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The YardsNew Pavilion Heralds $1.7B Mixed-Use Project in D.C.
Construction of The Yards, a 5.5 million-square-foot redevelopment endeavor in southeast Washington, D.C., by Forest City Washington, is in the works, and the company has just opened The Yards Pavilion (pictured) to give a peak at what is to come when the first phase of the project delivers late next year. An outdoor marketing gallery, The Yards Pavilion features exhibit panels and kiosks detailing the multi-faceted $1.7 billion project, the first structure of which will debut late next year as the 170-unit Foundry Lofts apartment building.
jury inn leedsDublin Firm Enters Hotel Partnership with Oman Investment Fund
A little more than a year after purchasing Jurys Inns hotel chain, Dublin-based international private equity real estate group Quinlan Private has sold a 50 percent partnership interest in the hotel chain to Oman Investment Fund, an investment arm of the Sultanate of Oman.
Tenet Healthcare Takes 165,000 SF in Downtown Dallas
Tenet Healthcare Corp., an owner of hospitals and other medical facilities nationwide, is planning to move its headquarters to Downtown Dallas. The company, which only moved to the Dallas area from Southern California in 2004, will lease about 165,000 square feet for 10 years at the 1.2 million-square-foot Fountain Place at 1445 Ross Ave.
Rapp Promoted to Vice Chairman for CBRE’s Tri-State Region
CB Richard Ellis Inc. has promoted Ken Rapp, a commercial real estate veteran known for his prolific leasing work with some of Manhattan’s biggest corporations and other high-profile clients, to vice chairman for CBRE’s New York Tri-State region.
RockBridge Takes $46M North Carolina Hotel Portfolio
RockBridge Partners, the equity platform of Columbus, Ohio-based RockBridge Capital, has announced the closure of a deal to acquire Gateway Center, a portfolio with four hotels, office and retail space and five acres of land in Rocky Mount, 60 miles east of Raleigh, N.C. William Hull Jr., the original developer, will continue to be involved in the deal as a minority partner. Hospitality Ventures, headquartered in Atlanta, will be the manager for the hotels.


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