Office
SL Green Closes $925M in Financing for Iconic NYC Building
SL Green Realty has arranged $925 million worth of bridge acquisition financing for New York City’s iconic Sony Building at 550 Madison Ave., which was purchased by New York-based developer The Chetrit Group for $1 billion from Sony Corp.
Chambers Street Taps Cassidy Turley to Manage 1 MSF Office Portfolio
Cassidy Turley will be managing nearly 1 million square feet of office properties owned by Chambers Street Properties in Dallas, Houston, Columbus, Ohio, and Raleigh, N.C.
Ivanhoé, TPG, DivcoWest JV Acquires Sizable Silicon Valley Portfolio
M West Properties, a partnership of Ivanhoé Cambridge and affiliates of TPG Real Estate and DivcoWest, has closed its $400 million-plus purchase of 73 buildings in California’s Silicon Valley.
PKY Deerwood Closes on $130M Jacksonville Office Portfolio
Parkway Properties affiliate PKY Deerwood has acquired an eight-building, 1 MSF portfolio in Jacksonville from Flagler for $130 million.
Moritz Gruppe Designs Sports-Themed M-U Project
Developer Moritz Gruppe has come up with a new vision for a large sports-themed mixed-use project. Based on a design by well-known architectural firm LAVA, THE SQUARE3 will focus on three elements: life, nature and sport.
NY Life Finances LaSalle Investment Management’s Onterie Center Purchase
LaSalle Investment Management Inc. landed $125 million in financing from New York Life Insurance Co. for the acquisition of the mixed-use Onterie Center in Chicago.
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.
Cutting-Edge System Will Harness Waste Heat at $750M Vancouver Project
The system at the Telus Garden mixed-use development will cut the property’s carbon dioxide emissions by 1 million kilograms annually.
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.
Sale of US Bank Tower Marks Shift in Downtown LA Market
The newly announced purchase of US Bank Tower, the tallest building in California, is not only a major transaction in itself, at $367.5 million, but also a deal that could send some reverberations through the downtown Los Angeles office market.