TODAY’S DEALS: JV Lands Loan, Breaks Ground at Univ. of Miss.

EdR, Landmark begin a student housing project; Centerline Capital Group provides refinancing for an property in Nebraska; and Aztec Group Inc. closes a acquisition and bridge loan for a community in Florida.

TODAY’S DEALS: AIG Lands $37.2M for 379-Unit Tampa Asset

AIG Global Real Estate finances a Class A property; Walker & Dunlop provides $74.4 million to a 634-unit asset; and KeyBank Real Estate Capital closes a $15.8 million loan through Freddie Mac’s Capital Markets Execution program for a Class A property.

TODAY’S DEALS: Dickinson Moves Ahead with $65M Project

A mixed-use project gets the green light; Venture West arranges a $10.1 million acquisition loan; and ARA represents the buyer in the acquisition of a 4.18-acre site in a master-planned community.

TODAY’S DEALS: CBRE Purchases 350-Unit Asset in Colorado

CBRE Global Investors buys a 350-unit asset; Kennedy Wilson acquires a SoCal property for $43.7 million; and investors show high level of interest in a Transwestern-brokered Dallas property sale.

TODAY’S DEALS: Bluerock, Bell Partners Grab a Tennessee Asset

Partnership buys a 252-unit asset; Gerson Bakar & Associates complete a 300-unit acquisition near Portland, Ore.; and Alliant Capital completes loan with a 3.81 percent interest rate.

Podcast – Leading Investors

Jack Kern and Mike Ratliff dissect the results to our 2012 look at the Leading Commercial Investors. We are expecting to see more acquisition activity, with a bit of development, in most major markets and all property sectors. Be sure to check out the full results of the 2012 ranking of the Leading Commercial Investors.

TODAY'S DEALS: HFF Completes $57M Atlanta Sale

HFF closes the sale of an Atlanta asset to TA Associates Realty; The Cantrell Co. brokers the sale of a distressed asset in Dallas; and NorthMarq Capital’s Greg Duvall completes four market-rate financings through AmeriSphere.

TODAY'S DEALS: Harbor Group Buys Three-Property Portfolio for $100M

Harbor Group International acquires a 1,218-unit portfolio in Florida; MIG Real Estate buys a luxury asset in Austin; and Colliers International brokers the $2.7 million sale of a residential lot in a college area.

TODAY'S DEALS: Beech Street Refinances Alabama Asset

Beech Street closes a $25 million Freddie Mac CME loan for a Mobile, Ala., asset; The Bascom Group acquires two properties in California for $18.7 million; and Pearlmark Real Estate closes a $6.2 million mez loan for a new construction project.

Eco Building Products Advances the Industry Standard for Lumber

The idea lumber will protect from mold, wood-rot, termites and fire for the life of a development. Eco Red Shield Protected Lumber from Eco Building Products works to combat all four problems and is the only lumber that comes with a 10-year warranty to back it up.