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INTERNATIONAL: IMMOFINANZ Breaks Ground on Office Development in Bucharest

IMMOFINANZ Group has started site work on the Metroffice, a new office development project in the heart of the Romanian capital.

Federal Partners Closes on 400 KSF Northern Virginia Office Complex

Federal Partners, a co-investment joint venture with Spaulding & Slye Investments and the California State Teachers Retirement System, has added 400,000 square feet of suburban Washington, D.C., office space to its portfolio with the acquisition of Liberty Center.

Broad Street Development JV Buys M-F Portfolio Throughout Manhattan

A joint venture between Broad Street Development and Crow Holdings has acquired a two-property residential portfolio located between Manhattan’s SoHo and NoHo neighborhoods for $178 million.

Skanska Trades M-U Property in Seattle

National development company Skanska USA has sold its first Seattle property, Stone34, to a joint-venture buyer Unico Properties and the Laird Norton Co. for $70 million.

Another Big One: Vornado Sells Manhattan’s 1740 Broadway for $605M

Manhattan continues to lead the pack as the town with the biggest big-ticket office transactions in the U.S., as the 600,000-square-foot building at 1740 Broadway fetches roughly $1,000 per square foot. Vornado Realty Trust was the seller.

APF Takes Full Ownership of Building on Manhattan’s ‘Club Row’

APF Properties has taken 100 percent ownership of The Club Row Building at 28 W. 44th St., buying out the 80 percent equity stake previously held by its joint venture partner, Prudential Real Estate Investors.

CPA:18 – Global REIT Acquires Office Campus in Rotterdam

CPA:18 – Global, a non-traded REIT managed by W. P. Carey Inc., has acquired a two-building office campus in the Netherlands, in a sale-leaseback transaction with Royal Vopak, the world’s largest independent tank storage provider.

INTERNATIONAL: W.P. Carey Buys Build-to-Suit Distribution Facility in Poland

Global net-lease real estate investment trust W.P. Carey Inc. has acquired a new, 362,000-square-foot build-to-suit, light-industrial and distribution center in Opole, Poland.

DLC Purchases 518 KSF Power Center in Poughkeepsie, NY

DLC Management Corp. has acquired the Shoppes at South Hills, a 518,000-square-foot grocery-anchored power center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., from Vornado Realty Trust.

JEMB Leases Store at Manhattan’s Herald Center to Verizon Wireless

JEMB Realty continues leasing up its revitalized Herald Center, a 10-story retail and office property at 34th Street and Broadway, with Verizon Wireless taking 4,500 square feet for its new flagship Manhattan store.