Retail
Canadian REIT CANMARC Buys Three Properties for $213M
Less than two years after CANMARC Real Estate Investment Trust completed its initial public offering, there appears to be no end in sight to its shopping spree. The REIT has committed to the purchase of three commercial properties across Canada for a total $213 million investment.
Blackstone, DDR Make $1.4B Retail Play
BRE DDR Retail Holdings L.L.C., a joint venture between Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII L.P. and DDR Corp., has just spent $1.4 billion on a 47-property retail portfolio formerly owned by EPN Group.
Vestar to Manage Buena Park Downtown Retail Complex in California
Vestar is taking on a new 1.1 million-square-foot responsibility, now that it has won the third-party contract to spearhead management of Buena Park Downtown, a retail complex in Buena Park, Calif.
Nike Plans 600 KSF Move to Tishman’s New Shanghai Campus
Following increased demand for its products in China, Nike has just announced plans to build a 600,000-square-foot corporate campus in Shanghai that will be located in Tishman Speyer’s $2.5 billion The Springs development.
Retail Roundup: Jenkins Sells 50 KSF D.C. Asset, Terramar Acquires Washington State Center for $35M
From coast to coast, retail transactions are closing one after the other. Among the grocery-anchored assets involved in the first deals of 2012 are the 50,600-square-foot Jenkins Row Retail in Washington, D.C., and the 130,800-square-foot Canyon Park Place in suburban Seattle.
Cole Real Estate Takes a Piece of Chattanooga-Area Shopping Center
Cole Real Estate Investments has purchased 153,000 square feet in the Cleveland Towne Center in Tennessee from a joint venture composed of Batson-Cook Development and Warren Commercial.
Fashion Retailer Leases 218 KSF in Houston
Francesca’s Holdings Corp., the company behind the Francesca’s Collection fashion boutiques, has signed a lease for 218,000 square feet to consolidate its corporate headquarters and distribution facility “back under one roof” in Houston.
2012 Forecast: Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Improvement
CPE offers a snapshot of forecasts for the new year, portraying the likely trends that will shape commercial real estate in 2012.
CPE's Top 11 in '11
Taken as a whole, 2011 was something of a tumultuous year, but an interesting time for commercial real estate. CPE presents our top 11 stories from 2011.
Taubman Completes $560M Purchase of Three Centers
Retail REIT Taubman Centers Inc. has completed the $560 million purchase of three shopping centers from Davis Street Properties.