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National Real Estate Investor December 3, 2002 Parke Chapman	Boston Properties to sell Midtown building Global Holdings Inc. has agreed to buy the 29-story, Class-A office building. The sale will allow the Boston-based REIT to pare down its debt.
National Real Estate Investor November 5, 2002 Parke Chapman	Report: Manhattan office sales volume up 14% Manhattan's office sales market is booming despite a sluggish leasing climate that has kept vacancy high.
National Real Estate Investor October 30, 2002 Parke Chapman	Fifth Avenue office tower sells for $611 per sq. ft. Chicago-based Walton Street Capital bought the Midtown Manhattan office building.
National Real Estate Investor August 7, 2003 Parke Chapman	Manhattan Office Tower Sells For Nearly $300M Vornado Realty Trust has sold 2 Park Avenue, a 965,000 sq. ft. office building in midtown Manhattan, for $292 million. The buyer was German real estate investment firm SEB Immobilien-Investment GMBH.
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2003 Chapman & Valley	Rational Exuberance? Late last year, as conditions in the office sector declined and price tags for buildings continued to rise, industry pundits warned of a possible investment bubble. Still, it looks like the bubble remains more of a threat than a present danger.
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2004 Parke Chapman	Midtown Manhattan: A Pillar of Strength The real estate market in Manhattan is finally emerging from a three-year slump. Office leasing is on the rise, hotel vacancy rates are tightening and luxury retailers are flocking to Fifth Avenue's midtown shopping corridor.
National Real Estate Investor December 2, 2002 Parke Chapman	John Hancock to sell Boston trophy tower The number of insurers paring their real estate portfolios underscores how poorly the industry has done.
National Real Estate Investor December 17, 2002 Parke Chapman	Midtown Manhattan office building could fetch $1 billion Another Class-A office building in Midtown Manhattan is on the market. Located on 52nd Street in the heart of Midtown near Rockefeller Center, 666 Fifth Ave. could command bids as high as $1 billion, or more than $600 per sq. ft.
National Real Estate Investor May 2, 2003 Parke Chapman	Wells Continues Acquisition Spree Wells Real Estate Investment Trust has been busy this week. The unlisted office and industrial REIT spent over $245 million to buy two office buildings, including a 410,000 sq. ft. New Jersey office building and a 929,694 sq. ft. Minneapolis property.
National Real Estate Investor December 24, 2003	Bank of America to Anchor Major Manhattan Office Project The 2.1 million sq. ft. office tower to be called One Bryant Park will be developed by the Durst Organization.
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2005 Parke Chapman	Residential Rebound Four years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, residential sales and rentals in Manhattan are soaring.
National Real Estate Investor September 26, 2003	Macklowe Buys GM Building For a Record $1.4 Billion New York City developer Harry Macklowe now owns the General Motors Building after paying Conseco Inc. a record $1.4 billion for the 50-story midtown Manhattan office tower. Macklowe was one of nearly two dozen bidders.
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Joe Gose	The Office Investment Gamble Several office markets battered by the tech wreck that jolted Wall Street and led to a recession four years ago are still plagued by double-digit vacancies. But that hasn't fazed investors, who are generally paying more for properties today than they were in 2001 when the buildings were filled with tenants.
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Parke Chapman	Office Glut at Ground Zero The jury decision on insurance liability for the World Trade Center could clear the way for five new office towers to be developed around Ground Zero in a larger plan that could cost as much as $9 billion.
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2004 Parke Chapman	An Insatiable Appetite for Trophy Assets Investment sales activity is occurring at a frenzied pace. Nearly $70 billion worth of Class-A office buildings were sold during the first half of 2004 --- a 60% increase in sales volume over the same period last year.
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 H. Lee Murphy	A Taxing Situation Everyone loves to complain about high taxes -- it's practically the national sport. But for Chicago office building owners, the complaints ring particularly true.
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2005 Joe Gose	Why Office Owners Can't Resist the Quick Flip Are private investment funds turning into short-term holders of office assets in return for fast profits, or are they simply taking full advantage of the wide-open capital spigot that's flooding the property markets?
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Parke Chapman	A Long Way to Go in Lower Manhattan According to real estate data provider CoStar Group, only eight of the 17 buildings near Ground Zero have re-opened. The nine buildings that remain closed account for more than 5.5 million sq. ft. of office space.
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Matt Valley	Forecast 2003 As 2002 limps across the finish line, the men and women who run the commercial real estate industry are looking to the Middle East for hints of what 2003 will bring. Industry execs agree that until the Iraq conflict is resolved the economic recovery won't gain any substantial momentum.
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2007	Deals & Projects Grosvenor Investment Management has acquired a portfolio of 10 buildings... Lowe Enterprises Investors and Blue Vista Capital Management have acquired two 264-unit apartment complexes... etc.
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2003	American Financial Buys $769 Million Office Portfolio Fresh after its IPO last week, American Financial Realty Trust has purchased 158 properties from Bank of America Corp. for nearly $800 million. The 8.1 million sq. ft. portfolio consists of office buildings, banking and operations centers scattered throughout 19 states.
National Real Estate Investor February 25, 2003 Parke Chapman	Chicago landmark trades for nearly $500M After sitting on the market for four months, the Blackstone Group has sold the Aon Center in Chicago for roughly $475 million, or $190 per sq. ft. Atlanta-based Wells Real Estate, an active buyer in 2002, has agreed to purchase the tower, the third largest building in the U.S.
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2006 Joe Gose	Dispositions Dwindle REITs are less likely to be the net sellers they've been during the last few years when high demand for commercial real estate allowed office landlords to dump non-core assets or buildings in unfavorable markets.
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2003	Greenwich Capital Refinances LA Trophy Towers for $510M Los Angeles' landmark tower U.S Bank Tower and the Wells Fargo Tower have been refinanced by two loans totaling $510 million. RBS Greenwich Capital's Real Estate Finance Group made the two loans to Maguire Partners, owner of the buildings. The loans were designed to refinance previous loans on the trophy properties.
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2003 Tony Wilbert	More Office Glut in Midtown Atlanta? Midtown's office market is the second worst in metro Atlanta. More than 25% of Midtown's 13 million sq. ft. of office space is empty, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg	Crossing the Hudson The office market in Midtown Manhattan is blazing hot, with asking rents at prime buildings topping $100 per sq. ft. That has sent some tenants heading for Northern New Jersey where it is possible to find rents in Class-A buildings for less than $35 per sq. ft.
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2006	Deals & Projects The Koll Co. and Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho will acquire a portfolio of 12 office properties... CalTIA, a joint venture between national financial services organization TIAA-CREF and RREEF, has sold a 9.6 million sq. ft. national industrial portfolio... etc.
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2005 Matt Hudgins	It's A Jungle Out There The stakes keep rising for buyers hunting office properties in a crowded commercial real estate market. An excess of capital and persistently low long-term interest rates have given sellers the upper hand.
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Jessica Miller	Office Properties: The Worst Could Be Ahead After hotels, the office sector is the biggest victim of the soft economy. And unlike the retail, industrial and multifamily sectors, experts predict that office fundamentals will continue to crumble before improvement begins some time in 2004.
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2006	Deals & Projects Younan Properties has acquired Norfolk Tower, a 206,680 sq. ft. Class-A highrise... The joint venture between Colliers ABR and AEW Capital Management has purchased the 22-story office tower at 119 West 40th Street... etc.
National Real Estate Investor September 9, 2003	Eastern New York Office Complex Trades For $200 Million EAB Plaza, a major Long Island office property, has sold for roughly $200 million. Galaxy LI Associates, a joint venture between New York-based real estate developer Moinian Group and C&K Properties, were the buyers.
National Real Estate Investor January 19, 2004 Parke Chapman	PricewaterhouseCoopers Subleases 800,000 Sq. Ft. in Manhattan's 300 Madison PricewaterhouseCoopers has signed a long-term sublease for 800,000 sq. ft. at Brookfield Properties' 300 Madison Avenue building. The $800 million deal is believed to be one of Manhattan's largest leasing transactions since 2001.
National Real Estate Investor January 2, 2003	MetLife sells 501 Boylston St. MetLife Inc. has sold the 530,000 sq. ft. 501 Boylston St. building in Boston to locally based Beacon Capital Partners LLC for a reported $130 million.
National Real Estate Investor September 23, 2003 Parke Chapman	Office REIT Stung By Competitive Manhattan Market A decision last week by law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft to lease 450,000 sq. ft. at One World Financial Center was terrific news for lower Manhattan and WFC landlord Brookfield Properties, but quite the opposite for Boston Properties.
National Real Estate Investor January 5, 2004 Parke Chapman	Law Firm Relocates from Midtown to Downtown Manhattan Midtown Manhattan law firm Morgan & Finnegan has signed a 100,000 sq. ft. lease at 3 World Financial Center. The lease gives the firm two full floors within 3 WFC, which is located directly across from Ground Zero.
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2006 Joe Gose	Growth Prescription: Medical Office Real estate investors have discovered healthy returns in the decidedly ill health care industry. The allure of medical office buildings hinges largely on predictable occupancy patterns.
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Parke Chapman	Drowning in Data Legions of analysts and data gatherers now provide a steady flow of information about occupancies, asking rents, sales per square foot, and so on for all markets and classes of commercial real estate. If this is transparency, it is of a highly murky vintage.
National Real Estate Investor July 23, 2003 Parke Chapman	New York's Strategic Value A Cornerstone of CBRE/Insignia Merger With the merger between CB Richard Ellis and Insignia finalized, a new brokerage kingdom now rules New York City.
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman	Apartment Market Rediscovery In New York, apartment investors looking for deals may actually benefit from a slowdown in conversion-led apartment sales. The reason? Condo-mania has chiseled away at apartment yields.
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005	$730.2 Million in Lending Facilitated in Manhattan by Singer & Bassuk The top 8 Manhattan deals facilitated by the mortgage broker since December: $178.9 million for 325 Fifth Avenue... $120 million for 88 Leonard Street... $116 million for 95-97 Horatio... etc.
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2003 Matt Gove	Wells Makes Its Move Wells Real Estate Funds has spent most of its 18-year history flying under the radar --- buying nondescript, single-tenant suburban office buildings. Now, the Atlanta-based privately held company is making its move with acquisitions totaling more than $1.2 billion for 2002.
National Real Estate Investor January 28, 2003	Downtown Baltimore office tower sells for $50M A 380,000 sq. ft. office building in downtown Baltimore has sold for $50 million. Norfolk-Va. Based Harbor Group International (HGI) and a corporate investor bought the property, known as the First Union Tower, as part of a tax-deferred exchange.
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2004	Sares-Regis Expands Development Plans in the Inland Empire West Coast developer The Sares-Regis Group and RREEF Real Estate Investment Managers are developing an ambitious multi-phased industrial project consisting of a pair of industrial buildings that will total more than 1.1 million sq. ft.
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2004 Beth Mattson-Teig	Medical Office Buildings: Remedy for an Ailing Market Developers and investors are discovering that health care real estate may be just what the doctor ordered for a slumping real estate market.
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Parke Chapman	Outbidding the German Uber-bidders Even though Germans are still chasing the top office properties and have even more money to plow into U.S. real estate, they are facing new competition from pension funds, REITs and other domestic buyers willing to outbid them.
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2007	Deals & Projects Hines has acquired 2100 M Street NW in Washington, D.C. for an undisclosed price... Normandy Real Estate Partners has acquired a pair of Boston office buildings for a total of $73 million...
National Real Estate Investor December 23, 2002	Wells buys office tower for $157 million Capping off a year-long acquisition spree, Atlanta-based Wells Real Estate Investment Trust has closed on a $157 million Class-A office tower in Glendale, Calif. The 545,000 sq. ft. Nestle Building was bought from Douglas Emmett Realty Advisors, an opportunity fund manager.
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2004 Parke Chapman	On the Menu: Secondary Office Markets The pricing delta between top-tier office properties in big cities and smaller markets may help explain why some investors are rethinking their strategies.
National Real Estate Investor November 25, 2002 Parke Chapman	Wells buys $345 million D.C. office complex Wells Real Estate Investment Trust has acquired a pair of Class-A, office buildings in the heart of Washington, D.C.
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2004 Morris Newman	Cashing In on L.A.'s Hot Investment Climate After a decade with very little new construction, the Los Angeles office market is noticeably tighter.