Finance Mortgage Banking
Comcast Center in Philadelphia Gets $324M Funding
April 1, 2008

Liberty Property Trust's Liberty/Commerz 1701 JFK Boulevard L.P. has closed $324 million in permanent financing for Comcast Center, it has reported. The 1.25-million-square-foot office is under construction in Philadelphia. The 10-year loan came from Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp., at a rate of 6.15 percent.

 
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Corus, Lehman Bros. Make D.C. Loans
May 15, 2008
Corus Bank closed a $72 million loan to MR BP Office #1 L.L.C. to finance the construction of a nine-story Class A office building located at 55 M Street SE in Washington, D.C.
$41M Financing Deal Closes for Dallas-Area MF
May 14, 2008
A financing package valued at approximately $41 million has been put in place for the 600-unit St. Marin/Karrington Apartments complex in Coppell, Texas, about 30 miles from downtown Dallas.
NorthMarq Arranges $49M Mortgage for Point Niguel
May 13, 2008
Michael Elmore of NorthMarq Capital, Inc.’s Los Angeles Regional office, arranged first mortgage financing of $49 million for Point Niguel, a 324-unit multi-family complex, located in Laguna Niguel, Calif.
larimer $145M Construction Loan Set for Denver Tower
May 13, 2008
The Dallas office of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler L.P. has announced that it arranged a $140 million construction loan for 1800 Larimer.
Meruelo Maddux Battles Financial Woes
May 12, 2008
Ahead of releasing its first quarter 2008 financial results after the market closes tomorrow, Downtown Los Angeles landlord Meruelo Maddux Properties Inc. has been taking steps to battle debt woes and a depressed stock price.
 

 

Engaging Your Employees Essential
May 09, 2008
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --Long gone are the days where the executive leadership of a company can remain sequestered in their offices with an internal focus on hard metrics. It is the soft metrics of customer centricity...

The Name Game: Part 3
May 02, 2008
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --This is the third and final piece in this series on naming. The first column dealt with how to select a naming firm, the second one addressed the components that go into creating...

The Name Game, Part 2
April 25, 2008
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --This week's column is part two in a three part series on naming. Last week's column contained advice on how to select a naming firm and today I'll address the elements that go...

The Name Game: Part 1
April 18, 2008
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --The disciplines of branding and corporate identity have long been personal passions of mine, and nothing within this genre holds greater fascination for me than the practice of corporate naming. This column is...

Knowledge Is Power
April 11, 2008
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --The ability of an executive to sort out who, what, why, when, where, and how while contemplating how decisions are made will largely determine the qualitative outcome of said eventual decisions. Even though...