News/Events
Real Capital Solutions Launches $350M Distressed Office Acquisition Fund
Real Capital Solutions (RCS), a real estate investment firm headquartered in Colorado, has launched a new $350 million fund that will target acquiring distressed Class A and Class B offices across the U.S., Commercial Observer can first report. The fund, RCS Contrarian Office Fund, plans to lever-up and ultimately acquire up to $850 million of…
El-Ad National Buys Oceanfront Fort Lauderdale Hotel for $60M
Developer El-Ad National Properties has paid $60 million for an oceanfront hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., property records show. The 99-room Sea Club Resort sits on a 1.2-acre site at 619 North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard, between Belmar and Auramar streets. The 54,982-square-foot building dates back to 1954. An entity tied to Rachel Levy and…
James Marcellino Re-Joins Colliers’ New York City Office as Vice President
More than 13 years after departing Colliers as an associate director, James Marcellino has returned to the company’s New York office as a vice president. Starting today, Aug. 10, , Marcellino’s new role will focus on office leasing and tenant representation as Colliers continues expanding its New York presence, according to an announcement by the…
Westville To Open at 540 Third Avenue in Murray Hill
Westville is getting ready to open its 12th location in the U.S. and bring a selection of classic American foods to Manhattan’s Murray Hill neighborhood. The restaurant brand just signed a 4,148-square-foot lease at the base of 540 Third Avenue, also known as the Dian, a 22-story, 160-unit residential building at the corner of Third…
Mamdani, MTA Look to Proptech Solutions to Cool Subways and Heat Buildings
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and Mayor Zohran Mamdani are considering high tech options to transfer heat out of subway stations and into the buildings above, in what would likely be a complicated and pricey infrastructure project. Still, city officials and the MTA believe it could be worth it to provide straphangers with a more…
Private Equity Firm OceanSound Expands to 32K SF at SL Green’s 450 Park Avenue
New York-based private equity group OceanSound Partners has expanded by more than 10,000 square feet at SL Green Realty’s 450 Park Avenue office tower in Midtown. A new five-year lease secured OceanSound 32,032 square feet across the entire eighth, 22nd and 23rd floors of the office tower at the corner of Park Avenue and East…
What’s Driving CMBS Distress in the Top U.S. Metro Areas
Across the 50 largest commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) markets, $45.8 billion of $393.5 billion in outstanding balance is currently distressed, a balance-weighted rate of 11.6 percent, according to CRED iQ data. Minneapolis, Denver and Oklahoma City lead the distress rankings at 55.1 percent, 35.9 percent and 34.1 percent, respectively, each shaped by a handful of…
Barings Provides $86M Acquisition Debt for Charleston Industrial Portfolio
Obelisk Real Estate Partners has secured $86.2 million to finance the acquisition of a three-building industrial portfolio in Charleston, South Carolina, Commercial Observer can first report. Barings provided the debt, while JLL’s Peter Rotchford, Christopher Peck, and Nicholas Thorton arranged the transaction. The seller was CenterPoint Properties. Ryan Naumes, managing director with Barings, noted in…
Equity Residential and AvalonBay: Inside the $71B Mega Multifamily Merger
On May 21, shortly before Memorial Day weekend, participants in public real estate markets awoke to a truly remarkable headline. AvalonBay Communities, the owner of 98,000 apartments and with a market capitalization of $25 billion, would be merging with Equity Residential, one of the oldest real estate investment trusts (REITs) in America, holding 85,000 apartments…
