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Blackstone Buys 15 Retail Centers from Regency for $321M
Regency Centers Corp. has agreed to sell 15 shopping centers in seven states to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII for $321 million.
Paramount/Colony Capital JV Closes on $481M Deal for Queens Trophy Tower
A joint venture of Paramount Group Inc. and Colony Capital L.L.C. bought the 50-story, 1.4 million-square-foot asset, which is the tallest New York City building outside of Manhattan.
Paramount/Colony Capital JV Buys Queens Trophy Tower For Estimated $475M
Fully leased to Citigroup, the 1.4 million-square-foot, 50-story One Court Square is the tallest building in New York City outside of Manhattan.
Highwoods Cleans House with $41M Sale of 500 KSF Nashville Office Portfolio
What Highwoods Properties Inc. views as non-core, another real estate company sees as a great opportunity. Continuing its asset repositioning program, Highwoods sold its 484,000-square-foot Highwoods Nashville Airport North Portfolio to The Lingerfelt Cos. in a $41 million transaction.
Vornado to Offer $300M of Preferred Shares
Fitch Ratings gives Vornado’s stock issue a BB+ credit rating. The offering is scheduled to close this Wednesday.
Vornado Buys, Sells–and Pulls Back Its Veil
Vornado had a busy 4th of July week, with nearly $1.3 billion in deals. But in announcing its array of purchases and dispositions, it has also been pursuing a new “transparency” strategy. What remains to be seen is how the market will react to everything it’s doing.
Chesapeake Lodging Trust Nabs $60M Loan
Relying on two key Manhattan properties as collateral, Chesapeake Lodging Trust has obtained a $60 million loan through Wells Fargo Bank N.A. The two-year term loan’s structure is multi-faceted, to say the least.
Starwood Hotels Celebrates Passing 100-Hotel Mark in China with Plans for Another 100
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, one of the leading international hotel and leisure companies, celebrated an important milestone, the passing of the 10o-hotel mark in its second-largest market outside the United States.
Brandywine-Allstate JV Takes Suburban D.C. Portfolio for $120.6M
The joint venture will acquire the three-building asset in Silver Spring, Md., from Urdang’s Value-Added Fund II and Moore & Associates.