Archive for May, 2010

Student Housing: Financing Secured for New Student Housing at SUNY

Posted 05.18.2010 | Categories: Student Housing | No Comments

Education Realty Trust Inc. has closed on financing for a new student housing development at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) in Syracuse, New York for the ESF College Foundation, Inc.

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Senior Living: Duke Behnke’s Q&A – Island Shores Independent & Assisted Living in Neenah

Posted 05.18.2010 | Categories: Senior Housing/Assisted Living | No Comments

Island Shores Independent & Assisted Living is a 101-unit apartment complex overlooking the Fox River in Neenah. The city committed $2.75 million toward a 57-unit addition that opened in 2008.

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Healthcare: BioMed Realty Trust buys Rockville campus for $53M

Posted 05.18.2010 | Categories: Medical Office/Healthcare | No Comments

BioMed Realty Trust Inc., a San Diego, Calif.-based real estate investment trust focused on the life science industry, said it purchased a campus of five buildings in Rockville, containing approximately 218,000 square feet, for approximately $53 million.

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Data Center: Why Data Centers Must Fundamentally Change — Part 2.1

Data Center: Why Data Centers Must Fundamentally Change — Part 2.1

Posted 05.18.2010 | Categories: Data Centers | No Comments

I started writing this section, and when John Peach from the UK commented to me, “Doug, this isn’t a blog, it is a dissertation” I felt I needed to shorten it a bit to make it more consumer-friendly.

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Senior Housing: New VB assisted living facility opens

Senior Housing: New VB assisted living facility opens

Posted 05.18.2010 | Categories: Senior Housing/Assisted Living | No Comments

A new supervised living facility for people with mental health issues, designed to help them ease into independent living, opened Wednesday morning in Virginia Beach.

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Healthcare: New New Hampshire Medical Offices Planned

Posted 05.18.2010 | Categories: Medical Office/Healthcare | No Comments

The Planning Board gave a green light to the construction of a three-story medical office building on South River Road on May 2, despite long-term concerns about traffic near the site.

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Student Housing: Westfield State plans downtown student housing

Student Housing: Westfield State plans downtown student housing

Posted 05.18.2010 | Categories: Student Housing | No Comments

In what will be one of the first major steps in a town-gown partnership to revitalize this city’s central business district, Westfield State College will lease a downtown apartment building as a launch site for student housing.

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Transit: The many faces of transit backers

Transit: The many faces of transit backers

Posted 05.18.2010 | Categories: Transit Development | No Comments

The microphone was open Thursday night to everyone who wanted to say anything about the proposed transit referendum.

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Healthcare: Pelham medical office building sells for $2M

Posted 05.17.2010 | Categories: Medical Office/Healthcare | No Comments

A medical office building in Pelham recently sold to an investment group for more than $2 million.

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Senior Housing: Why seniors will change real estate

Posted 05.17.2010 | Categories: Senior Housing/Assisted Living | No Comments

One buzzword in real estate these days is “multi-generational housing” — where families gather under one roof, often for financial reasons.

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