Outside the Region: Loeb & Loeb LLP welcomes Barksdale as a partner in firm's real estate department

Los Angeles, CA According to Loeb & Loeb LLP, David Barksdale has joined the firm’s real estate department as a partner. Barksdale...

Outside the Region: BRT Apartments Corp. to sell 542-unit Fountains Apartments in Palm Beach Gardens for $97.3 million

Palm Beach Gardens, FL According to BRT Apartments Corp., it has entered into a contract to sell The Fountains Apartments, a 542 unit proper...

Outside the Region: Piercy of Nexus Commercial Realty represents buyer for Colorado Springs property

Colorado Springs, CO Nexus Commercial Realty, has closed on the sale of 1137 Valley Manor Ct., a duplex, for $125,000. Crystal Piercy of Nex...

Scandalios, Hinckley, Rizzi, Peck and Goldstein of HFF place $32.1 million for 300,000 s/f development by Triangle Equities

Queens, NY Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) has completed land acquisition and pre-development financing totaling $32.1 million for the ...

Hartman of Pliskin Realty & Development brokers 7,700 s/f lease for Advanced Auto Parts

Nanuet, NY Marvin Hartman, executive vice president at Pliskin Realty & Development, has brokered his 43rd transaction for Advanced Auto...

Outside the Region: Lotus Capital Partners unveils plans for Riverfront Sq., in Newark; Designed by Michael Green Architecture

Newark, NJ Lotus Equity Group plans to develop one of the countries’ largest mass timber office buildings as part of Riverfront Square...

Zamir of GFI Realty acts for buyer and seller in $5.425 million sale of 21,000 s/f mixed-use property in East Harlem

Manhattan, NY GFI Realty Services, LLC completed the $5.425-million sale of 70-74 East 116th St., a five-story mixed-use property located in...

Outside the Region: Cushman & Wakefield arranges $265 million construction financing for 727,634 s/f office tower development

Renton, WA According to Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., it served as the exclusive advisor to SECO Development, Inc. in arranging $265 millio...

Outside the Region: Hunt Mortgage Group provides 5.5 million Freddie Mac Small Balance loan for multifamily acquisition

Philadelphia, PA Hunt Mortgage Group provided a $5.5 million Freddie Mac Small Balance loan to finance the acquisition of an affordable mult...

Question of the Month: Concerning ground leases: How should landlords handle picking the ground tenant for their property? - by Daniel Shirazi

Ground leases are an effective tool that property owners can use to maximize the upside potential of their asset without the expenses associated with transferring ownership of the property through a conventional sale. In general, a ground lease (master lease) is a long-term net lease (usually 99 years) of land including any improvements (if any) on the said land…