Scott Miller's Commercial Real Estate Update - July 2014


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Hotels could transform key downtown Seattle corridor


Hotel developers are snapping up parking lots along downtown Seattle’s Stewart Street, hoping to cash in on a fast-growing commercial district nestled between Amazon.com’s growing campus and a possible expansion of the state convention center


 


'Dirt is being moved' as Kenmore's downtown revitalization finally gets some momentum


After years of effort, construction finally has started on the first major private development in downtown Kenmore: a 138-unit project called Spencer 68 Apartments + Lofts.


 


Old building on Seattle's Capitol Hill grows up — literally


Hunters Capital, a real estate development company in Seattle, plans to start a major overhaul of an early 20th century building, adding five stories to the low-slung structure on Seattle's Capitol Hill.


 


Housing group sets sights on Jorve Roofing site in South Seattle


A builder of affordable housing hopes to buy a large South Seattle property to develop a project that a City Council member said will have a medical clinic.


 


Chris Hansen inks deal to buy 5 more acres in Sodo


Chris Hansen may have lost Steve Ballmer, but he hasn't lost his appetite for real estate in Seattle's Sodo neighborhood


 


New hotels and office towers could soon sprout from Washington State Convention Center


Hotel and office towers could be part of the proposed expansion of the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle, center President and CEO Jeff Blosser said Thursday.


 


First glimpse: Vulcan reveals plan for one or more towers on full block in South Lake Union


Vulcan Real Estate wants to build up to two high-rises on a prominent block where its South Lake Union Discovery Center now stands next to the Denny Playfield.


 


For rent: Space in a Seattle landmark


For perhaps the first time since King Street Station opened in 1906, office space in the station is available for lease.


 


Schnitzer West ready to kick off construction in Bellevue


Schnitzer West’s plans for a 16-story tower in downtown Bellevue moved forward this week with the demolition of a pawn shop two blocks from the tower site.


 


High-Tech Hotel


A pair of hotel investors are paying a record price for a top-ranked luxury hotel in downtown Seattle.


 


From hammers to housing: South Lake Union high-rise project moves forward


A San Francisco company has applied for a master-use permit to build a 25-story residential tower by Amazon.com's headquarters in the South Lake Union neighborhood.


 


Twinkie Town: Big apartment project planned for Hostess bakery site


What was once Seattle's only Twinkie bakery will become a seven-story apartment project.


 


Apartment rents, occupancy rates keep rising in Seattle


If you're a renter or looking for an apartment in Seattle, you probably know this: rents are rising and so are occupancy rates.


 


Target targets Wilburton district of Bellevue for big new store


City of Bellevue officials are clearing the way for a new Target store just off of Interstate 5 in the Wilburton commercial district.


 


Going up: 123-suite hotel in Issaquah's Hyla Crossing neighborhood


Construction is beginning on a Homewood Suites by Hilton in Issaquah.


Issaquah-based Rowley Properties scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday afternoon for the eight-story hotel at 1484 Hyla Ave., adjacent to Rowley's existing Hilton Garden Inn.


 


 


One of the largest shareholders of Nicholas Schorsch's American Realty Capital Properties Inc. ARCP -1.40% has some tough words for the company and its recent acquisition binge: Enough already.

 


Marriott International Inc. MAR +0.33% is betting that New York's gritty Pennsylvania Station neighborhood is ready for a luxury upgrade.

 


As technology companies seek bigger and better offices, property owners have been closely tracking which ones are moving to cities versus the suburbs.

 


The real-estate asset-management arm of Deutsche Bank AG DBK.XE -0.04% has purchased a 50% stake in a Florida mall at one of the highest prices paid for a mall since the downturn.

 


Donald Trump is causing an aesthetic hubbub in Chicago with five simple letters: T-R-U-M-P.

 


A Chinese property company building a high-end condo tower in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has

 


For the first time since the U.S. housing crash, new condominium towers are sprouting in downtown Boston, Seattle and Los Angeles as developers bet on the return of the riskiest type of residential real estate.

 


New-home sales soared in May, but the gains simply put the market back on track to match last year's overall pace, rather than signaled a significant momentum gain.

 


Many real-estate funds failed to get through the financial crisis. But a new report shows those that did survive have more money than ever.

 


LOS ANGELES—Labor and construction costs, in addition to the price of consumer goods, is rising, and this will have an impact on the commercial real estate industry….

 


 


MEXICO CITY—This city's central boulevard, named El Paseo de la Reforma, a stately thoroughfare dotted with ornate monuments, is undergoing its biggest surge of office development since the 1985 earthquake drove many businesses to other parts of the city.

 


A residential and retail boom in one of Mexico City's most fashionable neighborhoods has turned into a textbook case of what can go wrong when infrastructure fails to keep up with real-estate development.

 


Most of the developers putting up new office buildings in Mexico City have names that would be known only in Mexico.

 


CAIRO—Just a few kilometers from the ancient Pyramids of Giza, another unusual structure is rising in the hot desert dunes: a 102-foot-high ski slope.

 


Citigroup Inc. C -0.50% is banking on Hong Kong.

The financial firm has bought a $700 million office development under way in Hong Kong's Kowloon district.

 


Like many real-estate projects that broke ground on the eve of the global financial crisis, Oeiras Golf & Residence outside of Lisbon struggled for years.

 


Commercial real-estate yields in Asia are the lowest in the world, forcing investors to pay top prices for the highest-quality buildings, take on more risk or consider property investments outside of their regions for the first time.

 

MultiFamily

 


A San Francisco company has applied for a master-use permit to build a 25-story residential tower by Amazon.com's headquarters in the South Lake Union neighborhood.

 


What was once Seattle's only Twinkie bakery will become a seven-story apartment project.

 


If you're a renter or looking for an apartment in Seattle, you probably know this: rents are rising and so are occupancy rates.

 


Investors in the past week have closed on two separate purchases of apartment complexes in the Denver region and Washington—for a total of $324 million—in the latest sign of the surprising endurance of the multifamily sector.

 


With a "massive amount" of new apartments being constructed, rising rents and falling occupancy rates, the Seattle apartment market has been called "remarkable."

 


SAN FRANCISCO—“Young adult population boom has fueled the apartment sector, and that boom should extend another decade…

 

DISTRESSED

 


It isn't always easy being tall

The Willis Tower in Chicago—formerly the Sears Tower—is hitting a patch of financial turbulence as its owners try to fill vacant space.

 


IRVINE, CA—“Distressed sales continue to represent a smaller share of the overall sales pie nationwide, helping to boost median home prices higher given that distressed sales tend to be in lower price ranges,”

 



 


REITs Cede Ground on Executive Pay


Executive compensation at real-estate investment trusts continued to rise last year, but at the slowest pace in five years as companies focused on making pay packages more shareholder-friendly.


 


Real Estate's Rise Calls for Inspection


After a dizzying rally, real-estate investment trusts may be overheating. As investors flock to these shares in search of high payouts, some fund managers are worried that a repeat of last year's sharp selloff could be in the making.


 


 


Banks are checking back into the hotel business.

J.P. Morgan Chase JPM -0.53% & Co., Deutsche Bank AG and other firms are ramping up lending for lodging acquisitions and debt refinancing to levels not seen since before the financial crisis.

 


Demand for architectural design work is rising again, an indication that construction spending should rise in the months ahead

 


Origin Capital Partners, a Chicago-based investment firm, took a departure from its typical main-street acquisition strategy to seek profits on the runway.

 


WASHINGTON—Intense competition in a slow-growth, low-interest-rate environment is continuing to fuel riskier lending by banks, a top U.S. regulator warned in a report released on Wednesday.

 


SAN FRANCISCO—“Everyone needs to start thinking about the babies of Millennials and how they will impact the communities you are building and developing.”

 


SAN FRANCISCO— Solar is becoming “the new granite countertop” in today's home market and is expected to soon become the mainstream option, says PetersenDean’s Wendi Zubillaga, chief sales officer

 

 

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