National Real Estate Investor Area Reviews
Commercial Real Estate Atlanta
Throwing Caution to the Wind, Lodging Industry Gets Back to Business
Unbridled may not be the exactly right word to replace cautious, but there’s no doubt the mood at Hunter Hotel Conference has been far more positive and real than at any event during the past three years....
MBA Projects $230B in 2012 Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Originations in Inaugural Forecast
The Mortgage Bankers Association projects originations of commercial and multifamily mortgages will hit $230 billion in 2012...
Commercial Real Estate Chicago
Distressed Deal Roundup
A look at some recent big deals in the distressed space....
JLL Posts Record Revenue Growth for 2011, Capital Markets Segment Outperforms
Jones Lang LaSalle reported record revenue for 2011....
Commercial Real Estate Dallas
Brookfield Opportunity Fund Sells Dallas Office for $123M
Brookfield Real Estate Opportunity Fund successfully turned around Convergence Center in Dallas and has now sold the property for $123 million....
Plano Data Expands Texas Lease to 116,376 SF
Plano Data signed a 116,376-sq.-ft. lease in Plano, Texas....
Commercial Real Estate Detroit
As Office Sector Enters New Stage of Recovery, Cities in the Heartland Become Good Acquisition Bets
Investment in office buildings in secondary markets is starting to pick up....
Detroit Fights for New Business With $270 Million Convention Center Expansion
A $270 million transformation under way at Detroit’s Cobo Conference & Exhibition Center is already paying off. ...
Commercial Real Estate International
RREEF to Get Plenty of Bidders, Experts Say
If Deutsche Bank puts RREEF up for sale, bidders will line up....
Sometimes Just Coping with Crisis Shows a Leader's Mettle
When Anne Usher walked into her husband's office at his Panama-based company on a September morning in 2009, she was unprepared for what she saw. Harvey...
Commercial Real Estate Las Vegas
Camden Property Trust Purchases Remaining Interests in Joint Ventures
Camden Property Trust exercised its option to purchase the 80 percent interest not currently owned by the company in 12 joint ventures....
Digital Signage Expo A Draw for Hoteliers
The Digital Signage Expo last week drew a record number of exhibitors, registrations and offered the most educational opportunities in its eight-year history....
Commercial Real Estate Los Angeles
Kennedy Wilson, Partners Sell North Hollywood Luxury Apartment Tower for $74M
Kennedy Wilson and its partners have sold NoHo-14, a 180-unit, 14-story luxury apartment building in the NoHo Arts District of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. ...
Developers Are Increasingly Pursuing Adaptive Reuse Opportunities
There are many reasons why developers are attracted to adaptive reuse today. There is an increased demand from cities, residents and tenants for renewed urban cores. Americans are regaining a taste for urban living and moving from suburbs back to redeveloped cities....
Commercial Real Estate Miami
Trump to Acquire Miami’s Doral Hotel for $150M
The Trump Organization has announced that it will purchase Miami’s iconic Doral Hotel & Country Club for $150 million. ...
St. Joe Co. Switches Gears, Recognizes Impairment Charge
The St. Joe Co. intends to significantly reduce planned future capital expenditures for infrastructure, amenities and master-planned community development and reposition certain assets...
Commercial Real Estate New Jersey
NAIOP NJ Announces Deal of the Year Finalists
The New Jersey Chapter of NAIOP has named the finalists for its Deal of the Year Awards....
PA/NJ Sustainability Symposium Scheduled for March 29
Now in its second year, the PA/NJ Sustainability Symposium brings together industry, university and community leaders to share best practices, ask challenging questions and provide up-to-date information about sustainability in the Delaware Valley. ...
Commercial Real Estate New York
RKF Helps Bring Pier 1 Imports to Upper East Side
Pier 1 Imports is coming to the Upper East Side, and RKF arranged the 17,514-sq.-ft. retail lease with the home furnishings and gifts store at 1110 Third Ave. ...
Shawmut Design Wins Honor for LACOSTE Flagship Store
Shawmut Design and Construction’s luxury retail unit was recently honored by the Association of Retail Environments with its Outstanding Merit Award for construction of the LACOSTE Fifth Avenue Flagship Store....
Commercial Real Estate Oklahoma City
Hotel Recession Kicks in for W Brand
W Hotels built in recent years in New York, Atlanta, Phoenix/Scottsdale, San Diego... you get the idea... are in deep trouble....
Bucking the Trend: Oklahoma City Shines Brightly Amid Dark Economy
Thanks to the nation’s lowest jobless rate among large cities, Oklahoma City’s office market has not headed down the all-too-familiar slippery slope of rising vacancies and lower rents that many other metro areas have experienced over the past year. Not yet, anyway....
Commercial Real Estate San Francisco
The Smart Grid is the Next Big Thing in Green Building. So Why Aren’t More Buildings Connecting?
Only 19 percent of buildings have any kind of automated connection to a smart grid....
Investcorp Acquires $65M Northern California Mixed-Use Portfolio
Investcorp's U.S.-based real estate arm has acquired a portfolio of mixed-use commercial real estate properties in the Northern San Francisco Bay Area, demonstrating the firm's continued selectivity and focus on high-yielding assets....
Commercial Real Estate Washington DC
JLL Originates $161M Financing for Two D.C. Multifamily Properties
Jones Lang LaSalle’s Capital Markets secured more than $160 million in refinancing of existing debt for two Washington, D.C.-area properties....
Rockrose Acquires Washington D.C.’s 1776 Eye Street, NW for $119.68M
Rockrose Development Corporation has acquired 1776 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., a freestanding 10-story class-A office building totaling 224,666 sq. ft. ...
