Property Management
Bell Partners Purchases Three Apartment Communities for $76M
Bell Partners has purchased three communities, encompassing an aggregate 682 units and located in Florida, Texas and South Carolina, for approximately $76 million.
Compatriot Capital Acquires Half of Apartment Firm Village Green
Compatriot Capital has just taken a 50 percent ownership stake in Village Green and plans to invest $50 million of equity to develop $250 million worth of apartment assets in the next two to three years.
Cassidy Turley to Handle 3 MSF Office Portfolio for Equity Office Properties
CRE giant Equity Office Properties has tapped Cassidy Turley to manage and/or lease an approximately 3 million-square-foot, 19-building Class A office portfolio.
Dubai Group Selects Ex-Lehman Execs to Manage $1.1B Portfolio
Silverpeak Real Estate Partners has been tapped by Dubai Group and its subsidiary to provide asset/investment management services for, and eventually restructure, a $1.1 billion commercial real estate portfolio in the United States and Germany.
Heitman Co-Sponsors Behringer Harvard REIT, Acquires Minority Interest in 15 Properties
Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I Inc. has just entered into a new co-investment partnership with one of the world’s largest pension funds, advised by Heitman L.L.C., a multinational real estate investment management firm with more than $23 billion of assets.
Exclusive: JLL Expands into South America with Bogota Office
Jones Lang LaSalle is opening a new office in Bogota, Colombia, to serve as the base of its operations in the Northern Cone, CPE has learned exclusively.
$159M Chicago Apartment Complex Picked Up by RP Holdings
In a big Midwest move, RP Holdings L.L.C. just ponied up $159 million for a two-tower, 1,031-unit multi-housing property in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.
New Team to “Maximize Value” of 400 KSF Westgate City Retail Center in Phoenix
Teetsel has brought in three firms to help revitalize the 400,000-square-foot mixed-use Westgate City Center near Phoenix: Vestar will be the new property manager, and both CBRE and The Corritore Co. will be leasing brokers.
Skanska Begins Construction on LEED Platinum, 302 KSF Houston Office
Skanska will immediately begin construction on a Class A office building in Houston’s Uptown submarket that will be a 20-story, 302,000-square-foot podium design designed to LEED Platinum specifications.
CBRE Closes on ING’s Europe Operations for $540M
In another piece of its acquisition of ING Group’s real estate management operations, CBRE has just closed on the European business — paying $540 million — after nabbing the Asia operations last month.