Forest City Realty Trust – Commercial Observer

2 Hanson Place

Leases · Office

National Grid Nabs 87K SF in Fort Greene

By Nicholas Rizzi

The MIT campus in Cambridge, Mass.

Finance · CMBS

Institutional Cadre Lends $1.3B to Brookfield on MIT Life-Science Buildings

By Matt Grossman

A shot of 330 Jay Street, or 12 MetroTech Center, in Downtown Brooklyn.

Finance · Refinance

Deutsche Bank Lends $89M on Office Building at Brookfield’s MetroTech Center

By Mack Burke

The New York Times Building

Leases · Office

Outsourcing Firm Williams Lea Tag Grabs 31K SF at New York Times Building

By Nicholas Rizzi

The Presidio Landmark.

Finance · Refinance

Forest City Lands $61M MetLife Refinance on San Francisco Rental Building

By Mack Burke

Features · Players

Ronald Dickerman on Madison’s Purchase of Forest City’s New York Retail Portfolio

By Max Gross

Ric Clark

Finance · Sales

Brookfield Highlights Plan to ‘Recycle Capital’ to Fund New Investments

By Rey Mashayekhi

Starrett City.

Multifamily Sales Help Bolster Brooklyn’s Investment Market: Report

By Nicholas Rizzi

Justin Weiss of Kennedy Wilson.

‘Mr. Downtown’: Kennedy Wilson’s Justin Weiss on the Evolution of Downtown LA

By Alison Stateman

Industry · Players

Oxford Properties Hires Forest City Exec to Run NY Development

By Liam La Guerre

The New York Times Building

Leases · Office

Law Firm Covington & Burling Expanding Digs to 193K SF at NY Times Building

By Liam La Guerre

Michael DeMarco (and his four teacup Maltese dogs) in his office at Mack-Cali's Jersey City headquarters.

Features · Players

Mack-Cali’s Michael DeMarco Talks Jersey City and the REIT’s Boardroom Musical Chairs

By Rey Mashayekhi

461 Dean Street

Sales · Residential

Forest City Sells 363-Unit Brooklyn Building for $156M Amid Borough Pullback

By Rebecca Baird-Remba and Liam La Guerre

Brookfield Place

Brookfield Property Partners Strikes Deal to Acquire GGP

By Liam La Guerre

Cheryl McKissack Daniel in the main conference room of her firm McKissack & McKissack, where pictures of her family members are hanging from the wall.

Design + Construction · Construction

Why Construction Firm McKissack Added Natural Disaster Relief to Its Repertoire

By Liam La Guerre

MaryAnn Gilmartin, center, left Forest City New York after 24 years to found L&L MAG with Robert Lapidus (left) and David Levinson of L&L Holdings.

Features · Players

Gilmartin, Lapidus and Levinson Explain How They Started Their New Company, L&L MAG

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

L&L's David Levinson, Forest City's MaryAnne Gilmartin, and L&L's Robert Lapidus are teaming up to start a new firm, L&L MAG.

MaryAnne Gilmartin Leaves Forest City to Start Development Firm With L&L Execs

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Interior view of the Charleston Town Center Mall. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Finance · CMBS

$93M CMBS Loan on West Virginia Mall Sent to Special Servicing

By Mack Burke