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Engrain Launches Portable Marketing and Sales/Leasing Platform for Real Estate, TouchTour GO
Engrain (engrain.com), a provider of touch screen marketing, sales/leasing and messaging platforms for real estate, has announced the rollout of TouchTour GO, a compact version of its large-screen TouchTour system.
Trump International Hotel & Tower Baku to Open in June 2015
Trump Hotel Collection recently announced the development of Trump International Hotel & Tower in Baku, Azerbaijan. The 33-story luxury hotel will be located on Hasan Aliyev St. in the Nasimi District of Baku, in close proximity to the Zaha Hadid-designed Heydar Aliyev Center, and is slated for completion in June 2015.
ETCO Homes Developing Luxury Apartments in Beverly Hills
ETCO Homes is developing 460 Palm, a 35-unit apartment community in Beverly Hills, Calif.
W.P. Carey Completes Acquisition of Class A HQ Property in Oil-Driven Norwegian Market
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor Stavanger, Norway—Global REIT W.P. Carey Inc. recently announced the acquisition of an office asset in the fastest growing market in Southern Norway. The company specializes in corporate sale-leaseback, build-to-suit financing and the acquisition of single-tenant net-lease properties, a strategy it respected with the acquisition of the headquarters of Apply AS in the city of Stavanger. Two of the REITs that the entity manages, namely CPA:17—Global and CPA:18—Global completed the purchase of the asset in a deal worth around NOK 662 million (roughly $100 million). Apply AS is a local oil and gas industry topside engineering…
Economy Watch: ADP Says 230K Jobs Added in October
U.S. private-sector employment increased by 230,000 jobs in October, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report.
Fort Point Channel Apartments in Boston Bags LEED Gold
315 on A, an apartment community completed this year in the Fort Point Channel neighborhood—which is a hive of multifamily development these days—has won LEED Gold.
Hunt Mortgage Group Hires Fortunat Semadeni as Director and Chief FHA MAP Underwriter
Hunt Mortgage Group, a commercial real estate lender, announced today that Fortunat (Forty) Semadeni has joined the firm as director and chief FHA MAP underwriter to help expand the firm’s FHA lending platform.
Performance Partners Acquires Linda Vista Apartments in Dallas
A Performance Properties-headed partnership has purchased the 370-unit Linda Vista Apartments in North Dallas.
Economy Watch: Home Price Appreciation Even Slower
CoreLogic reported that home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 5.6 percent in September compared to the same month last year.
Work Begins on Downtown Houston Apartments
Ground has been broken for Catalyst Houston, a high-rise apartment building in the Houston CBD. Altogether, the 28-story property will include 361 units, and is slated for completion in the summer of 2016.