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CPE Announces the 2013 Distinguished Achievement Award Winners

CPE is proud to present the winners of the 2013 Distinguished Achievement Awards.

Ireo to Manage India’s First Ascott-Branded Serviced Residence

Ireo, India’s first and largest private equity fund dedicated to the Indian real estate market, has entered into management agreements with serviced residence provider, The Ascott Limited, for India’s first Ascott-branded serviced residence in the master-planned Ireo City complex in Gurgaon.

Tishman Speyer, China Vanke Break Ground on Luxury Condos in San Francisco

A JV between Tishman Speyer and China Vanke has begun construction on Lumina, a community of 655 luxury condominiums with retail and parking on the San Francisco waterfront.

Crescent Buys 2 Acres in Downtown Orlando’s Central Station

It’s a small purchase, but it moves a major mixed-use development in downtown Orlando a step closer to fruition. Crescent Communities has purchased a two-acre site in Orlando’s CBD from RIDA Development Corp.

Ground Breaks on $450M Brigham Research, Clinical Facility in Boston

Boston’s status as the leading life sciences hub in the country will only be bolstered now that ground has broken on Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s $450 million Brigham Building for the Future.

Dubai Hosts World’s Greenest Commercial Building

Home to the tallest, largest and other record-breaking facilities, Dubai has now risen to the zenith of green building standards.

Street-Works, Beal Cos. Bringing 3.5 MSF M-U Development to Quincy

Street Works Development and The Beal Cos. have teamed with the city of Quincy, Mass., on Merchants Row, the first major block of mixed-use development and pedestrian-friendly public space that is the first phase of the Quincy Center Master Development Plan.

Blackstone Provides Loan to Refi 59-Building Office Portfolio in Silicon Valley for $300M

The existing debt on a 59-building office/R&D portfolio totaling 2.4 million square feet in five Silicon Valley submarkets has been refinanced with a $300 million loan from Blackstone Mortgage Trust.

Starwood Signs Deal to Open 1,500 Guestrooms in Makkah

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has entered into an agreement with Jabal Omar Development Co. that will result in the opening of three new hotel properties in the Holy City of Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

MIPIM Special Series

A three-part series of reports on worldwide real estate based on presentations at the MIPIM world property market in March.