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Partnership Offloads Ridgelea Bank Building in Fort Worth
May 14, 2008
Source: Dallas Business Journal

Dallas-based Cawley Partners and New York-based Greenstreet Real Estate Partners have sold the Ridglea Bank Building in Fort Worth for an undisclosed amount, the Dallas Business Journal reported today. The 181,601-square-foot building stands 12 stories near the Ridglea Country Club and Camp Bowie Boulevard. It is currently 98 percent leased.

The partners' sale was closed by the Dallas office of Holliday Fenoglio Flower, which also arranged financing for purchaser GNL Properties through GE Real Estate, the Business Journal reported.

 
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