Property Management
Asset Campus Housing to Manage 3,648-Bed Student-Housing Development in L.A.
Asset Campus Housing adds a third property to its California management portfolio with a new assignment from GHP Management. ACH will oversee The Lorenzo, a $230 million, mixed-use student housing development that will produce 3,648 beds for students near the University of California in Los Angeles.
Blazing the EC Glazing Trail Will the Next Office Development Wave Mainstream Dynamic Electrochromic Glass?
Commercial window experts have great expectations for a budding technology known as “dynamic electrochromic glazing” for window glass, which allow allows property operators to optimize solar heat gain for prevailing conditions without losing daylighting benefits.
Wielding the Scalpel: New Strategies to Maintain Control of Operating Expenses
It might seem as if property managers ran through their entire bag of cost-cutting tricks during the past couple of years, but property managers are turning to alternative means of saving dollars, including energy audits, renegotiation of contracts and tax savings.
Jones Lang LaSalle Chosen by Howard Hughes Medical Institute as Facilities Manager for D.C.-Area Research Center
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected Jones Lang LaSalle to provide facilities management at its 689-acre Janelia Farm Research Campus in Loudoun County, Va., about eight miles north of Dulles International Airport.
Transwestern Takes 230 KSF Management Contract from Seagis
The South Florida office of Transwestern has added 230,000 square feet of Miami-area industrial space to its responsibilities, courtesy of a new leasing assignment from Seagis Property Group L.P.
AREA Property Partners Takes 1,180-Unit Virginia Apartment Complex
AREA Property Partners, after targeting the Alexandria, Va., area late last year for apartment buys, is back in the area. The firm has purchased the city’s EOS 21, a 1,180-unit community, for an undisclosed price.
SL Green Closes Sale of NYC's 390 KSF 10 E. 53rd
SL Green continues its busy year with the $252.5 million purchase of the 390,000-square-foot office tower at 10 E. 53rd St. in Midtown Manhattan. The REIT followed the closing with the sale of a 45 percent interest in the Class A building to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for $57.4 million.
EdR, Landmark Properties to Develop Student-Housing Community at Ole Miss
EdR and Landmark Properties have committed to joining forces on the development of a 668-bed student housing property near the University of Mississippi in Oxford. The project, which will sit in a residential neighborhood approximately one mile from campus, will cost $36 million to develop.
Sears' Store Sales, Rights Offering 'A Brilliant Move'
In the wake of the announcement that Sears would be selling 11 stores to General Growth Properties and spinning off two of its brands, industry sources called the actions “a brilliant move.”
OneRoof Energy Brings 100 New Green Jobs to San Diego; LaSalle Investment Management Expands Portfolio
By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor Mayor Jerry Sanders, CleanTECH San Diego and OneRoof Energy have announced the creation of over 100 new green jobs. OneRoof Energy is the first U.S. residential solar company working directly with roofers to sell and install its solar systems. Last year, the company received $50 million in financing to create […]