Regions
Rezidor Signs Four New Hotel Projects, Opens Five New Hotels in 4Q12
The Rezidor Hotel Group announced that the final quarter of 2012 was a successful one, as the Belgium-based group signed four new hotels with more than 1,200 rooms and opened five new ones with 1,100 rooms.
Bernards, Colombo Break Ground on New California Hospital
Ground is scheduled to break in February on the new $56 million Tehachapi Hospital in Tehachapi, Calif.
JLL, HSBC Sign Record-Setting Facilities Management Contract
In what reportedly is the largest outsourcing contract of its kind by a financial services firm, Jones Lang LaSalle has been selected by banking giant HSBC as its sole global outsourcing provider of integrated facilities management services.
Mack-Cali Acquires Two Luxury M-F Properties in Metro Boston
Mack-Cali Realty Corp. has acquired Alterra at Overlook Ridge IA in Metro Boston for approximately $61 million and has also agreed to acquire Alterra at Overlook Ridge IB for approximately $89 million from a joint venture that includes Prudential Insurance Co. of America.
Avison Young Wins Global Transaction Management Assignment with Sun Chemical Corp.
The Canadian real estate services firm that has been expanding rapidly in the United States has won contracts with two N.J.-based multinational companies – Sun Chemical Corp. and C.R. Bard Inc. – to manage their global transactions.
Digital Realty Acquires Three-Property Data Center Portfolio in Paris for $80M
Digital Realty Trust has acquired a three-property data center portfolio in the Paris area for $80 million. The seller was Bouygues Telecom, France’s third largest telecommunications operator.
Sony to Sell Manhattan HQ to Chetrit, Partners in $1B Sale-Leaseback
With commercial real estate investment brokerage and banking firm Eastdil Secured leading the marketing effort, Sony has settled on a buyer for its Manhattan headquarters building at 550 Madison Ave.
Berkadia Funds $1.5B M-F Portfolio in Baltimore-D.C. Area
Berkadia Commercial Mortgage has closed a $1.5 billion loan portfolio through Freddie Mac for Southern Management Corp.
Kennedy Wilson Boosts UK Portfolio with $101M Purchase
Kennedy Wilson’s European presence continues to grow at a fast clip with the recent acquisition of a 1.1 million-square-foot commercial real estate portfolio in the U.K.
Hampshire Properties Sells 450 KSF LIC Office Building for $85M
A venture composed of affiliates of Madison Marquette and certain funds within the Perella Weinberg Partners’ Asset-Based Value strategy has purchased the Center Building, an eight-story, 450,000-square-foot office building in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York, for $85 million.