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Baltimore Breaks Ground on $72M Mixed-Used Union Wharf Project

Bozzuto Group yesterday broke ground on the Baltimore’s $72 million Union Wharf project, a mixed-use waterfront development in the city’s Fells Point neighborhood.

Dubai Group Selects Ex-Lehman Execs to Manage $1.1B Portfolio

Silverpeak Real Estate Partners has been tapped by Dubai Group and its subsidiary to provide asset/investment management services for, and eventually restructure, a $1.1 billion commercial real estate portfolio in the United States and Germany.

Macerich Nabs $230M Loan for Arrowhead Towne Center in Arizona

The Macerich has completed a substantial financing deal with Prudential Mortgage Capital, getting a $230 million loan secured by the 1.2 million-square-foot Arrowhead Towne Center in Glendale, Ariz.

Breaking News: Kennedy Wilson, Partners Acquire $1.8B U.K. Loan Portfolio

In what Ernst & Young research has found to be the largest European real estate transaction in the current cycle, Kennedy Wilson and its institutional partners have just completed the second phase of a $1.8 billion portfolio acquisition.

PCCP Provides $69M for Salt Lake City Mall Renovation

In a renovation deal that will be ready for next year’s holiday season, PCCP announced last week that it provided a $69.2 million senior loan to recap and improve Salt Lake City’s Valley Fair Mall.

NAR: Growth in Commercial Real Estate Markets Expected in 2012

The name of the game lately is optimism. In its most recent report, the NAR asserted that while commercial real estate markets have been relatively flat in 2011, improving fundamentals should show a more positive trend in 2012.

Culver Center Sold for $115M in California’s Largest Off-Market Transaction in 2011

In California’s largest off-market, single-asset transaction in 2011, Equity One has purchased Culver Center in Culver City for $115 million.

Equity One Spends $115M for California Shopping Center

Culver Center, a 216,600-square-foot community shopping center Los Angeles County’s Culver City, has come under new ownership. Equity One Inc. snapped up the grocery-anchored asset for $115 million.

Reno’s Meadowood Mall Sees $125M Refi

Financing to the tune of $125 million has been put in place for Meadowood Mall, an 877,000-square-foot retail property in Reno, Nev., in a deal orchestrated by HFF on behalf of Meadowood Mall SPE.

$159M Chicago Apartment Complex Picked Up by RP Holdings

In a big Midwest move, RP Holdings L.L.C. just ponied up $159 million for a two-tower, 1,031-unit multi-housing property in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.