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Friedland Properties Buys NYC’s 706 Madison Ave. for $142M
JLL represented BNY Mellon in the sale of 706 Madison Ave., a 19,100-square-foot, premier retail building that was sold to Friedland Properties for $142 million.
Prudential’s Transition from Twardock to Durning Has Deep Roots
Yesterday’s announcement that Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. president David Twardock will retire in April, to be succeeded by David Durning, currently senior managing director and the company’s head of originations, goes back 20 years.
Savanna Completes Sale of Manhattan’s 104 West 40th St. for Reported $100M
Savanna, a New York-based real estate private equity and asset management firm, has completed the sale of 104 West 40th St., a 210,000-square-foot, 20-story Class A office building located next to Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan, to Princeton International Properties.
Manhattan’s Thriving On The Ave Hotel Lands $80M in Refinancing
The 282-room On The Ave Hotel in Manhattan has been refinanced to the tune of $80 million.
CalSTERS, GI Partners Fund Acquires San Diego Data Center
DataCore, a fund co-founded earlier this year by CalSTERS and GI Partners, has acquired a two-story data center and office building in a submarket of San Diego.
MetLife JV Acquires Constitution Center
Constitution Center, the largest privately owned office building in Washington, D.C., which recently completed a $250 million renovation, has been acquired by a joint venture between MetLife and an unidentified U.S.-based institutional investor.
Dubai Hills Unveils $3B Master-Planned Project in MBR City
Emaar Properties and Dubai Holding have unveiled Dubai Hills, the first project in the Mohammed Bin Rashid City (MBR City), the largest joint venture in the region’s real estate sector.
SPECIAL REPORT: NYHC/NHC Speakers Warn of ‘Mounting Fears’ for Affordable Housing
There may be increasing concern about the prospects for affordable housing. Speakers at the New York Housing Conference (NYHC) and National Housing Conference’s (NHC) 39th Annual Awards program warned that the outcome of Capitol Hill fiscal negotiations may not be favorable to the industry’s production, preservation and investment programs.
Hines Opens Landmark Project in Milan
International real estate firm Hines has announced the opening of a new 161,400-square-foot public space at its 71-acre master-planned Porta Nuova project in Milan, Italy.
HFF Closes $86M Sale of Orbital Sciences Campus in Sterling, Va.
Orbital Sciences Corp., a satellite manufacturer, has a new landlord at its global headquarters in northern Virginia. Select Income REIT has bought the Orbital Sciences Campus, a three-building Class A office campus in Sterling, Va., for $86 million.