Multifamily

JV Buys 660-Unit Haven from Foreclosure

TEMPE, AZ-Interwest Capital and Angelo, Gordon & Co. pay $46 million to servicer Petra Capital Management. The new owners plan upgrades to the tune of $5,000 per unit.

BREAKING NEWS
At $1.5B Lehman Wins Archstone Tug of War

CHICAGO-Equity Residential is entitled to receive $150 million in breakup and termination fees if the deal closes, an amount it may have to return if it ends up buying Archstone anyway.

O'Meara Takes Reins at Marcus & Millichap as Capital Markets Director

PHOENIX-Fresh from a 10-year stint at Inland Real Estate in Chicago, Patrick O'Meara is ready to build up debt and equity financing in Phoenix and to encourage capital investment across all CRE sectors.

47 Years Later, Lower East Side Revamp Moves Forward

NEW YORK CITY-In 1965, a plan to redevelop the Seward Park Urban Renewal Site was put forth. Now public review has begun for a project that could mean 1.65 million square feet of mixed-use space.

House Representatives Warn FASB About Lease Accounting

WASHINGTON, DC-Congress wants FASB to slow down and consider the potential fall out from the lease accounting convergence proposal.

DEAL-WRAP
Asset With Highest Rents In Town Sells For $22M

SACRAMENTO-L Street Lofts, a mixed-use, fractured condominium project, sells with just 10 units being leased for $2.50 per square foot, the highest rental rate in the midtown area.

The Changing Nature of Office Demand

WASHINGTON, DC-Panelists at the upcoming RealShare Washington, DC will discuss what is driving development in the area, the changing nature of office supply and demand, and the outlook of investment sales here.

Miami CRE Pros Shine Light on Opportunities, Challenges

MIAMI—Blanca Commercial Real Estate's Danet Linares tells GlobeSt.com's Jennifer LeClaire mass transit is Miami’s Achilles heel right now.

McShane Hired for Next Phase of $183M Wells Redo

CHICAGO-The former large housing project has finally been fully demolished, and this next building will include mixed-income housing and a medical office.

Panel To Consider $73M Wrigleyville Apartment Project

CHICAGO-The Chicago Plan Commission is set to consider a proposed plan for an apartment project at the northwest corner of Halsted Street and Bradley Place in Wrigleyville.

New Project Proposed on University at Buffalo's Amherst Campus

BUFFALO-A 102-room Staybridge Inn will be part of a $15-million mixed-use project proposed on the Amherst campus of the University at Buffalo.

CalSTRS Takes Over LCOR for $820M

WEST SACRAMENTO, CA-Along with an almost 5,000-unit apartment portfolio, former Lehman partner LCOR also brings development abilities to the locally based investment giant.

Reznick, Cohn Merger Positions New Firm as Big Four Alternative

BETHESDA, MD-The merger of the Reznick Group and J.H. Cohn will create an organization with a larger public presence, allowing for a greater focus on REITs, David Kessler tells GlobeSt.com's Erika Morphy.

M&M: Apt. Rents To Keep Rising, Vacancy Rates Falling in 2012

ELMWOOD PARK, NJ-Demand surge for rentals will counteract impact of 2,400 new units coming online.

ViaWest Acquires Remaining Timberline Units for $8M

FLAGSTAFF, AZ-The Phoenix investor ends up with 102 multifamily units from the original 204 converted into condo units during the mid-2000s.

Foreign Investors Fuel Miami Home Price Hikes

MIAMI—Benworth Capital's Bernie Navarro tells GlobeSt.com's Jennifer LeClaire he is seeing an uptick in loan volume and the loan amounts.

South Florida Sees Two More Multifamily Projects Break Ground

MIAMI-The AREA-CC joint venture is developing two multifamily projects: The Signature at Doral and The Signature at Davie.

INDUSTRY RESEARCH
Existing Homes Sales Rise in April

WASHINGTON, DC-Despite home sales rising, there's still good news for multifamily investors, NAR's Lawrence Yun tells GlobeSt.com's Erika Morphy. Household formation is strong enough to support both trends.

ANALYSIS
NABE Predicts a Monthly Hike of 188,000 Jobs

WASHINGTON, DC-It’s not the 200,000 plus monthly jobs seen at the beginning of the year, but is it enough of an increase to drop vacancies?

$200M Vermont Complex Breaks Ground in L.A.

LOS ANGELES-The Vermont is the largest residential development to be built in L.A. since the beginning of the latest real estate downturn.

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LAST WEEK'S POLL

Penner, Mirante, D'Arcy . . . High-Level Resignations Mean . . .

GlobeSt.com Viewers See More C-Suite Turnover
NEW YORK CITY-Nearly two-thirds of respondents to a GlobeSt.com poll said recent high-level resignations either portend more to come or prove that the industry needs to work on succession planning.

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We've gathered 50 of the biggest players in the Student Housing community to discuss the latest trends of the industry: everything from marketing and leasing to what industry leaders have to say to debt and equity to investment sales opportunities.
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Charging the Hill: Commercial Real Estate and the 2012 Congressional Agenda

December 07
November 23, 2011
Critical issues impacting commercial real estate are coming up on the 2012 Congressional calendar, and their outcome collectively will impact all practitioners in this space. Top executives who know their way around Capitol Hill will share their thoughts on the direction this industry could take at the hands of our elected officials.

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Dalian Wanda Takes AMC Theaters for $2.6B

BEIJING-Dalian Wanda’s buy of Kansas City, MO-based AMC creates the world’s largest theater chain, with 432 locations in North America and China.