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KBS Buys $86M Denver Office Complex

KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT has purchased the Westmoor Center office complex in the Westminster submarket for $86 million.

Griffin-American Buys 21 Buildings in Five States for $141M

Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II has acquired 21 healthcare-related buildings in five states for $141.3 million, pushing the REIT co-sponsored by American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Corp. to an overall portfolio value of $1.6 billion.

Investment Incubator: The REITs of Inland Group

Under the leadership of chairman & CEO Dan Goodwin and the company’s three other founding partners, Inland Group employs an unusually varied set of investment vehicles, from limited partnerships and Delaware statutory trusts to REITs. At most recent report, it managed an 88.7 million-square-foot portfolio encompassing 48 states and valued at $20.8 billion. The most visible vehicles bearing the Inland name are the six REITs sponsored by Inland Group’s affiliates since 1994, four of which are still associated with the group. Acting in a role comparable to an incubator or venture-capital player, Inland Group conceives the REITs, recruits executives and…

Clarion Sells 50% Stake in IN Retail Fund to Inland

Inland Real Estate Corp. acquired the 50 percent ownership stake in IN Retail Fund held by its JV partner, New York State Teachers Retirement System, for $121 million in cash, making it the sole owner of the 2.3 million-square-foot Midwest retail center portfolio.

Summit Grabs Six Hotels in Deals Totaling $170M

During the period between the closing of its initial public offering in February 2011 and the end of 2012, Summit Hotel Properties Inc. amassed a portfolio of 24 properties, and with the recent purchase of six assets for an aggregate $170 million, there appears to be no end in sight to the company’s shopping spree.

CBRE Fund Buys $144M Trophy Office in Atlanta Suburb

CBRE Strategic Partners U.S. Value 6, a fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors, has purchased Three Ravinia, a 31-story, 813,750-square-foot trophy office building in north suburban Atlanta.

Hines Purchases LA’s 325 KSF Campus at Playa Vista for $218M

Hines Global REIT Inc. has added the Campus at Playa Vista, a 325,000-square-foot office complex in the Playa Vista neighborhood of West Los Angeles, to its portfolio.

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American Campus Communities Breaks Ground at Princeton

American Campus Communities has begun construction on a 325-unit faculty and staff housing project at Princeton University, its second development at the New Jersey school but the REIT’s first that’s not for students.