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Commercial Real Estate

SAFE HAVEN? Europe’s Investment Woes May Push More Offshore Capital To U.S.

April 12, 2012

Costar… Cross-border investment in real estate reached its highest level in three years in 2011, with New York, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago accounting for five of the top 10 international markets. However, hopes for a massive influx of foreign capital into U.S. property markets by risk-averse international investors has so far gone unfulfilled. That may be changing, according to recent separate reports from Property and Portfolio… More: SAFE HAVEN? Europe’s Investment Woes May Push More Offshore Capital To U.S. Find our Weekly Commercial Real Estate, Private Equity and Fund Newsletters at www.WeeklyBrief.net

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Industrial-Space Showdown

April 11, 2012

Two real estate powerhouses are angling for control of a massive industrial portfolio hoping to capitalize on an expected economic recovery.

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Europe’s Gentler Debt Deals

April 10, 2012

The commercial mortgage-backed securities market in the U.S. has increasingly resembled a battlefield as delinquencies have mounted and lawsuits, foreclosures and other fights have mushroomed. In Europe, by comparison, some efforts to fix distressed commercial mortgage securities, or CMBS, look refreshingly civilized.

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High Prices, Rent Spark Fuel Feud

April 4, 2012

Gasoline prices have jumped in the past year and in some cities are hovering near record highs, boosting oil company profits. But for some real-estate companies that own gasoline stations, times are tough.

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Rowdy Class of 2007 Is Causing Problems

April 4, 2012

Five-year loans made at the height of the boom in 2007 are coming due this year, and so far the results aren’t pretty.

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Michigan Case Puts a Chill in the Air

April 3, 2012

A legal ruling potentially could give many debtholders across the U.S. new grounds to recover money from landlords who lost their properties to foreclosure.

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Office Leasing’s Big Drop

April 2, 2012

Commercial real-estate brokerages on Monday begin releasing their reports on first-quarter office-leasing activity, and the numbers don’t bode well for the firms’ New York profits.

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After Sale Approval In Bankruptcy Court, Grubb & Ellis Moves To Next Phase Under BGC

March 29, 2012

Costar… This week a bankruptcy court judge approved the sale of the venerable but cash-strapped Grubb & Ellis Co. to BGC Partners, Inc., ushering in the latest in a series of changes that have roiled the commercial real estate brokerage business. Next comes the hard work involved in exiting bankruptcy and integrating the new acquisition. Among the challenges the two firms face are preserving Grubb & Ellis’s property and facilities management and brokerage… Read the rest here: After Sale Approval In Bankruptcy Court, Grubb & Ellis Moves To Next Phase Under BGC Find our Weekly Commercial Real Estate, Private Equity and Fund Newsletters at www.WeeklyBrief.net

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ULI: Consensus of Economists Sees Promising CRE Outlook Through 2014

March 29, 2012

Costar… Even among the stream of positive real estate surveys and forecasts recently, the one issued this week by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) stands out. Expressing the consensus views of 38 leading real estate economists and analysts from across the U.S., ULI reported commercial real estate market conditions and the overall economy is expected to see broad improvement over at least the next two years as the recovery cycle kicks into overdrive and shifts… See original here: ULI: Consensus of Economists Sees Promising CRE Outlook Through 2014 Find our Weekly Commercial Real Estate, Private Equity and Fund Newsletters at www.WeeklyBrief.net

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Real Estate, Restaurant Franchise Growth Starting To Heat Up

March 29, 2012

Costar… There are signs of an improved outlook in certain economic areas where franchises are traditionally strong performers, such as the restaurant and business and personal services industries, according to the International Franchise Association (IFA) and GE Capital Franchise Finance. The IFA released its first quarterly update to its economic outlook prepared by IHS Global Insight in December 2011. IFA is updating its Franchise Business Economic Outlook… Read more: Real Estate, Restaurant Franchise Growth Starting To Heat Up Find our Weekly Commercial Real Estate, Private Equity and Fund Newsletters at www.WeeklyBrief.net

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Judge’s Ruling Favors Supervalu

March 29, 2012

A federal court in Chicago ruled that supermarket chain Supervalu and a consulting firm enjoyed a legal right to engage in a secretive campaign to thwart competitors.

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Goodrich Corp Inks 105,000-SF Office Lease

March 28, 2012

Costar… Goodrich Corporation, a supplier of aerospace and defense products, signed a 104,662-square-foot lease at 2727 E. Imperial Hwy. in Brea, CA. The company is relocating and consolidating its two facilities in Monterey Park and Diamond Bar. The 104,662-square-foot office property is situated on 5.4 acres within the Brea Imperial Center in Orange County. With the addition of Goodrich, the center is now 100 percent occupied. Liz Hurley with Transwestern… View post: Goodrich Corp Inks 105,000-SF Office Lease Find our Weekly Commercial Real Estate, Private Equity and Fund Newsletters at www.WeeklyBrief.net

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Rockpoint Trades Parc 55 Wyndham for $235 Million

March 28, 2012

Costar… Rockpoint Group LLC sold Parc 55 Wyndham at 55 Cyril Magnin St. in San Francisco to New York-based The Blackstone Group for $235 million, or $231,984 per room, in a distress sale. The 700,985-square-foot hospitality building is located blocks from Union Square. The property includes 1,013 rooms and was awarded an Energy Star label for the last four years consecutively. No brokers were mentioned. Please reference CoStar COMPS #2279499 for more… Go here to read the rest: Rockpoint Trades Parc 55 Wyndham for $235 Million Find our Weekly Commercial Real Estate, Private Equity and Fund Newsletters at www.WeeklyBrief.net

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Inland American Moves Up

March 28, 2012

Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. has purchased five upscale hotels for $393.1 million in a shift of its lodging portfolio closer to the high end.

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Crying Foul Over the ‘Pink Ghetto’

March 28, 2012

Real-estate investment adviser Nori Gerardo Lietz has bashed high-risk property funds and dismissed the investment-banking model for real-estate private equity. Now, she is condemning the male-dominated senior management industrywide.

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Trump Makes Return to Risk

March 28, 2012

Donald Trump’s appetite for real-estate risk has returned. He is doubling-down his bet on the Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago, the second-tallest building in the city.

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Lenders Opening Taps in Europe

March 28, 2012

A growing number of lenders are beginning to open their spigots in Europe’s parched commercial-real-estate market, but the trickles are far from enough to satisfy most property investors.

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In The Pipeline: CoStar Development & Construction News for March 25 – 31

March 27, 2012

Costar… In The Pipeline is a column on significant acquisitions of commercial land for sale , and other transactions and trends affecting office, industrial, flex, multifamily, mixed-use, hotel and public works developers. Send us news leads about your new commercial real estate project — and sign up to be added to our distribution list to receive future In the Pipeline columns by e-mail. Architects Report Higher Billings For 4th Straight Month The Link: In The Pipeline: CoStar Development & Construction News for March 25 – 31 Find our Weekly Commercial Real Estate, Private Equity and Fund Newsletters at www.WeeklyBrief.net

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Holliday, Fenoglio Lead Veteran Team to CBRE

March 26, 2012

Costar… CBRE recruited Harold E. (Hal) Holliday, John T. Fenoglio, David M. Aaronson and James M. Richards Jr. as executive vice presidents. The brokers will serve in the mortgage brokerage’s debt and equity finance group in Houston. The team previously worked at Grandbridge Real Estate Capital. Holliday has nearly four decades in mortgage brokerage and co-founded Holliday Fenoglio. After HF’s acquisition by Amresco 18 years ago, he successfully led the… Visit link: Holliday, Fenoglio Lead Veteran Team to CBRE Find our Weekly Commercial Real Estate, Private Equity and Fund Newsletters at www.WeeklyBrief.net

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Path Cleared For Bankruptcy Court Approval of Grubb & Ellis Sale

March 22, 2012

Costar… Grubb & Ellis Co. has canceled a bankruptcy auction to sell off its assets, leaving BGC Partners, LP as the only bidder and clearing the way for a court hearing on Thursday to approve the sale. Santa Ana, CA-based Grubb & Ellis filed for bankruptcy protection on Feb. 20 and entered into a letter of intent in which BGC Partners, acting as a stalking horse buyer, acquired the brokerage’s outstanding secured debt and submit the minimum bid to acquire… See more here: Path Cleared For Bankruptcy Court Approval of Grubb & Ellis Sale Find our Weekly Commercial Real Estate, Private Equity and Fund Newsletters at www.WeeklyBrief.net

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