Research Center
Grubb REIT to Acquire 10-Facility Nursing Portfolio for $166.5M
One of the investment vehicles of Grubb & Ellis, the firm’s Healthcare REIT II Inc., has just entered into an agreement to purchase the 10-property Southeastern Skilled Nursing Family portfolio for $166.5 million.
DLA Piper Panelists: REITs Doing Well, but the CRE Market is Mostly Brutal
On the final day of the DLA Piper Global Market Summit in Chicago, panelists were honest about what scares them in CRE market trends but pointed out that REITs are still a bright spot for the industry.
DLA Piper Survey: 70 Percent Stay Bearish for the Upcoming Year
The results of DLA Piper’s fifth State of the Market Survey showed that 70 percent of the top executives within the real estate industry — CEOs, CFOs, COOs and other senior positions — are bearish overall on the economy.
Phillips Edison, CBRE JV to Purchase $200M of Grocery Assets
Phillips Edison, a shopping-center REIT, and CB Richard Ellis have jointly invested $102 million in equity for the purchase of grocery-anchored shopping centers nationwide.
WRIT Purchases 345 KSF Suburban D.C. Office for $101M
A week after closing the first phase of a $350 million industrial portfolio, Washington Real Estate Investment Trust has sprung for the all-cash acquisition of Braddock Place, a 345,000-square-foot office complex in the Old Town section of Alexandria, Va.
Prudential’s Rick Romano on REITs, CMBS
Rick Romano, a vice president with Prudential Real Estate Investors, sat down with Commercial Property Executive to discuss his firm’s outlook for the rest of 2011.
Prosky on Healthcare Real Estate
Danny Prosky, president & COO of Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, talks on CPE TV about the booming market for healthcare real estate.
Fitch: CMBS Loans Look Good; Most Will Pay at Maturity
According to Fitch Ratings, the CMBS sector is looking good as maturing loans reach the end of their terms, and more than $17.3 billion are scheduled to do so in 2012.
Ratings Issue Brings Goldman Sachs, Citigroup $1.5B CMBS Sale to an End
Goldman and Citigroup announced earlier this week the cancellation of the transaction involving nearly $1.5 billion in commercial mortgage pass-through certificates.
Elbit Imaging Subsidiary Concludes Purchase of Remaining Units in EDT Retail Trust
A subsidiary of Israel-based Elbit Imaging Ltd. has wrapped up the off-market takeover bid for all remaining units in EDT Retail Trust, a retail REIT. The all-cash transaction increases EPN and its affiliates’ stake in the REIT to 96.4 percent.