Property Types Retail
Construction of $1B Suburban Dallas Mixed-Use Residential Begins Thursday
May 7, 2008

Dallas Morning News reports that multifamily real estate investment trust UDR is kicking off construction of Vitruvian Park, its massive mixed-use apartment compound on 100 acres in Addison, Tex. Vitruvian Park will ultimately feature over 5,000 residences accompanied by office and retail space. UDR finished amassing the group of parcels for the project in mid-2007, and the company will demolish nearly 3,000 old apartments to make room for the behemoth development. Nearly 700 apartments will be built as part of the first phase, which will wrap up in early 2010. UDR plans to complete future phases of the endeavor with in conjunction with one more institutional investors.
 

 
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By Michael Fickes, Contributing Correspondent -- Pacific Office Properties Trust Inc. and an institutional co-investor have acquired a portfolio of seven Southern California office complexes for $195 million. The combined properties contain more than 1 million leasable square feet across...

$167M Construction Loan in Place for Brooklyn M-F Project
August 21, 2008
By Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor -- Forest City Ratner Cos. has closed on a $167 million construction financing deal for 80 DeKalb, a 365-unit apartment project in Downtown Brooklyn. The New York State Housing Finance Agency approved the project for...

Prime Income to Build $733M Resort in Germany
August 21, 2008
By Amanda Marsh, Associate Editor -- Dallas-based Prime Income Asset Management and Port Olpenitz GmbH are ready to break ground on the approximately $733 million, 425-acre Port Olpenitz, a holiday resort located in the northeastern section of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The...

Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors Nabs 199,000SF Atlanta Office
August 21, 2008
By Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor -- One Live Oak, a 199,000-square-foot office property in Atlanta, has just been snapped up by Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors L.L.C., which made the purchase on behalf of tenant-in-common investors. Crescent Real Estate Equities...

220-Acre Mixed-Use in Works Near University of Missouri
August 20, 2008
By Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor -- A 220-acre parcel near the University of Missouri's Discovery Ridge research park in Columbia is on tap to sprout a gargantuan mixed-use project. Forum Development Group, the owner of the land, recently wrapped up...

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