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Michael W Hurwitz, executive consultant, Marks Paneth & Shron

Real estate tax and REIT specialist joins Marks Paneth & Shron

Wed, 15/05/2013 - 10:24

Real estate tax specialist Michael W Hurwitz has joined accounting firm Marks Paneth & Shron as an executive consultant. »

BGC Partners appoints Jean-Jack Badet as general manager, Switzerland

Wed, 15/05/2013 - 06:07

BGC Partners, a brokerage company servicing the wholesale financial and real estate markets, has appointed Jean-Jack Badet as general manager of its business in Switzerland. »

PROREIT to acquire four high quality commercial properties in New Brunswick

Tue, 14/05/2013 - 17:23

PRO Real Estate Investment Trust (PROREIT) is to acquire a portfolio of four high quality commercial properties in New Brunswick. The portfolio of properties includes two free-standing retail properties, a retail strip mall and a flex office property, with aggregate gross leasable area ("GLA") of 114,852 square feet. The acquisition price for the portfolio is CAD8.8 million excluding closing and transaction costs. »

Partners Real Estate Investment Trust completes two Montreal acquisitions

Tue, 14/05/2013 - 17:19

Partners Real Estate Investment Trust has completed the previously-announced acquisitions of a newly-constructed, necessity-based, open-air retail centre and a stabilised retail centre in the Greater Montreal region totaling approximately 169,932 square feet of gross leasable area. »

Newly-formed Tryperion Partners closes USD50m real estate fund

Tue, 14/05/2013 - 16:11

Tryperion Partners, a recently formed Los Angeles-based private real estate investment firm, has closed its first fund, Tryperion RE Fund I, with USD50m of fully discretionary committed capital. »

Mark T Alfieri, chief operating officer of Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I

Behringer Harvard and Wood Partners invest in luxury multifamily development in Boston

Tue, 14/05/2013 - 09:16

Behringer Harvard and Wood Partners have invested in a luxury multifamily property slated for development in Wakefield, Massachusetts, a suburban area 10 miles north of downtown Boston. »

Nick Jopling, executive director of property at Grainger

Grainger and Dorrington create joint venture for GBP111m South London portfolio

Tue, 14/05/2013 - 06:10

Grainger and Dorrington have created a 50:50 joint venture, Walworth Investment Properties Limited, which has been formed to acquire a portfolio of South London residential property for GBP111m. »

Patron Capital appoints Georg von Hammerstein to invest over EUR1bn in Germany

Tue, 14/05/2013 - 06:04

Patron Capital Partners, the pan European private equity and real estate investor representing over EUR2.5bn of equity capital, has hired Georg von Hammerstein as a senior adviser with immediate effect. »

Unite Group lets 75 per cent of rooms for 2013/14 academic year

Mon, 13/05/2013 - 16:00

The Unite Group saw strong reservations performance with 75 per cent of rooms already let for the 2013/2014 academic year, compared to 62 per cent at the beginning of March 2013 and 72 per cent at the same point in 2012, according to its first interim management statement for 2013. »

Terrace Hill completes two pre-let and pre-sold foodstore developments

Mon, 13/05/2013 - 14:15

Terrace Hill Group has completed the delivery of two pre-let and pre-sold foodstore developments in the North East of England – in Sunderland and in Sedgefield. »