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National Real Estate Investor December 17, 2002 Parke Chapman |
Midtown Manhattan office building could fetch $1 billion Another Class-A office building in Midtown Manhattan is on the market. Located on 52nd Street in the heart of Midtown near Rockefeller Center, 666 Fifth Ave. could command bids as high as $1 billion, or more than $600 per sq. ft.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 3, 2002 Parke Chapman |
Boston Properties to sell Midtown building Global Holdings Inc. has agreed to buy the 29-story, Class-A office building. The sale will allow the Boston-based REIT to pare down its debt.  |
National Real Estate Investor August 7, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Manhattan Office Tower Sells For Nearly $300M Vornado Realty Trust has sold 2 Park Avenue, a 965,000 sq. ft. office building in midtown Manhattan, for $292 million. The buyer was German real estate investment firm SEB Immobilien-Investment GMBH.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 30, 2002 Parke Chapman |
Fifth Avenue office tower sells for $611 per sq. ft. Chicago-based Walton Street Capital bought the Midtown Manhattan office building.  |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2004 Parke Chapman |
Midtown Manhattan: A Pillar of Strength The real estate market in Manhattan is finally emerging from a three-year slump. Office leasing is on the rise, hotel vacancy rates are tightening and luxury retailers are flocking to Fifth Avenue's midtown shopping corridor.  |
National Real Estate Investor April 16, 2003 Parke Chapman |
New leases chip away at lower Manhattan's vacancies More than 600,000 sq. ft. of office space in lower Manhattan was leased this week, pushing the downtown market's vacancy rate below 13% for the first time in a year. Two large leasing deals were responsible for the positive trend.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 16, 2002 Parke Chapman |
MetLife markets $2 billion office portfolio Insurer Metropolitan Life is selling nearly $2 billion worth of its nationwide real estate holdings, including Midtown Manhattan's 551 Fifth Avenue and two major Chicago office buildings. Of the 15 properties offered, all except one are office buildings.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2003 Chapman & Valley |
Rational Exuberance? Late last year, as conditions in the office sector declined and price tags for buildings continued to rise, industry pundits warned of a possible investment bubble. Still, it looks like the bubble remains more of a threat than a present danger.  |
National Real Estate Investor April 2, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Lower Manhattan vacancies declined in March For the first time in months, downtown New York City posted positive absorption of office space. A report from Cushman & Wakefield shows that downtown office vacancy fell from 13.7% at the end of February to 13.3% at the end of last month.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Parke M. Chapman |
Rebound in Beantown Boston's metro office market was particularly active in the fourth quarter of 2006.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg |
Crossing the Hudson The office market in Midtown Manhattan is blazing hot, with asking rents at prime buildings topping $100 per sq. ft. That has sent some tenants heading for Northern New Jersey where it is possible to find rents in Class-A buildings for less than $35 per sq. ft.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 23, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Office REIT Stung By Competitive Manhattan Market A decision last week by law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft to lease 450,000 sq. ft. at One World Financial Center was terrific news for lower Manhattan and WFC landlord Brookfield Properties, but quite the opposite for Boston Properties.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 5, 2003 |
11 Madison Avenue Sells for $675M An art deco office building in Manhattan's Midtown South district has traded for $675 million, or roughly $310 per sq. ft. InvestorTamir Sapir of ZAR Realty, who also owns 260 Madison, 261 Madison and 2 Broadway, purchased 11 Madison Avenue from Met Life.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Matt Valley |
Forecast 2003 As 2002 limps across the finish line, the men and women who run the commercial real estate industry are looking to the Middle East for hints of what 2003 will bring. Industry execs agree that until the Iraq conflict is resolved the economic recovery won't gain any substantial momentum.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 19, 2004 Parke Chapman |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Subleases 800,000 Sq. Ft. in Manhattan's 300 Madison PricewaterhouseCoopers has signed a long-term sublease for 800,000 sq. ft. at Brookfield Properties' 300 Madison Avenue building. The $800 million deal is believed to be one of Manhattan's largest leasing transactions since 2001.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Office Glut at Ground Zero The jury decision on insurance liability for the World Trade Center could clear the way for five new office towers to be developed around Ground Zero in a larger plan that could cost as much as $9 billion.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 28, 2003 |
Downtown Baltimore office tower sells for $50M A 380,000 sq. ft. office building in downtown Baltimore has sold for $50 million. Norfolk-Va. Based Harbor Group International (HGI) and a corporate investor bought the property, known as the First Union Tower, as part of a tax-deferred exchange.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Parke Chapman |
Outbidding the German Uber-bidders Even though Germans are still chasing the top office properties and have even more money to plow into U.S. real estate, they are facing new competition from pension funds, REITs and other domestic buyers willing to outbid them.  |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Ground Zero Office Glut in the Making? If Ground Zero's newest tower is any indication, filling space in the Freedom Tower and adjacent buildings will be a challenge.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Ground Zero Waiting Game Above-market asking rents and political bickering over Ground Zero's future are foiling developer Larry Silverstein in his quest to fill the $700 million 7 World Trade Center building. As of late December, just 40,000 of the total 1.7 million sq. ft. was leased.  |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Residential Rebound Four years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, residential sales and rentals in Manhattan are soaring.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2002 Margy Sweeney |
Chicago's `Long, Flat Bottom' Downtown Chicago continues to bustle with construction activity. This is a good sign and also a scary one.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005 |
$730.2 Million in Lending Facilitated in Manhattan by Singer & Bassuk The top 8 Manhattan deals facilitated by the mortgage broker since December: $178.9 million for 325 Fifth Avenue... $120 million for 88 Leonard Street... $116 million for 95-97 Horatio... etc.  |
National Real Estate Investor July 9, 2003 Parke Chapman |
C&W: Manhattan Office Vacancy Ebbed In June Cushman & Wakefield reports on current conditions and outlook for the year in the Manhattan office market.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 24, 2003 |
Bank of America to Anchor Major Manhattan Office Project The 2.1 million sq. ft. office tower to be called One Bryant Park will be developed by the Durst Organization.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 26, 2003 |
Macklowe Buys GM Building For a Record $1.4 Billion New York City developer Harry Macklowe now owns the General Motors Building after paying Conseco Inc. a record $1.4 billion for the 50-story midtown Manhattan office tower. Macklowe was one of nearly two dozen bidders.  |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2011 Michele Lerner |
Office Investment Magnet Experts believe Washington, D.C.'s real estate fundamentals are in place to keep the local office market healthy for the remainder of 2011.  |
The Motley Fool April 26, 2006 Nathan Parmelee |
Boston Properties' Big Deal Office REIT Boston Properties' sale of 280 Park Place puts the company in an interesting position. Investors, it's hard not to like Boston Properties for the long term, even if today's price isn't so thrilling.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 27, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Chicago's CBD Vacancies Decline, But Troubles Persist Chicago's CBD office vacancy declined by almost half a percentage point during the first quarter, according to a report from CB Richard Ellis. Within the next few months, several large tenants will vacate substantial chunks of space.  |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2007 |
Deals & Projects Hines has acquired 2100 M Street NW in Washington, D.C. for an undisclosed price... Normandy Real Estate Partners has acquired a pair of Boston office buildings for a total of $73 million...  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2004 Parke Chapman |
An Insatiable Appetite for Trophy Assets Investment sales activity is occurring at a frenzied pace. Nearly $70 billion worth of Class-A office buildings were sold during the first half of 2004 --- a 60% increase in sales volume over the same period last year.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2003 Parke Chapman |
One Step Closer to a Final Plan The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. is moving closer to redeveloping the site of the World Trade Center -- even as the need for 11 million sq. ft. of replacement office space is anything but urgent.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 26, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Report: NYC apartment, office markets remain strong Despite job losses and the effects of 9/11, investor demand for multifamily and office properties in New York City remains strong. And that isn't about to change.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Joe Gose |
The Office Investment Gamble Several office markets battered by the tech wreck that jolted Wall Street and led to a recession four years ago are still plagued by double-digit vacancies. But that hasn't fazed investors, who are generally paying more for properties today than they were in 2001 when the buildings were filled with tenants.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2006 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Twin Cities Harbor Hidden Office Buys On the surface, the Minneapolis-St. Paul office market appears to be plodding along at a steady, yet unremarkable clip. But a closer look reveals a market that is bubbling with activity.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 3, 2003 Parke Chapman |
On the Cusp of an Office Recovery? The third quarter brought hope to the embattled national office market: Grubb & Ellis reports that the national office market vacancy rate has stabilized at about 18%, which could embolden landlords to cut back concessions in 2004.  |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2006 Anthony Downs |
Building Boom On Hold U.S. commercial property markets are still swamped with financial capital seeking real properties. Yet, there doesn't seem to be much evidence that a new commercial development boom is starting.  |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2005 Joe Gose |
Why Office Owners Can't Resist the Quick Flip Are private investment funds turning into short-term holders of office assets in return for fast profits, or are they simply taking full advantage of the wide-open capital spigot that's flooding the property markets?  |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2005 Matt Hudgins |
It's A Jungle Out There The stakes keep rising for buyers hunting office properties in a crowded commercial real estate market. An excess of capital and persistently low long-term interest rates have given sellers the upper hand.  |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 |
In Progress: 240-248 N. Highland Avenue, Mixed-Use Project The Perennial Properties development includes five adjoining industrial-style buildings. All are new construction, with the exception of a 5,000 sq. ft. historic property.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2008 |
Deals & Projects The Koll Co. acquires a four-property office portfolio from Invesco... Abbey Road Advisors has acquired two office buildings in Valhalla, N.Y.... Jay-Z, along with co-developers, has acquired a West Chelsea High Line parcel on which to develop a hotel...  |
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2007 Charles Keenan |
The Boston Props Ed Linde and Mortimer Zuckerman of Boston Properties have steadily built the company into one of the most respected real estate companies in the world.  |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Nicholas Yulico |
Betting on a Rebound A surge in San Francisco leasing activity has propelled investors to pay record prices for trophy buildings in recent months. Skeptics wonder whether buyers are wise to bet on a recovery that may still be a ways off.  |
National Real Estate Investor April 9, 2003 |
Los Angeles office market stabilizing? For the first time in months, the office vacancy rate for Los Angeles County has shown improvement, according to first-quarter statistics from Cushman & Wakefield.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2007 |
Deals & Projects Hines REIT acquires a Long Island office complex...Somerset Partners LLC agrees to buy 450 Park Avenue, a 33-story office building, for $510 million...  |
National Real Estate Investor July 23, 2003 Parke Chapman |
New York's Strategic Value A Cornerstone of CBRE/Insignia Merger With the merger between CB Richard Ellis and Insignia finalized, a new brokerage kingdom now rules New York City.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 Sibley Fleming |
Tearing Up Peachtree Tearing up Peachtree Street, which runs through downtown Atlanta and the office markets of Midtown and Buckhead, is another way of saying there's a lot of construction going on.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Tenuous Office Recovery Boston's metropolitan market continues to lag the national office recovery -- and observers question if the market's near-term leasing momentum is sustainable. They cite two stubborn trends: an active mergers and acquisitions market, and a soft local economy.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 5, 2004 Parke Chapman |
Law Firm Relocates from Midtown to Downtown Manhattan Midtown Manhattan law firm Morgan & Finnegan has signed a 100,000 sq. ft. lease at 3 World Financial Center. The lease gives the firm two full floors within 3 WFC, which is located directly across from Ground Zero.  |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2003 Parke Chapman |
A Supply Glut In the Office Sector Over the past two years, as office markets softened, industry pundits predicted that things would not get as bad as they did in the last recession because this time the market was not overbuilt. It looks like they were wrong.  |