.H., has been given the thumbs-up on the revised plans for the $65 million endeavor.
JLL Tapped for Role in Redeveloping Pittsburgh’s Civic Arena Site
The NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins have selected Jones Lang LaSalle as the organization’s representative for the redevelopment of the former Civic Arena site in downtown Pittsburgh. The two entities will work to complete “a financially feasible master plan” for redevelopment of the 28-acre site.
Distress Symposium Report: Opportunities Knock, but Change Must Come
The Distressed Debt & Assets Symposium, produced by Deloitte in partnership with New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, saw panelists discuss how the lending landscape can improve, but only with “a commitment to change.”
Alexandria Signs 187 KSF of Life-Science Office Leases Near Boston
Metropolitan Boston continues to bustle and Alexandria Real Estate Equities is profiting from the activity, having just closed six leases totaling approximately 187,000 square feet at its Alexandria Park at 128 complex in suburban Boston’s Route 128 submarket.
Invesco Spends $141M on NYC’s 130 Prince St.
Waterman Interests has turned a nearly $30 million profit on its asset at 130 Prince St. in New York City, selling the building for $140.5 million to Invesco after purchasing the property in 2007 for $112 million.
SL Green Spends $135M on 215 KSF Midtown South Mixed-Use Building
SL Green has picked up 304 Park Ave. S., a 215,000-square-foot mixed-use office and retail building, from a partnership headed by David Berley, chairman of Walter & Samuels, for $135 million, or $628 per square foot.
Random House Renews 361 KSF Office Lease in Manhattan
Hot on the heels of its 1.6 million-square-foot lease signing of Viacom to 1515 Broadway in Manhattan’s Midtown submarket, SL Green has inked a lease renewal for Random House Inc. to continue occupying 361,044 square feet at 1745 Broadway.