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Report: Doubletree Berkeley Marina in Default
According to the Contra Costa Times, the Doubletree was purchased in September 2006 by a joint venture of Westmont and Canada-based Cadim Inc., which paid $416 million to buy a real estate investment trust along with its 21-hotel portfolio, including the Doubletree.
CBRE Investors Grabs 1.6M-SF Downtown Oakland CRE Portfolio for $356M
Shorenstein had acquired four of the buildings in a $120 million deal in late 1996, and brought in the Ohio pension fund as a 50/50 partner in 1998. In 1999, the joint venture exercised an option to purchase the parking facility from the City of Oakland.
CBRE Sells Hawaiian Mall for $27.5M
The retail center consists of 11 buildings housing 43 tenants in 170,275 square feet of retail space, with major tenants including Longs Drugs and City Mill. It is located on a 15.62-acre lot.
GPE Management Boosts Property Management Team
Mark Carrell and Shirley Hawley have joined GPE Management Services, bringing nearly half a decade of combined property-management experience to the Scottsdale, Az.-based firm.
Hawaii’s Largest Office Property to Trade in $232M Deal
Bishop Square, which with 960,000 square feet of office space holds the title of the largest office property in Hawaii, is about to change hands. Santa Monica, Calif.-based Douglas Emmett Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire the premier complex for $232 million from Bishop Square Associates, a partnership involving Sacramento, Calif.-headquartered California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual.
Hines and Partner Sell Premier Office Building in California for $103.2M
Houston-based international real estate firm Hines and Fort Worth-headquartered Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. have just sold the 271,556-square-foot office building at 2211 Michelson Drive in Irvine, Calif., to Los Angeles’s Kilroy Realty Corp.
Voit Continues Expansion With Opening of Phoenix Office
The opening is actually a re-opening: the Newport Beach, Calif.-based company has previously had a Phoenix office, but closed it in 2008 during the recession. So could this herald the return of good times to the market? Perhaps.
Kaye Scholer Takes 42,000 SF in Century City
L.A. Realty Partners has negotiated a long-term lease renewal for international law firm Kaye Scholer L.L.P., which has signed a 10-year lease agreement for 42,000 square feet at Sun America Plaza in Century City, Calif.
Aloft Hotel in Arizona Awarded LEED Certification
The Aloft Hotel in Tempe, Az., has become Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ seventh LEED-certified property. It is the first certified property amongst the 40-hotel Aloft brand.
Skanska Nabs $73M Hospital Expansion Contract
The project calls for Skanska to build a three-story healthcare facility encompassing approximately 72,000 square feet. Construction of the building, which will meet LEED certification standards, will commence this summer and wrap up by the close of 2012.