Archive | January, 2010

St. Louis’ Clayco opening Minneapolis office

January 20, 2010 St. Louis-based Clayco Inc., a real estate development, design and construction firm, is opening a full-service office in the Minneapolis region. Read more...

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Minnesota brokers pick up honors during MNCAR event

January 20, 2010 No one would argue that 2009 wasn't a difficult year for commercial real estate professionals. But that doesn't mean that every commercial broker suffered a down year. Read more...

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Mid-America sells Wisconsin shopping center for $37 million

January 20, 2010 Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based Mid-America Real Estate Corporation's investment sales group recently sold the 238,816-square-foot Grafton Commons shopping center in Grafton, Wis., to a private REIT managed by Inland Real Estate. Read more...

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Minnesota property management firm appoints two long-term employees to key positions

January 20, 2010 Steven Scott Management, a Minneapolis/St. Paul-based property management firm, recently appointed two of their long-term employees to the top leadership positions in the company. Jana Kyser was named director of property management, and Amy Hanson was named controller. Read more...

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Ford Motor Company appoints new head of its Michigan-based real estate division

January 20, 2010 Ford Motor Company made a major change early this year in its real estate division. Read more...

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First Industrial Realty Trust brokers largest fourth-quarter industrial lease in Minneapolis market

January 20, 2010 Chicago-based First Industrial Realty Trust in January leased 106,000 square feet of distribution space in the Minneapolis market to NFI Distribution. Read more...

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Alex. Brown acquires more than 1 million square feet of industrial buildings in Indianapolis

January 20, 2010 Alex. Brown Realty, Inc., a national real estate investment company, has acquired the North by Northwest industrial portfolio in suburban Indianapolis in joint venture with Biynah Partners, a Minneapolis-based real estate investment firm. Read more...

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Redifining Markets: U.S. Equities ushers in the French Market at MetraMarket

January 16, 2010 Robert Wislow beams when he points out the fresh produce from a local vendor at the Chicago French Market, a 15,000-square-foot open air market that is the cornerstone of U.S. Equities’ 100,000-square-foot MetraMart transit-oriented development in Chicago’s West Loop “Just look at how beautiful this produce is,” exclaims the chairman and CEO of U.S. Equities Realty. Read more...

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