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Just months away from closing-out its ongoing public offering of stock, American Realty Capital Trust Inc., a non-traded REIT with $1.2 billion in net leased real estate investments, announced action this week intended to enhance shareholder value. The company’s advisor, American Realty Capital Advisors LLC, intends to begin interviewing investment banking firms and other advisory firms to provide its board with recommendations for exploring various…

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Non-Traded REIT American Realty Capital Trust Seeking Liquidity Alternatives

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Costar…

Just months away from closing-out its ongoing public offering of stock, American Realty Capital Trust Inc., a non-traded REIT with $1.2 billion in net leased real estate investments, announced action this week intended to enhance shareholder value. The company’s advisor, American Realty Capital Advisors LLC, intends to begin interviewing investment banking firms and other advisory firms to provide its board with recommendations for exploring various…

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Non-Traded REIT American Realty Capital Trust Seeking Liquidity Alternatives

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Duke/CBRE Realty Trust JV Completes $516M Portfolio Acquisition

April 12, 2011

A partnership between Duke Realty Corp. and CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust finalized the purchase of 13 office buildings totaling 2.05 million square feet for approximately $342.8 million. The deal, which is the largest transaction in the REIT’s history, concluded a three-phase acquisition involving 20 office properties consisting of 3 million square feet valued at $516 million. Wells Fargo Bank NA provided a $275 million unsecured term loan to…

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Duke/CBRE Trust JV Completes $516M Portfolio Acquisition

April 12, 2011

A partnership between Duke Realty Corp. and CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust finalized the purchase of 13 office buildings totaling 2.05 million square feet for approximately $342.8 million. The deal, which is the largest transaction in the REIT’s history, concluded a three-phase acquisition involving 20 office properties consisting of 3 million square feet valued at $516 million. Wells Fargo Bank NA provided a $275 million unsecured term loan to…

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Retail Watch: Dillard’s Forming REIT To Own Its 50 Mil. SF of Space

January 27, 2011

Dillard’s Inc. intends to form a wholly owned subsidiary that will seek to operate as a real estate investment trust (REIT). Dillard’s said it believes the formation of a REIT may enhance its ability to access debt or preferred stock and thereby enhance its liquidity. Under the proposal, various Dillard’s entities will transfer interests in certain real properties that the entities currently own to the REIT. Dillard’s will then lease the properties…

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Hedge Fund Fights for a Spinoff or Sale of Australian REIT’s $1.8 Bil. U.S. Office Portfolio

January 19, 2011

Charter Hall Office REIT, a Sydney, Australia-based REIT is looking to sell up to a half-interest in its U.S. office portfolio valued at a total of more than $1.83 billion. The plan, however, isn’t sitting well with Orange Capital LLC, a New York City hedge fund that holds a little more than 5% of Charter Hall Office’s stock – making it the REIT’s largest independent shareholder. Charter Hall Office REIT owns 14 office properties in the U.S. with…

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Schottenstein Realty Plans 518M IPO

January 3, 2011

Retail REIT Schottenstein Realty Trust is planning to raise about 5175 million in an initial public offering

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Retail Watch: Aussie REIT To Unload JV Interest in 36 U.S. Properties

December 27, 2010

Charter Hall Retail REIT entered into a conditional agreement to sell its 60% interest in a United States portfolio of 32 properties, owned in partnership with Desco Group and Regency Centres. Parties associated with the Desco Group will acquire the REIT’s interest for a gross sale price of $168 million, representing a yield of 8.5%. The price reflects a discount of 4.3% on the June 2010 book value. At the same time, Regency Centres has elected…

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HCP to Acquire Assets of HCR ManorCare In $6.1B Sale-Leaseback

December 14, 2010

In one of the largest commercial real estate transactions of the last several years, HCP Inc. (NYSE: HCP), the nation’s largest health-care REIT, said it will buy all the real estate assets of privately owned HCR ManorCare for $6.1 billion, including…

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Health Care REIT Raises 450M

December 11, 2010

Health Care REIT has raised 450 million in a sale of senior unsecured notes

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Apple REIT Cos. Hires Eastdil Secured to Explore Possible Sale, Other Options for Hotel-focused REIT

December 1, 2010

Richmond, VA-based Apple REIT Companies has tapped Eastdil Secured as the financial advisor to assist in evaluating various strategic alternatives for its Apple REIT Six nontraded REIT, including a possible sale, merger or public listing of the company…

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Update: MPG Office Trust Names New President/CEO

November 24, 2010

Moving quickly to resolve leadership questions, MPG Office Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MPG) this week appointed David L. Weinstein as president and chief executive officer, replacing Nelson Rising, who resigned last week. Also, the Los Angeles-based REIT announced…

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Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. Completes Restructuring

November 15, 2010

IRVINE, CA–(Marketwire – November 15, 2010) – SHG Services, Inc. (“New Sun”) ( NASDAQ : SUNHD ), today announced that the previously announced plan of its former parent company, Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (“Old Sun”), to restructure Old Sun’s business by separating Old Sun’s operating assets and its real estate assets into two separate publicly traded companies has been completed. Pursuant to this plan, Old Sun separated its operating assets by means of a spin-off transaction pursuant to which Old Sun distributed to its stockholders on a pro rata basis (the “Distribution”) all of the outstanding shares of common stock of New Sun. Old Sun then merged (the “REIT Conversion Merger”) with and into its wholly owned subsidiary, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (“Sabra”). Immediately following the REIT Conversion Merger, New Sun was renamed Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. New Sun owns all of Old Sun’s former operating subsidiaries

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Grubb & Ellis Reports Revenue Growth, Makes Changes to Its REIT Line-up

November 10, 2010

Grubb & Ellis Co. (NYSE:GBE) announced key changes in its non-traded REIT business as the company reported higher revenue and narrowed losses during the third quarter. Stronger leasing and sales boosted Grubb & Ellis’ third-quarter revenue by 6% from…

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Apple REIT Acquires 16-Hotel Portfolio for $291M

November 5, 2010

Apple REIT Nine Inc. has acquired 16 Marriott and Hilton branded hotels from White Lodging Services Corp. for $291.5 million. The transaction includes hotels in seven states totaling 2,240 rooms. The properties include the SpringHill Suites, Residence…

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Apple REIT Acquires 16-Hotel Portfolio for $291M

November 5, 2010

Apple REIT Nine Inc. has acquired 16 Marriott and Hilton branded hotels from White Lodging Services Corp. for $291.5 million. The transaction includes hotels in seven states totaling 2,240 rooms. The properties include the SpringHill Suites, Residence…

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Atria Sells 135B Properties To Ventas

October 23, 2010

Chicagobased healthcare REIT Ventas will pay 2496 million shares worth 135 billion and 150 in cash to acquire the realestate assets of US assisted living units operator Atria Senior Living The Wall Street Journal reports

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USAA Real Estate Ramps Up Industrial Investment in Memphis

September 22, 2010

USAA Real Estate affiliate US Industrial REIT III acquired the Chickasaw Distribution Center in Memphis, TN, from J.P. Morgan for an undisclosed amount. The 1.37 million-square-foot faciility consists of two bulk distribution buildings. One building…

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USAA Real Estate Ramps Up Industrial Investment in Memphis

September 22, 2010

USAA Real Estate affiliate US Industrial REIT III acquired the Chickasaw Distribution Center in Memphis, TN, from J.P. Morgan for an undisclosed amount. The 1.37 million-square-foot faciility consists of two bulk distribution buildings. One building…

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Hines Global Closes on 327,000-SF Office in Durham

September 14, 2010

Hines Global REIT closed on its purchase of Hock Plaza, a 12-story, Class A office building in Durham, NC, from Brickman Management LLC for $98.05 million, or approximately $300 per unit. The property is 327,160 square feet on about 2.5 acres in the…

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AvalonBay Acquires 628-Unit Apt. Property in Orange County, CA

September 10, 2010

In another big REIT acquisition, AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE: AVB) announced this week it has purchased the 628-unit Creekside Meadows in Tustin, CA for $98,5 million. AvalonBay Value Added Fund II, L.P., a private discretionary fund in which…

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AvalonBay Acquires 628-Unit Apt. Property in Orange County, CA

September 10, 2010

In another big REIT acquisition, AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE: AVB) announced this week it has purchased the 628-unit Creekside Meadows in Tustin, CA for $98,5 million. AvalonBay Value Added Fund II, L.P., a private discretionary fund in which…

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Callahan Capital Withdraws Planned IPO

September 8, 2010

Callahan Capital Properties, Inc., a company headed by former Equity Office Properties Trust and Trizec Properties chief executive officer Timothy Callahan, this week became the latest REIT to withdraw or delay plans for an initial public offering in…

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LaSalle Acquires Three Hotels for $292.5M

September 2, 2010

LaSalle Hotel Properties has completed the acquisition of two hotels in Philadelphia and one in San Francisco, while selling off an asset in New Jersey. The Bethesda, MD-based hospitality REIT acquired the 294-room Westin Philadelphia and the 288-room…

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Boston Properties to Acquire 510 Madison

August 23, 2010

Boston Properties said Monday that it is acquiring 510 Madison Ave. from oft-troubled New York developer Harry Macklowe. The REIT has agreed to a purchase price equal to the principal and accrued interest on the office tower’s senior mortgage and…

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KBS Acquires 300 N LaSalle for $655 Million

July 29, 2010

In Chicago’s largest commercial real estate transaction this year, KBS REIT II has acquired 300 N LaSalle St. for $655 million, or $503 per square foot, according to an SEC filing. KBS primarily financed the purchase with proceeds from a five-year…

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iStar Portfolio Fetches $1.3 Billion

July 29, 2010

Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc., a Denver-based REIT, acquired a portfolio of 39 office and industrial properties for $1.3 billion from iStar Financial Inc. The portfolio is 99% occupied and consists of single-tenant corporate users. Neither…

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SL Green Signs CBS & Healthfirst to Major Office Deals

July 27, 2010

It was another landmark week for SL Green. The office REIT inked long-term deals for CBS Broadcasting and Healthfirst in Manhattan, while one of its subsidiaries closed two leases for PepsiCo and Citigroup in the Westchester/Southern Connecticut region…

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InterContinental Sells Atlanta Hotel for $105M

July 6, 2010

InterContinental Hotels Group sold its 422-room InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta property to Pebblebrook Hotel Trust for $105 million, or approximately $248,815 per room. Pebblebrook, a Bethesda, MD-based hotel REIT, funded the purchase with cash from…

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Trammell/Principal JV Sells Houston Office for $94M

July 1, 2010

A joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors sold Energy Center I, a 13-story, 332,000-square-foot office property in Houston, TX, to Wells REIT II for $94 million, or approximately $283 per square foot. TCC developed…

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Trammell/Principal JV Sells Houston Office for $94M

July 1, 2010

A joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors sold Energy Center I, a 13-story, 332,000-square-foot office property in Houston, TX, to Wells REIT II for $94 million, or approximately $283 per square foot. TCC developed…

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This Week in Retail: Israeli Fund Looks To Step into U.S. Retail Property-Buying Void

June 30, 2010

Elbit Imaging Ltd. in Tel Aviv, Israel, completed an investment of approximately $116 million in Macquarie DDR Trust, an Australian publicly traded trust that holds and manages two US REIT portfolios of approximately 78 retail properties and 13.2 million…

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SL Green Closes on 600 Lexington

May 21, 2010

SL Green has made good on its previously announced intent to purchase 600 Lexington Ave. in Manhattan. The office REIT paid $193 million, or $636 per square foot, for the trophy asset. SL Green is assuming $49.85 million of in-place financing on the…

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Cash-Rich Cole Real Estate Bests Foreign Investors for Trophy Office in Bellevue

May 12, 2010

What do you do in this market if you’re raising money like crazy to invest in commercial real estate — as much as $100 million a month? If you’re Cole Credit Property Trust III Inc., a non-traded REIT in Phoenix, AZ, you spend like crazy, too. The…

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SL Green’s Big Day: Three Major Manhattan Transactions Announced

May 9, 2010

SL Green has three major Manhattan office transactions in the works, further solidifying its place as one of the city’s most prominent landlords. The REIT said Monday that it is selling its stake in the McGraw-Hill Building at 1221 Avenue of the Americas…

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Tishman Speyer Office Values Up 2.2% in last 9 Months

April 14, 2010

Sydney, Australia-based REIT Tishman Speyer Office Fund got a bit of good news in the latest independent property valuations of its U.S. office portfolio. Final valuations were 2.2% higher than the previous independent valuations as of June 30, 2009 and…

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Wells Buys IBM’s Boston Area Campus for $88.5M

April 2, 2010

Wells REIT II purchased IBM’s Littleton Campus, one of the largest computer services campuses in Massachusetts, from a partnership including Angelo, Gordon & Co. and National Development for $88.45 million, or approximately $182 per square foot. IBM…

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Duke Realty Raises 250M In Debt Sale

March 27, 2010

Industrial and office property REIT Duke Realty has issued 250 million of 675 senior unsecured notes due in March 2020

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Duke Realty Raises 250M In Debt Sale

March 27, 2010

Industrial and office property REIT Duke Realty has issued 250 million of 675 senior unsecured notes due in March 2020

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REITs show rising prices but growing risks

March 13, 2010

Analysts, bloggers, real estate dealmakers and managers of mutual funds are as puzzled as I am about the 90 percent rise in REIT indexes since March 2009. Commercial real estate lags the business

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JV To Buy $668M Science Campus in Cambridge, MA

February 22, 2010

Forest City Enterprises formed a $668 million partnership with Health Care REIT Inc., which included HCN buying a 49 percent interest in FCE’s seven-building portfolio at University Park at MIT, a 1.2-million-square-foot life sciences campus in Cambridge…

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KBS Buys Pierre Laclede Office Park for $74.25M

February 10, 2010

KBS REIT II, a public, non-traded real estate investment trust, purchased the Pierre Leclede Center in the St. Louis suburb of Clayton, MO, from BPG Properties, Ltd., a private equity real estate fund manager, for $74,250,000. Located at 7701/7733…

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Hill Country Galleria Sold at Bankruptcy Auction for $75M

February 4, 2010

Chicago-based REIT Management & Research is the new owner of Hill Country Galleria, a 1.28 million-square-foot mixed-use lifestyle center located in Bee Cave, TX (a suburb of Austin) that filed bankruptcy in May of last year. The investment company won…

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Aussie REIT Negotiating for U.S. Office Portfolio

February 2, 2010

Real Estate Capital Partners USA Property Trust (RECP), a REIT based in Sydney, Australia, has conditionally agreed to purchase all of the units of Record Realty Holdings US Trust. RECP would pay about $17.68 million for the assets. The total price…

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