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London’s West End Office Market Ranks First in CBRE’s Occupancy Costs Study
The title of world’s highest-priced office market is staying in the capital of the United Kingdom, while three of the top five markets are located in Asia, confirming the area’s recent rise to power in terms of office space, the latest CBRE Global Research and Consulting survey shows.
Citi Acquires East Tower at One Bay East for $700 Million in Hong Kong’s Largest Ever Office Purchase
CBRE recently announced its participation in the largest office tower purchase in the Hong Kong office market.
PRG Real Estate and WVS Companies Team on Roanoke Apartment Development
PRG Real Estate and WVS Companies have teamed to develop South16, a contemporary apartment building in Roanoke, Va., located in the epicenter of the city’s 110-acre riverfront redevelopment project.
Economy Watch: GDP Drops Through Floor in Q1
Real gross domestic product decreased at an annualized rate of 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2014 according to the third and final estimate by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Commonwealth Cooperative Buys DC Apartments, Plans Rehab
South Cathedral Mansions, an apartment building in the Woodley Park district on Connecticut Ave. in Washington, D.C., has changed hands for only the fourth time since Harry Wardman and Mihran Mesrobian developed it in 1922.
Atlanta Property Acquired by Winn Companies, Roseview Group
Roseview Winn Residential Fund 1 has acquired Carroll at Bethesda Park, a 222-unit luxury apartment community in the desirable Lawrenceville submarket of Atlanta’s Gwinnett County.
Thomas O’Brien Named President of LCOR
LCOR, a fully integrated real estate company specializing in property development, investment and management, announced that its chief operating officer, Thomas O’Brien, a 30-year veteran of the company, will succeed Peter DiLullo as president of LCOR, effective July 1.
IREM® and its International Chapter Network to Spotlight Organization’s Deep Ethical Roots During Upcoming, Month-Long Observance
The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM®) and its 93 chapters across the U.S. and abroad will mark, throughout the month of September, the annual observance of “IREM® Ethics Awareness Month.”
Williamsburg Adaptive Reuse Near Completion
The Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn has been a residential hotspot for some time now—ever since Brooklyn was discovered by hipsters and people tired of paying Manhattan rents—and the latest of a swarm of recent residential developments, 172 North 10th St., is nearly finished. The project is an adaptive reuse.
Economy Watch: Home Prices Rises Slowing Down
According to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices the 10-city and 20-city composite indexes were up 10.8 percent year-over-year in April.