Archive for September, 2010

Transit: MBTA breaks ground on Waterfront Square development project

Posted 09.16.2010 | Categories: Transit Development | No Comments

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority began construction on the Wonderland Station parking garage as part of the city of Revere’s Waterfront Square transit-oriented development project.

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Healthcare: WellStar plans $140M expansion, new Paulding hospital, 500 jobs

Posted 09.16.2010 | Categories: Medical Office/Healthcare | No Comments

WellStar Health System Inc. expects to create about 500 jobs in an expansion that will include a new hospital at its Paulding County campus.

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Student Housing: Campus Apartments Developing New Modern Housing at Shippensburg University

Posted 09.16.2010 | Categories: Student Housing | No Comments

Shippensburg University Student Services, Inc. (SUSSI) and Campus Apartments announce a multi-phased development project to upgrade a majority of the University’s on-campus residences.

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Self Storage: Four Self-Storage Facilities in Chicago Sold to N.Y. Company for $11M

Posted 09.16.2010 | Categories: Self Storage | No Comments

Australian-based Babcock & Brown sold four of its self-storage facilities in metropolitan Chicago to New York-based W. P. Carey & Co. LLC for $11.8 million.

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Data Center: Corporate Office Properties buys data center

Posted 09.16.2010 | Categories: Data Centers | No Comments

Corporate Office Properties Trust said Tuesday it has acquired a data center in Virginia for about $115 million.

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Student Housing: Off-campus housing near capacity

Student Housing: Off-campus housing near capacity

Posted 09.16.2010 | Categories: Student Housing | No Comments

This fall, several off-campus housing complexes saw increases in occupancy while University Housing made space for thousands of students despite the closing of one of its dorms for renovation.

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Senior Housing: Developer looks to build senior housing in Steuben

Posted 09.16.2010 | Categories: Senior Housing/Assisted Living | No Comments

Housing developer Calamar Inc., unable to obtain a property tax abatement for a $10 million senior citizen housing project the firm wanted to build in Horseheads, has abandoned the project and is looking for an alternate site in Steuben County.

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Healthcare: Cutting-edge cancer center bound for West Side

Healthcare: Cutting-edge cancer center bound for West Side

Posted 09.16.2010 | Categories: Medical Office/Healthcare | No Comments

New York is poised to join the handful of states possessing the latest cutting-edge weapon in the battle against cancer: proton beam therapy.

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Self Storage: Strategic Capital Holdings, LLC Rises to Become the 13th Top Self Storage Operator in the Nation

Posted 09.16.2010 | Categories: Self Storage | No Comments

Strategic Capital Holdings, LLC (SCH), a diversified real estate company, was ranked #13 in Mini-Storage Messenger’s 2010 Top Operator’s List

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Data Center: 111 8th Avenue Carrier Hotel is For Sale

Data Center: 111 8th Avenue Carrier Hotel is For Sale

Posted 09.15.2010 | Categories: Data Centers | No Comments

111 8th Avenue, one of the most important telecom hubs in Manhattan, is up for sale. The enormous building houses major data center operations for Digital Realty Trust, Equinix, Telx and many other providers and networks, as well as 500,000 square feet of office space for Google.

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