Yearly Archives: 2012

LOS ANGELES, CA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial real estate investment banking firm George Smith Partners has successfully arranged $16 million in construction financing for DJM Capital Partners, Inc., whose affiliate is the owner o...

IRVINE, CA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hanley Investment (HI) Urban Retail Advisors, a division of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors, specializing in the sale and advisory of high profile mixed-use and urban retail properties in...

NEW ORLEANS, LA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 365 Connect, the New Orleans based, award-winning online technology platform provider for the multifamily industry, announced today that its President and CEO, Kerry W. Kirby, was named in the Si...

WASHINGTON, DC - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that 13 communities across the U.S. will receive $3.6 million in Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants. (See attached list (PDF)and project summary for this all of the grantees (PDF).)

Orange County, CA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In the fourth quarter of 2011, the Orange County office market displayed positive net absorption for the sixth consecutive quarter, posting 819,510 square feet – the most occupation of space ...

SAN DIEGO, CA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Voit Real Estate Services’ San Diego office has completed the $2.375 million sale of a 12,292 square-foot office property located at 11610 Iberia Place in San Diego, Calif. This Class B, two-stor...

Seattle, WA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City Green Building team takes an exciting new step in 2012. Beginning in January, part of the “green team” will join forces with the Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE). Staff foc...

PORTLAND, OR - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sperry Van Ness International, a national commercial real estate brokerage franchisor, today announced the launch of the “Million Books for Kids” project. One million books are being donated by Better World Books in 2012 to promote literacy among low-income children by providing books to the 100,000 kids with no books to read in their home.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hudson Realty Capital LLC, a New York City-based real estate opportunity fund, recently held the final close of its fifth fund targeting middle market debt transactions including new origination...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Up until now, one of the few things home builders had in common with football players was that builders constructed the houses where millions of families watched their favorite NFL teams compete each week. But with Touchdown for Homes, a charitable outreach program of the National Association of Home Builders and the NFL Players Association, home builders and former NFL players are teaming up around the country to build or renovate homes for children or families in need and veterans.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The number of housing markets showing measurable improvement nearly doubled in January with the addition of 40 new metros to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI), released today. The IMI now boasts 76 improving markets, up from 41 in December, with 31 states and the District of Columbia represented by at least one entry.

Torrance, CA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Westwood Financial Corp. (WFC), one of the largest privately held owner-operators of retail properties in the U.S., is reporting one of its most successful years in its 40-year history with more tha...

Torrance, CA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Westwood Financial Corp., one of the largest owner-operators of shopping centers in the U.S., announced the addition of Joseph R. Hoye to its Arizona office. Hoye, who comes in as the Leasing Direct...

Torrance, CA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker owned commercial brokerage firm, has closed on the $6.5 million sale of a 14,641-square-foot retail property leased by CVS Pharmacy, located at 1...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has announced the finalists for NAHB’s 2012 Best of 50+ Housing Awards, the premier design and marketing competition for the 50+ housing industry. A total of 79 entries were chosen as finalists and are eligible for either a Gold or Silver Award from NAHB’s 50+ Housing Council.

Torrance, CA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the nation’s leading commercial real estate providers, kicked off the new year with the lease of the 50,000-square-foot Fulton Crossing at 140 William Street. The 20...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 2:00 p.m., the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) will reveal the results of a new national poll of 1,500 likely voters looking at the value Americans place on homeownership, while discussing what lies ahead for housing in 2012, both economically and politically.

Jacksonville, FL - January 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE is pleased to announce Traci Jenks, Senior Associate with the Jacksonville office, has been named president-elect to the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association with the Northea...

WASHINGTON, D.C - January 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network (LMSPN) recently reached a critical milestone in the national effort to stop foreclosure rescue scams. Through the efforts of homeowners, housing counselors, advocates and Network partners from across the country, the national Loan Modification Scam Database, led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, has collected more than 20,000 scam complaint reports since its launch in March 2010.

Torrance, CA - January 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Riverside office of Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial brokerage firm, has released its Fourth Quarter 2011 Industrial Market Summary for manufacturing/distribu...