To Russia, with Dough
Jun 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
Cleveland, Ohio-based Developers Diversified Realty Corp. became the first U.S. REIT to announce a major development initiative targeting the Russian Federation and Ukraine...
Go West
Jun 1, 2007
In a bid to take advantage of institutional capital's interest in real estate investment Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to form a $1 billion joint venture with an unnamed pension fund advised by Morgan Stanley Real Estate....
New Deals Raise Eyebrows as M&A Trend Reigns On
May 30, 2007
The commercial real estate sector is still in the mergers and acquisitions mode, with two new deals announced last week involving a national brokerage firm and a commercial mortgage lender...
DDR, Simon: To Russia, With Dough
May 17, 2007
Cleveland, Ohio-based Developers Diversified Realty Corp. became the first U.S. REIT to announce a major development initiative targeting the Russian Federation and Ukraine this week. ...
Waiting To Deal
May 1, 2007
Are private equity buyers finally growing weary of retail takeouts? Coming off a record year in 2006, when private equity buyouts of retail operations reached more than $55 billion...
For the Better
May 1, 2007, Jennifer Popovec
Two of Europe's biggest commercial real estate firms have united to blaze a retail future together. Paris-based Rodamco Europe N.V. and Rotterdam-based Unibail Holdings S.A. is now the largest pan-European commercial real estate company...
Midwest Hookup
May 1, 2007
Oakbrook, Ill.-based REIT Inland Real Estate Corp. and North-brook, Ill.-based Pine Tree Institutional Realty, LLC are forming a joint venture to develop shopping centers in the midwestern United States....
Going for Germany
May 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
GE Real Estate, one of the more prominent American players in the European real estate market, has expanded its retail holdings in Germany. In late March, the firm bought 15 retail centers there for approximately $40 million....
Simon Nabs Mills
Mar 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
After struggling for a year to find a buyer, Mills Corp. accepted two buyout offers in less than four weeks. The Chevy Chase, Md.-based company's board reached a deal to be acquired by Simon Property Group's and Farallon Capital Management...
Centro Nabs New Plan For $6.2B
Feb 28, 2007
Australia-based Centro Properties Group announced a deal to buy New Plan Excel Realty Trust for $6.2 billion....
