Property Management

Jones Lang LaSalle Named Preferred Global RE Services Provider for Volvo

Under a global framework agreement signed by both companies, Volvo Cars Corp. has chosen Jones Lang LaSalle as its preferred real estate services provider worldwide.

Chicago's 55 W. Monroe Sold to Hearn for $136M

In what Jones Lang LaSalle is calling “one of the Chicago market’s largest year-end transactions,” The Hearn Co. purchased 55 W. Monroe from LaSalle Investment Management for $136 million.

CBRE Grabs Office Building in Atlanta's Atlantic Station Mixed-Use Development

CBRE Global Investors has acquired 201 17th St., a 349,400-square-foot, 17-story, Class A, LEED Gold–certified office tower built in 2007. The Atlanta offices of CBRE will manage and lease the building, which is currently 48 percent leased.

Blackstone, DDR Make $1.4B Retail Play

BRE DDR Retail Holdings L.L.C., a joint venture between Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII L.P. and DDR Corp., has just spent $1.4 billion on a 47-property retail portfolio formerly owned by EPN Group.

SL Green Adds to NYC Office Portfolio with $252M, 390 KSF Pickup

SL Green has made yet another pickup in Midtown New York City with its $252.5 million acquisition of 10 E. 53rd St. The 390,000-square-foot, 37-story office tower sits between 5th and Madison Avenues in the city’s Plaza District and is currently the headquarters of publishing company Harper Collins.

Vestar to Manage Buena Park Downtown Retail Complex in California

Vestar is taking on a new 1.1 million-square-foot responsibility, now that it has won the third-party contract to spearhead management of Buena Park Downtown, a retail complex in Buena Park, Calif.

General Services Administration Signs 254 KSF Lease in D.C.

The U.S. Small Business Association is staying put in its digs at the 420,100-square-foot Washington Office Center in Washington, D.C., as the U.S. General Services Administration just entered into a new lease renewal agreement with Vornado/Charles E. Smith for the SBA’s approximately 254,300-square-foot headquarters at the office property.

Hines Takes 255 KSF Minnesota Office Building for $70M

Hines Global REIT has picked up a premier 254,900-square-foot office property in Minneapolis with a $69.5 million sale-leaseback transaction with Cargill Inc.

Strategic Storage Trust Spends $80M on 12 Self-Storage Facilities

Strategic Storage Trust Inc., a publicly registered non-traded REIT in the self-storage space, has just picked up a portfolio of 12 properties in Georgia and Florida. The buildings, which total approximately 8,000 units across 1 million square feet, were purchased for $80 million.

Building and Land Technology Picks up 614 KSF Stamford Office Complex

Building and Land Technology, one of the largest property owners in Connecticut’s Fairfield County, has just acquired 695 E. Main St. in Stamford. The new owners will be renaming the 614,000-square-foot office complex the BLT Financial Center.