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Greystar Agrees to Acquire EdR in $4.6B Merger

by Taylor Williams

CHARLESTON, S.C. — An affiliate of multifamily development firm Greystar has agreed to acquire student housing developer Education Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: EDR) in an all-cash transaction that will take the company private. The sales price of $4.6 billion includes existing debt. Under the terms of the agreement, which is expected to close during the second half of the year, EdR’s stockholders will receive $41.50 per share in cash. The price represents a premium of 13.6 percent over the May 31 closing share price, the last day before rumors of the sale were published. According to the company’s annual report, in 2017, Memphis-based EdR owned 70 student housing properties totaling 36,420 beds across 24 states. The company also managed 16 communities totaling 9,832 beds across 10 states. “As a public company, one of our priorities is to maximize stockholder value and we believe this transaction with Greystar accomplishes that goal,” says Randy Churchey, CEO and chairman of EdR.  “Since the current EdR management team took over on January 1, 2010 — and including this transaction — EdR stockholders will have received a total stockholder return of 293 percent.” According to Alex Goldfarb, managing director and senior REIT analyst at New York-based Sandler …

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Student Housing Lenders Experiencing a Particularly Busy 2018

by David Cohen

Lending intermediaries are not seeing any slowdown in the availability of capital for the student housing sector in 2018. Many report that the sector is a favorite and a well-known quantity among lenders, one that they want to count among their specialties. “Historically, student housing was viewed only as a subset of multifamily, but we have seen a distinct departure from that mindset throughout the current cycle,” says Benjamin Roelke, senior vice president, debt and structured finance, CBRE Capital Markets. “Lenders are getting smarter about student housing and are asking the right questions more often than not.” “Our high volume construction lending relationships view student housing as a stand-alone product type and understand that each market should be evaluated on its own merits, but in uncertain times there are macro forces that can alter risk evaluation standards generally, with the effects trickling down to specialized product types,” says Tim Bradley, founder and CEO of TSB Capital Advisors. Student Housing — On Its Own Lenders increasingly view student housing as an attractive stand-alone asset class. Its strong performance during the Great Recession prompted many lenders to closely study and understand the sector, with many growing their lending platforms alongside strong developer …

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Easterly Government Properties Agrees to Buy 1.5 MSF Government-Leased Office Portfolio for $430M

by John Nelson

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Easterly Government Properties (NYSE: DEA) has agreed to purchase a 14-property office portfolio across the United States for $430 million. The nearly 1.5 million-square-foot portfolio is 94 percent leased by the U.S. government and 99 percent leased overall. The seller was undisclosed. “We believe the acquisition of this portfolio is a wonderful opportunity for the company,” says William C. Trimble III, CEO of Easterly. “This acquisition is expected to grow our portfolio by approximately 39 percent on a rentable-square-foot basis, while still maintaining the same high-quality standard of assets Easterly is known for.” The portfolio includes the following assets: • A 267,766-square-foot office building in Buffalo, N.Y., housing Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and a regional office for the National Labor Relations Board • A 239,331-square-foot building next to Chicago O’Hare International Airport that houses the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Great Lakes Regional Office and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) • A 225,057-square-foot facility in Portland, Ore.’s Central City Plan District housing the USDA, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) • A 182,500-square-foot build-to-suit property in Parkersburg, …

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Lument

by Jaime Lackey

Lument, a subsidiary of ORIX Corporation USA, is a national leader in commercial real estate finance and delivers a comprehensive set of capital solutions customized for investors in multifamily, affordable housing, and seniors housing and healthcare real estate. Lument is a Fannie Mae DUS®, Freddie Mac Optigo®, FHA, and USDA lender. In addition, Lument offers a suite of proprietary commercial lending, real estate investment sales, investment banking, and investment management solutions. The company has approximately 600 employees in over 30 offices across the United States. Securities, investment banking, and advisory services are provided through Lument Securities, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advisory services are provided by Lument Investment Management, LLC is registered as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, visit https://www.lument.com. Lument Seniors Housing and Healthcare Articles FHA, Agency Financing Still Beat Banks for Seniors Housing Borrowers Employee Stock Ownership Plans Offer a Unique Exit Strategy in the Face of a Challenging Economic Environment Insights Financing: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD/FHA, USDA and Proprietary Property Specialties: • Conventional Multifamily • Affordable Housing      Affordable Housing Investment Sales • Small Balance Multifamily Loans • Manufactured Housing• Seniors Housing & Healthcare Click for Locations    Lument is a content …

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Redevelopment Defines CBL’s Strategy, Says CEO

by Kristin Harlow

LAS VEGAS — Over the past five years, CBL Properties (NYSE: CBL) has been disposing of “lower-productivity properties” and redeveloping several others. These moves reflect efforts to boost performance and upgrade the overall portfolio, which is largely concentrated in the Southeast and Midwest. Since 2013, the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based REIT has disposed of 21 mall assets and a number of other non-mall properties. In 2017 alone, CBL sold an outlet center, three malls, two office buildings and outparcel locations for a total of more than $180 million in proceeds. During the first quarter of 2018, $40 million in disposition activity was either completed or in process, including a binding contract for the sale of Janesville Mall, a tier-three shopping center located in Janesville, Wisconsin. Due to a combination of factors — including the threat of e-commerce and slipping occupancy for a period of time — the company’s stock price has taken a tumble during the past few years. Shares of CBL, which traded at $14.20 per share on Aug. 26, 2016, had fallen to $5.43 per share by the close of business on Wednesday, June 13. The key to righting the ship lies in redeveloping existing properties rather than conducting a …

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Turnberry, Simon Refinance Aventura Mall in South Florida With $1.75B Loan

by Camren Skelton

AVENTURA, FLA. — Aventura Mall Venture, a partnership between Turnberry Associates and Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG), has received $1.75 billion in financing for Aventura Mall in Aventura, a city in South Florida’s Miami-Dade County. JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley Bank provided the financing. According to multiple news outlets, the loan will be used to pay off a $1.2 billion CMBS loan that Turnberry and Simon secured in 2013, and a $214 million loan that mall owners took out in 2016 to fund a 315,000-square-foot expansion. The new three-level wing includes experiential additions to the Arts Aventura Mall program, a 93-foot-tall Aventura Slide Tower, the first Topshop Topman in Florida, Zara, Under Armour, Treats Food Hall and new dining options offering indoor and outdoor seating. The nearly 3 million-square-foot Aventura Mall is home to more than 300 tenants, including Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Anthropologie, H&M, Urban Outfitters and a 24-screen AMC movie theater. Jack Kessler, Rebecca Livingston Lando, Bruce Booken, Jason D’Amico, George Cass, Rebecca Trinkler and Haley Ayure of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC provided legal representation for Turnberry and Simon. “This transaction is important because it enables Aventura Mall to …

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Silverstein Properties Celebrates Opening of 3 World Trade Center

by David Cohen

NEW YORK CITY — Real estate development firm Silverstein Properties has officially opened 3 World Trade Center, New York City’s fifth-tallest tower, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 11. The 80-story, 2.5 million-square-foot office building is the second-to-last tower to open on the 16-acre site. The building will welcome more than 6,000 new employees to Lower Manhattan this year. Located at 175 Greenwich St., 3 World Trade Center was designed by architecture firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and features a reinforced concrete core encased by a steel structure.Advertising media company GroupM will anchor the building. Other tenants who have signed leases include stock exchange company IEX and management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. The building will also feature 216,000 square feet of retail space, spanning five floors.

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Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Revises Offer to Acquire LaSalle Hotel Properties, New Deal Valued at $4.17B

by John Nelson

BETHESDA, MD. — For the fourth time since March, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) has revised its merger proposal with LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE: LHO). Both hospitality REITs are based in Bethesda. Pebblebrook’s offer is contingent on LaSalle breaking off its current merger agreement with Blackstone Group. Pebblebrook submitted its offer to LaSalle’s board of trustees a few weeks after Blackstone and LaSalle came to terms on their merger. Blackstone’s deal was for $4.8 billion in an all-cash transaction. While a lower total dollar amount, Pebblebrook’s $4.17 billion offer excludes a debt portion, and The Wall Street Journal reports that Blackstone’s deal was valued at $3.7 billion when excluding debt. Pebblebrook’s board of trustees has unanimously approved the new deal. “The board of Pebblebrook remains convinced that a strategic combination with LaSalle represents a value-maximizing opportunity for the shareholders of both LaSalle and Pebblebrook,” said Jon Bortz, chairman, president and CEO of Pebblebrook. The hospitality REIT’s new offer represents a 13 percent premium over the Blackstone agreement. For each LaSalle common share held, each LaSalle shareholder may elect to receive $37.80 in cash (compared to Blackstone’s $33.50 per share offer) or a fixed exchange ratio of 0.92 Pebblebrook share. The …

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PS Business Parks Acquires 1.1 MSF Industrial Portfolio in Northern Virginia for $143.3M

by Taylor Williams

SPRINGFIELD, VA. — PS Business Parks Inc. (NYSE: PSB), a California-based office and industrial REIT, has acquired a portfolio of industrial properties totaling roughly 1.1 million square feet in northern Virginia. The purchase price was $143.3 million. The portfolio consists of the 19 buildings located within the 813,725-square-foot Northern Virginia Industrial Park and the 241,000-square-foot Fullerton Industrial Park. Both of these developments, which span a combined 65 acres, are located in Springfield, about 15 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. PS Business Parks already owns three industrial parks totaling 606,000 square feet in this area. Those properties have posted a historical average occupancy of 95 percent since 2000. With the acquisition of these two properties, the company’s footprint in the Springfield/Newington submarket totals approximately 1.7 million square feet, roughly 11 percent of the submarket supply. “We are confident that these properties will achieve the same occupancy and rent growth we have accomplished in our other locations in this market,” says Maria Hawthorne, president and CEO of PS Business Parks. “The location is superb as it is adjacent to Fort Belvoir and just south of the Pentagon in a densely populated area with excellent access to transportation.” The average lease size at …

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AmerisourceBergen Signs 400,000 SF Office Lease for New Corporate Headquarters in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania

by David Cohen

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA.— AmerisourceBergen has signed a 400,000-square-foot office lease at Keystone Property Group’s SORA West site in Conshohocken for its new global headquarters. The site includes a 400,000-square-foot office building, 125-room hotel, 1,500-space parking garage, public spaces and restaurants. Binswanger represented AmerisourceBergen in the lease transaction. Currently headquartered in Chesterbrook, Pa., the company is ranked No. 12 on the Fortune 500 and serves as a partner in the pharmaceutical supply chain for thousands of healthcare providers, veterinary practices, livestock producers and global manufacturers. The new headquarters is expected to house around 1,500 employees.

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