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Perennial RE Holdings, Asia RE Income Fund Buy Office Property in Singapore for $766M
As the curtain was ready to draw on 2013, a number of major commercial real estate transactions were completed to beat the buzzer, one of them Perennial Real Estate Holdings and the Asia Real Estate Income Fund’s purchase of a major office property in Singapore. The pair paid $766 million to Pacific Star Group for the property.
After Manhattan’s Banner 2013, Experts Await an Encore
“I think we can cheer about 2013 and feel pretty good about 2014.” That was how Ron Lo Russo, president of Cushman & Wakefield Inc.’s New York Tri-state region, summed up the outlook Tuesday morning at a briefing in Midtown Manhattan.
Hilton Opens Istanbul’s Largest Hotel & Conference Center
Hilton has announced the opening of the 829-key Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel & Conference Center, Hilton’s newest Turkish asset and Istanbul’s largest hotel.
Winthrop Realty Trust’s Times Square NY Venture Refinances Existing Debt
The development venture that bought 701 Seventh Ave. in Manhattan’s Times Square in October 2012 has completed $815 million in refinancing.
Cassidy Turley Arranges $100M in Financing for 440 KSF Office Complex in Suburban DC
A cool $100 million in financing has been arranged for National Gateway I and II, twin office properties totaling 437,400-square feet in Arlington, Va.
Starwood Buys San Diego Office Portfolio for $327M
In two separate transactions, an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group Global has acquired 13 office properties totaling nearly 1.1 million square feet throughout the Sorrento Mesa and Rancho Bernardo submarkets of San Diego from Kilroy Realty Corp. for $327 million.
Bentall Kennedy Acquires Retail Center Portfolio from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
On behalf of its Prime Canadian Property Fund, Bentall Kennedy has acquired a 100 percent freehold interest in three of Canada’s regional shopping centers.
McCarthy Cook & Co. JV Buys 213 KSF Office Campus in San Diego
McCarthy Cook & Co. has teamed with AllianceBernstein U.S. Real Estate Partners on the acquisition of Canyon Plaza, a two-building, 213,000-square-foot office campus located in San Diego.
Invesco Buys 388 KSF San Francisco Office Tower from Hines
Invesco Real Estate has purchased the 24-story, 388,370-square-foot Class A office tower at 101 Second St. in San Francisco’s SoMa district from Hines.
Tishman Speyer Grabs 153 KSF DC Office Building
Tishman Speyer has bought is 2000 K St., N.W., an eight story, 153,212-square-foot corner office property located in Washington’s Central Business District.