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Tower Under Contract to Furby Creator for $75M
Randy Rissman, whose Tiger Electronics churned out Giga Pets and Furby plush toys in the 1990s, is under contract to… Read more
Brookfield Fund to Pay $600M for First Core-Plus Deal
Brookfield Premier Real Estate Partners, a core-plus real estate fund managed by Brookfield Asset Management, is getting ready to close… Read more
Insignia Joins Forces with Sperry Commercial
Insignia Commercial Real Estate becomes the first Phoenix-area brokerage company to join Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates LLC. Neil Sherman heads… Read more
Software Trainer Opens First OC Bootcamp
Coding Dojo signed a 12,000-square-foot lease at the Hive, a 190,000-square-foot creative office campus at 3333 Susan St. in Costa… Read more
As Preschoolers Grow, So Does Education
The childcare franchising industry brings in an average of $2.6 billion in annual revenue. Georgia-based Primrose Schools, an organization of… Read more
Blackstone Closes $1.7B U.S. Transaction
Blackstone closed its deal with Swedish pension fund manager Alecta, paying $1.7 billion for 21 office, retail, multifamily and industrial… Read more
Mastro’s Steakhouse Breaks Ground on First Texas Location
Mastro’s Steakhouse began construction on a 10,000 square-foot location in the Galleria submarket of Houston. The restaurant, at 1540 W.… Read more
Gene Ventura to Run New Faris Lee Chicago Office
Faris Lee Investments hired Gene Ventura as senior managing director for the company’s new Chicago office. Ventura is an office… Read more
A $20M Facelift for Chicago’s Fulton Market
The city of Chicago unveiled a $20-million plan to improve Chicago’s red-hot Fulton Market neighborhood. The facelift is scheduled to… Read more
$360M to Pay for 937K-SF Chicago Tower
HNA Group, a Chinese conglomerate, has struck a deal with Los Angeles-based CBRE Global Investors to acquire 181 W. Madison… Read more
Alecta’s Chicago Buildings Sell for $244M
Two retail buildings on Michigan Avenue in Chicago sold for a combined $244 million. The properties at 605 N. Michigan… Read more
Recapping CBRE’s Western Industrial & Office Conference
If you missed CBRE’s Western U.S. Industrial and Office Conference last week in DTLA, here’s a quick recap of what… Read more
Dallas-Fort Worth Leads National Demand for Industrial Space
Nationwide demand for industrial space is at an all-time high, and Dallas-Fort Worth is leading the way, according to a… Read more
$139M Hilton Tri-Branded Hotel Development Begins
Work has begun on Hilton Worldwide’s first tri-branded hotel development adjacent to Chicago’s McCormick Place, south of the Loop. The… Read more
Inland Empire Tops Mega Warehouse Construction Boom
Construction of industrial facilities measuring one-million square feet or more is strongest in large industrial markets that benefit from the… Read more
Boxer Properties Nabs 120K-SF Office
Boxer Properties is now owner of the 119,265-square-foot, three-building 155 N. Pfingsten. The Houston, TX-based buyer paid $10 million for… Read more
Land Sale to Support Multifamily Build in Orlando
Old Republic National Title Insurance Co. sold a 19.6-acre parcel in Orlando, FL, to the Richmond Group for $5.7 million.… Read more