Office
HFF Arranges $125M Financing for L.A. Office Portfolio
In the slowly expanding Los Angeles office market, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler has arranged a $124.9 million refi package for four office properties that total 543,162 square feet in Burbank and L.A.
Vornado Makes Sales to “Focus on Core”
Vornado has entered into a $228 million deal to sell the 1.2 million-square-foot 350 West Mart Center office building in Chicago and signed a separate agreement to fork over ownership of four mixed-use retail assets in Manhattan for $78 million.
H&R REIT Picks up Two Gotham in Metro NYC for $415.5M
Canada-based H&R REIT has just made another marquee pickup, adding the newly constructed Two Gotham Center in Long Island City, N.Y., to its oversight for $415.5 million.
One Week, Nearly One Billion in Deals for Morrison & Foerster
Morrison & Foerster’s real estate group this week alone has represented three deals to the tune of nearly $1 billion and its chairman says Manhattan continues “bucking the trend” in CRE.
Sperry Van Ness Makes Entrée into NYC Market
SVN is opening a New York City office, to be called Sperry Van Ness | RealSite Group, and will be headed by managing director Anthony Casalena.
Kilroy, JLL Sign 630 KSF Lease for DirecTV’s HQ
Direct-satellite broadcast provider DirectTV has signed a 15-plus year lease of 630,000 square feet for the company’s new headquarters in El Segundo, Calif.
KBS REIT Purchases Las Cimas IV in Austin for $35.9M
KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III has made its second acquisition within a month, purchasing Las Cimas IV, a 138,000-square-foot Class A office asset in the Las Cimas Office Park, for $35.9 million.
L.A.-Based Lee & Associates Opens NYC Doors, Merges with Sierra
L.A.-based Lee & Associates, in a merger with Sierra Realty, opened its first office in New York City and will be focused primarily on the retail sector but will look to make headway into office leasing.
$500M Alexandria Center in Cambridge, Mass., Breaks Ground
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. has just broken ground on the first phase of a $500 million, 1.7 million-square-foot science-and-technology compound in Cambridge, Mass., to be called Alexandria Center at Kendall Square.
FDIC Regional Office Re-Ups in Midtown Atlanta
FDIC, the banking oversight agency, has re-upped for 102,619 square feet at Ten 10th Street, the building’s owner, Parkway Properties Inc., said Monday.