Commercial Real Estate News
May 21
11:55 PM nreionline Retail Landlords Sign in Relief as Leasing Activity Gains Momentum After several years of concentrating on portfolio consolidation, retailers are coming back to the negotiating table ready to talk new deals, according to leasing brokers, property ... May 21
7:53 PM nreionline ICSC ReCon 2012: Retail Industry Is Optimistic, But Still Wary May 21
7:53 PM nreionline Retail Industry Is Optimistic, But Still Wary Cautious optimism is the predominant mood at the 2012 ICSC RECon, underway at the Las Vegas Convention Center. May 21
2:47 PM bizjournals Zeller: Newly refinanced LaSalle Plaza is not for sale Zeller Realty isn't selling LaSalle Plaza. The Chicago-based commercial real estate company recently completed a refinancing of LaSalle Plaza with U.S. Bank Commercial Real ... May 21
2:35 PM bizjournals Cassidy Turley adds 600,000 square feet to portfolio Cassidy Turley’s Nashville office announced it has added eight area properties totaling 600,000 square feet to its management and leasing portfolio, including the recently sold ... May 21
1:11 PM nreionline Cushman & Wakefield’s Gil Medina to be Honored by March of Dimes May 21
1:09 PM nreionline Dollar Tree Inks Lease at Crosspointe Town Square in Woodbridge May 21
1:06 PM nreionline Cassidy Turley Releases N.J. Office Market Report for 1Q 2012 May 21
1:04 PM nreionline First-Ever FDIC Online Real Estate Auction Featuring 50 Midwest Properties May 21
1:01 PM nreionline Parts Town Expands to Occupy 103,000SF of Space in Addison May 21
12:47 PM bizjournals Free meeting space available to Dallas nonprofits Does your nonprofit need free meeting space? A commercial real estate company and a management consulting firm have teamed up to offer meeting space for Dallas ... May 21
12:47 PM bizjournals SkyWalker Property Partners buys Irving office building SkyWalker Property Partners has bought a 70,938-square-foot office building at 3301 W. Airport Freeway in Irving for an undisclosed sum. The property is 57 percent leased, and ... May 21
11:55 AM bizjournals Report: Energy firm adding 100 jobs in Duluth Downtown Duluth will have around 100 new workers come July. Canadian petroleum pipeline company Enbridge Inc. signed a lease for 41,000 square feet of office space starting July ... May 21
10:11 AM bizjournals MacKenzie to manage Towson City Center Caves Valley Partners has selected MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services LLC to manage the Towson City Center. Caves Valley is nearing completion on a $27 million ... May 21
10:08 AM retailtrafficmag Outlet Space Getting More and More Crowded It turns out that in addition to all the U.S. players trying to break into outlet center development in U.S. and Canada, there are European companies who would like to get a piece ... May 21
9:29 AM nreionline Modest Recovery Continues, According to Reis “Fairly unspectacular” seems to be the theme behind the numbers in the first quarter reports from Reis. May 21
8:03 AM nreionline Growing Retail Amenities Boost to Los Angeles' Downtown Office Market. Los Angeles' downtown is enjoying a revival. May 21
5:31 AM bizjournals Cassidy Turley exec Joe Stettinius sees reason for optimism on economy, real estate Joe Stettinius Jr., president of commercial real estate firm Cassidy Turley, cited “some real underpinnings of optimism” for the economy and the real estate sector in an interview ... May 21
4:22 AM costar Chinese Firm Buying AMC Movie Theater Chain for $2.6 Billion In another sign of an increasingly global economy, Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd. announced it has struck a deal to acquire the second-largest movie theater operator in the U.S., ... May 21
1:44 AM costar Former E*TRADE Chief Takes Over as CEO of Freddie Mac Freddie Mac appointed Donald H. Layton as CEO and a member of its board. The banking and financial services expert assumed the role on Monday, May 21. Layton, 62, replaced ... May 20
9:25 PM costar CRE Price Recovery Continues Despite Seasonal Volatility Despite a generally flat March for pricing of commercial property, prices recovered to mid-2003 levels in the first quarter as improving fundamentals and liquidity causing a ... May 20
8:07 PM costar Financing Green Part II: The Role of Data in Financing Green Improvements In Part I of Financing Green, available here, CoStar News looked at energy efficiency retrofit financing options available to owners, and also what investors, banks and lenders ... May 20
6:09 AM nreionline Attendees Expect 2012 RECon to Be the Best One Since 2007 Spirits are they highest they've been since the recession as retail real estate's biggest event gets under way. May 19
6:38 PM nreionline Exclusive Research: Ship-to-Shore-to-Store The continued rise of e-commerce and increased optimization of supply chains is affecting everything from distribution centers to store layouts. May 19
4:03 PM nreionline Let the Dealmaking Begin It’s May, and that means one thing in the commercial real estate world: turning its attention to Las Vegas to see what happens at ICSC’s RECon show. May 18
2:26 PM nreionline Opus Development to Build Luxury Apartment Complex May 18
2:24 PM nreionline TCi Tires Leases 30,845SF at Liberty Point May 18
2:24 PM nreionline Whiting Launches Telos Group in Chicago Commercial real estate professional Brian Whiting has launched The Telos Group LLC, a commercial real estate leasing, marketing and consulting firm. May 18
2:20 PM nreionline Jacobson Warehouse Company Relocates in Region’s Largest Lease Deal Since 2005 May 18
2:17 PM nreionline Onyx Equities Acquires Retail Center in Whitestone, N.Y. May 18
2:14 PM nreionline Perryville Corporate Center Gets Two New Tenants May 18
1:46 PM bizjournals Investor purchases McKinney Avenue retail property Dallas-based Stockdale Investment Group Inc. has acquired the historic Falk Fabrics retail building at 2633 McKinney Ave. in Uptown Dallas for an undisclosed sum. The building ... May 18
1:12 PM bizjournals Five minutes with Trevor Hall Jr. Sometimes a piece of property just needs a new lease on life — no pun intended. According to Orlando land broker Trevor Hall Jr., that’s exactly what we need to see to help ... May 18
12:12 PM bizjournals Parmenter picks Cushman & Wakefield to lease Lenox Parmenter Realty Partners has chosen Cushman & Wakefield to lease The Lenox Building, the 20-story Buckhead tower. Parmenter bought the tower from Clarion Partners March 6 for ... May 18
11:08 AM bizjournals Top CRE brokerage firms in Austin The Austin Business Journal took a look this week at the top commercial real estate brokerage firms ranked by 2011 transaction values of sales and leases in the Austin area. The ... May 18
10:04 AM nreionline LaSalle Hotel Properties Closes on $177.5 M Term Loan May 18
9:43 AM bizjournals CRE company to be spun off by Brookefield Brookfield Asset Management Inc. will spin-off several of its commercial real estate units into Brookfield Property Partners, a new publicly traded company with around $70 billion ... May 18
9:42 AM bizjournals Landlord seeks to evict Dewey & LeBoeuf in District Law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's landlord is seeking to evict the firm from 1101 New York Ave. NW, claiming that Dewey hasn't paid $927,052 in rent and other fees dating back to ... May 18
9:23 AM bizjournals McHenry Row retail space nearly filled; apartments available The clock has almost run out for companies interested in leasing retail or office space at McHenry Row in Baltimore. The $130 million Locust Point project, which includes 130,500 ... May 18
9:13 AM bizjournals Brokerages nab Grubb castaways Now that Grubb & Ellis has virtually disappeared from the Bay Area, several other commercial real estate brokerages, established and new to the market, are beefing up their ... May 18
9:05 AM nreionline Lifestyle Centers Launch a Comeback Poag & McEwen and DRA Advisors just paid $55 million for The Avenue at Collierville. May 18
8:48 AM bizjournals Office, retail activity building in Pinellas This week’s Tampa Bay Business Journal highlights Clearwater-based software company eMason Inc. relocating to larger office space at Roosevelt Technology Center in St. ... May 18
7:44 AM costar Financing Green Part I: Funding Energy Efficient Retrofits and Overcoming Uncertainty It has become increasingly evident to those in the commercial real estate industry that improving building energy performance and making other sustainable and green improvements ... May 17
8:59 PM costar CoStar's People of Note (May 13-19) This week's People of Note includes the following markets: Austin, Chicago, Houston, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio and Washington, DC. AUSTIN Transwestern ... May 17
8:57 PM bizjournals Top 5: Silicon Valley Commercial Property Owners This week the Business Journal published a list of the 25 biggest commercial property owners. The list was ranked by the number of total leasable commercial square footage owned ... May 17
3:58 PM marketwire Lack of Capital Hinders Commercial Market While Modest Improvement Persists WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - May 17, 2012) - National Association of Realtors® Chief Economist Lawrence Yun presented a modest and hopeful outlook for the commercial real estate ... May 17
3:51 PM bizjournals Obama Georgia campaign picks historic HQ The nation’s first African-American president will run his Georgia re-election campaign out of an Atlanta neighborhood closely linked to the civil rights movement. The Barack ... May 17
2:10 PM nreionline Construction Complete on Historic Castle Park Apartments May 17
2:04 PM nreionline Ramco-Gershenson to Acquire Four Shopping Centers in Three States May 17
1:59 PM nreionline Joint Venture Sets Its Sites on Industrial Acquisitions in Chicago, NJ and NYC
11:55 PM nreionline Retail Landlords Sign in Relief as Leasing Activity Gains Momentum After several years of concentrating on portfolio consolidation, retailers are coming back to the negotiating table ready to talk new deals, according to leasing brokers, property ... May 21
7:53 PM nreionline ICSC ReCon 2012: Retail Industry Is Optimistic, But Still Wary May 21
7:53 PM nreionline Retail Industry Is Optimistic, But Still Wary Cautious optimism is the predominant mood at the 2012 ICSC RECon, underway at the Las Vegas Convention Center. May 21
2:47 PM bizjournals Zeller: Newly refinanced LaSalle Plaza is not for sale Zeller Realty isn't selling LaSalle Plaza. The Chicago-based commercial real estate company recently completed a refinancing of LaSalle Plaza with U.S. Bank Commercial Real ... May 21
2:35 PM bizjournals Cassidy Turley adds 600,000 square feet to portfolio Cassidy Turley’s Nashville office announced it has added eight area properties totaling 600,000 square feet to its management and leasing portfolio, including the recently sold ... May 21
1:11 PM nreionline Cushman & Wakefield’s Gil Medina to be Honored by March of Dimes May 21
1:09 PM nreionline Dollar Tree Inks Lease at Crosspointe Town Square in Woodbridge May 21
1:06 PM nreionline Cassidy Turley Releases N.J. Office Market Report for 1Q 2012 May 21
1:04 PM nreionline First-Ever FDIC Online Real Estate Auction Featuring 50 Midwest Properties May 21
1:01 PM nreionline Parts Town Expands to Occupy 103,000SF of Space in Addison May 21
12:47 PM bizjournals Free meeting space available to Dallas nonprofits Does your nonprofit need free meeting space? A commercial real estate company and a management consulting firm have teamed up to offer meeting space for Dallas ... May 21
12:47 PM bizjournals SkyWalker Property Partners buys Irving office building SkyWalker Property Partners has bought a 70,938-square-foot office building at 3301 W. Airport Freeway in Irving for an undisclosed sum. The property is 57 percent leased, and ... May 21
11:55 AM bizjournals Report: Energy firm adding 100 jobs in Duluth Downtown Duluth will have around 100 new workers come July. Canadian petroleum pipeline company Enbridge Inc. signed a lease for 41,000 square feet of office space starting July ... May 21
10:11 AM bizjournals MacKenzie to manage Towson City Center Caves Valley Partners has selected MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services LLC to manage the Towson City Center. Caves Valley is nearing completion on a $27 million ... May 21
10:08 AM retailtrafficmag Outlet Space Getting More and More Crowded It turns out that in addition to all the U.S. players trying to break into outlet center development in U.S. and Canada, there are European companies who would like to get a piece ... May 21
9:29 AM nreionline Modest Recovery Continues, According to Reis “Fairly unspectacular” seems to be the theme behind the numbers in the first quarter reports from Reis. May 21
8:03 AM nreionline Growing Retail Amenities Boost to Los Angeles' Downtown Office Market. Los Angeles' downtown is enjoying a revival. May 21
5:31 AM bizjournals Cassidy Turley exec Joe Stettinius sees reason for optimism on economy, real estate Joe Stettinius Jr., president of commercial real estate firm Cassidy Turley, cited “some real underpinnings of optimism” for the economy and the real estate sector in an interview ... May 21
4:22 AM costar Chinese Firm Buying AMC Movie Theater Chain for $2.6 Billion In another sign of an increasingly global economy, Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd. announced it has struck a deal to acquire the second-largest movie theater operator in the U.S., ... May 21
1:44 AM costar Former E*TRADE Chief Takes Over as CEO of Freddie Mac Freddie Mac appointed Donald H. Layton as CEO and a member of its board. The banking and financial services expert assumed the role on Monday, May 21. Layton, 62, replaced ... May 20
9:25 PM costar CRE Price Recovery Continues Despite Seasonal Volatility Despite a generally flat March for pricing of commercial property, prices recovered to mid-2003 levels in the first quarter as improving fundamentals and liquidity causing a ... May 20
8:07 PM costar Financing Green Part II: The Role of Data in Financing Green Improvements In Part I of Financing Green, available here, CoStar News looked at energy efficiency retrofit financing options available to owners, and also what investors, banks and lenders ... May 20
6:09 AM nreionline Attendees Expect 2012 RECon to Be the Best One Since 2007 Spirits are they highest they've been since the recession as retail real estate's biggest event gets under way. May 19
6:38 PM nreionline Exclusive Research: Ship-to-Shore-to-Store The continued rise of e-commerce and increased optimization of supply chains is affecting everything from distribution centers to store layouts. May 19
4:03 PM nreionline Let the Dealmaking Begin It’s May, and that means one thing in the commercial real estate world: turning its attention to Las Vegas to see what happens at ICSC’s RECon show. May 18
2:26 PM nreionline Opus Development to Build Luxury Apartment Complex May 18
2:24 PM nreionline TCi Tires Leases 30,845SF at Liberty Point May 18
2:24 PM nreionline Whiting Launches Telos Group in Chicago Commercial real estate professional Brian Whiting has launched The Telos Group LLC, a commercial real estate leasing, marketing and consulting firm. May 18
2:20 PM nreionline Jacobson Warehouse Company Relocates in Region’s Largest Lease Deal Since 2005 May 18
2:17 PM nreionline Onyx Equities Acquires Retail Center in Whitestone, N.Y. May 18
2:14 PM nreionline Perryville Corporate Center Gets Two New Tenants May 18
1:46 PM bizjournals Investor purchases McKinney Avenue retail property Dallas-based Stockdale Investment Group Inc. has acquired the historic Falk Fabrics retail building at 2633 McKinney Ave. in Uptown Dallas for an undisclosed sum. The building ... May 18
1:12 PM bizjournals Five minutes with Trevor Hall Jr. Sometimes a piece of property just needs a new lease on life — no pun intended. According to Orlando land broker Trevor Hall Jr., that’s exactly what we need to see to help ... May 18
12:12 PM bizjournals Parmenter picks Cushman & Wakefield to lease Lenox Parmenter Realty Partners has chosen Cushman & Wakefield to lease The Lenox Building, the 20-story Buckhead tower. Parmenter bought the tower from Clarion Partners March 6 for ... May 18
11:08 AM bizjournals Top CRE brokerage firms in Austin The Austin Business Journal took a look this week at the top commercial real estate brokerage firms ranked by 2011 transaction values of sales and leases in the Austin area. The ... May 18
10:04 AM nreionline LaSalle Hotel Properties Closes on $177.5 M Term Loan May 18
9:43 AM bizjournals CRE company to be spun off by Brookefield Brookfield Asset Management Inc. will spin-off several of its commercial real estate units into Brookfield Property Partners, a new publicly traded company with around $70 billion ... May 18
9:42 AM bizjournals Landlord seeks to evict Dewey & LeBoeuf in District Law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's landlord is seeking to evict the firm from 1101 New York Ave. NW, claiming that Dewey hasn't paid $927,052 in rent and other fees dating back to ... May 18
9:23 AM bizjournals McHenry Row retail space nearly filled; apartments available The clock has almost run out for companies interested in leasing retail or office space at McHenry Row in Baltimore. The $130 million Locust Point project, which includes 130,500 ... May 18
9:13 AM bizjournals Brokerages nab Grubb castaways Now that Grubb & Ellis has virtually disappeared from the Bay Area, several other commercial real estate brokerages, established and new to the market, are beefing up their ... May 18
9:05 AM nreionline Lifestyle Centers Launch a Comeback Poag & McEwen and DRA Advisors just paid $55 million for The Avenue at Collierville. May 18
8:48 AM bizjournals Office, retail activity building in Pinellas This week’s Tampa Bay Business Journal highlights Clearwater-based software company eMason Inc. relocating to larger office space at Roosevelt Technology Center in St. ... May 18
7:44 AM costar Financing Green Part I: Funding Energy Efficient Retrofits and Overcoming Uncertainty It has become increasingly evident to those in the commercial real estate industry that improving building energy performance and making other sustainable and green improvements ... May 17
8:59 PM costar CoStar's People of Note (May 13-19) This week's People of Note includes the following markets: Austin, Chicago, Houston, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio and Washington, DC. AUSTIN Transwestern ... May 17
8:57 PM bizjournals Top 5: Silicon Valley Commercial Property Owners This week the Business Journal published a list of the 25 biggest commercial property owners. The list was ranked by the number of total leasable commercial square footage owned ... May 17
3:58 PM marketwire Lack of Capital Hinders Commercial Market While Modest Improvement Persists WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - May 17, 2012) - National Association of Realtors® Chief Economist Lawrence Yun presented a modest and hopeful outlook for the commercial real estate ... May 17
3:51 PM bizjournals Obama Georgia campaign picks historic HQ The nation’s first African-American president will run his Georgia re-election campaign out of an Atlanta neighborhood closely linked to the civil rights movement. The Barack ... May 17
2:10 PM nreionline Construction Complete on Historic Castle Park Apartments May 17
2:04 PM nreionline Ramco-Gershenson to Acquire Four Shopping Centers in Three States May 17
1:59 PM nreionline Joint Venture Sets Its Sites on Industrial Acquisitions in Chicago, NJ and NYC
