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Pierce Education Now Owns Gainesville Student Housing
Pierce Education Properties acquired the Pavilion on 62nd, an off-campus student-housing property in Gainesville, FL serving the University of Florida… Read more
Colliers Brokerage Team Moves to Avison Young
Ron Perry and Larry Epstein, formerly president and senior vice president at Colliers International Boston, have been named principals of… Read more
$88M MF Sales Price Represents Southern Maine’s Highest
Massachusetts-based Jones Street Investment Partners paid $87.5 million to acquire the 120-unit Liberty Commons and 500-unit Redbank Village, at 62… Read more
Trammell Crow Residential Opens in Boston
Dallas-based Trammell Crow Residential has established a regional office in Boston, to source development opportunities in the Northeast. Former GID… Read more
JLL: Innovations in Customer Interaction Drive Retail
Connect Media joins the throng of attendees who’ve gathered in Las Vegas this week for the International Council of Shopping Centers’… Read more
15 Best Cities to Work and Live
By: Daniella Soloway Work, Live and Play environments are taking over cities. Hear more about the development of such lifestyle… Read more
Boston Redevelopment Authority Approves $500M in Projects
The Boston Redevelopment Authority board has approved close to $500 million worth of real estate projects in seven neighborhoods. Among… Read more
Starwood’s Sternlicht: Don’t Stress Over CRE Bubbles
Boston Federal Reserve president Eric Rosengren has warned that low interest rates are pumping up property values. But strong real… Read more
High Water Mark Reached with $300M El Segundo Buy?
Boston-based Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. acquired Apollo at Rosecrans, a four-building creative office campus in El Segundo, CA. Atlanta-based Invesco… Read more
Blackstone Continues Boston Divestiture with $139M Sale
Blackstone Group LP has sold Boston’s Fiduciary Trust Building to Deka Immobilien Investment GMBH of Frankfurt. The buyer paid $139… Read more
Old Navy Brings Millennium Boston’s Retail to Capacity
A 29,000-square-foot deal inked by Old Navy has successfully brought the 335,000-square-foot retail component of Millennium Tower Boston to capacity.… Read more
KBS Acquires Boston Asset for $21.7M
An affiliate of Newport Beach, CA-based KBS Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. sold 200 Exchange St. to Boston-based Berkeley Investments, Inc. for… Read more
Happy 99th Birthday, I.M. Pei
Ieoh Ming (I.M) Pei is celebrating his 99th birthday today. Pei, a renowned architect, is best-known for designing the Bank… Read more
Uber Settles with Drivers for $100M
Uber is settling two lawsuits in California and Massachusetts by paying up to $100 million to drivers who fought to… Read more
$315M LondonHouse Sale Breaks Chicago Record
Union Investment Real Estate, an investment manager based in Hamburg, Germany, has acquired the 452-room LondonHouse on North Michigan Avenue… Read more
Mesirow Pays $80M for Alta Stone Place in MA
Mesirow Financial acquired the 212-unit Alta Stone Place Apartments near Boston from Wood Partners. The Chicago-based buyer paid $80 million for… Read more
CBRE Closes in on Salesforce Tower Space
Los Angeles-based CBRE Group Inc. is reportedly in talks to take roughly 42,000 square feet of space at the $1-billion,… Read more
Skanska Sells Boston’s 101 Seaport for $452M
Swedish company Skanska has sold its 101 Seaport office development in Boston to Union Investment Real Estate GMBH for $452… Read more
Unsettling Investment Environment Forcing Institutional Change
An unsettling global investment environment is forcing change among central banks, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and government pensions, according to… Read more