Multi-family Housing

NEW YORK CITY-The recent revival of the US hotel market has prompted hotel owners to divest property assets.

NASHVILLE-Omni Hotels & Resorts received approval from the Convention Center Authority of Nashville to construct an 800-room hotel close to the city's convention center.

NEW YORK-Meredith is now exploring the eastside at 205 E. 42nd St. for larger space.

NEW YORK-Isabella Fiore and Carlos Falchi, famous handbag makers, are moving to 11,695 square feet of space at 550 Seventh Ave.

NEW JERSEY-Denholtz Associates, a New Jersey-based realty investment and development firm, has closed 77 lease deals that total around 311,876 square feet of space.

SAN FRANCISCO-Philpotts & Associates, a Honolulu-based interior design firm, is opening an office in San Francisco.

NEW YORK-Stephen Ross has pounced to snatch away a 26-story office tower at 1775 Broadway near Columbus Circle from Joe Moinian in order to change the building into a Nordstrom department store.

NEW YORK CITY-One of the largest office-building landlords in New York, SL Green Realty Corp., is planning to sell a Midtown Manhattan tower at 19 West 44th St. for $123.2 million to Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH, a German investment fund.

HARLEM, NY-Hope Community Inc., a nonprofit group, that manages up to 1,300 apartments in Harlem wants to buy and renovate foreclosed apartment buildings in the area, previously owned by Dawnay Day.

JUNO BEACH, FL-Toll Brothers Inc., a high-end home developer, has started construction on the 77-acre Tony waterfront project on Intracoastal Waterway in Florida.

NEW YORK CITY-Apollo Global Management LLC, a New York-based buyout firm, has hired Ray Mikulich to head the North American investment and management activities of its real estate division.

DENVER-UDR Inc., a Highlands Ranch-based apartment operator, has acquired a presale venture and five apartment buildings and has plans to sell 13.5 million in common shares through an underwritten public offering.

MIAMI-Plaza Advisors has announced the sale of Country Walk Plaza situated at the crossway of SW 137th Avenue and SW 152nd Street in Miami-Dade County.

GREENBELT, MD-Angelo, Gordon & Co. LP and Federal Capital Partners has sold Hanover Apartments situated in Greenbelt to Harbor Group International LLC, a Norfolk-based firm, for an amount of $39.5 million.

DALLAS-T. Boone Pickens, a Dallas philanthropist, is contributing $18 million to construct the estimated $48 million hospice center in Dallas.

MIAMI-Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC has expanded its lease agreement for 14,434 square feet of space at SBS Tower in Coconut Grove.

MIAMI-Plaza Advisors has announced the sale of Country Walk Plaza situated at the crossway of SW 137th Avenue and SW 152nd Street in Miami-Dade County.

US-The Federal Housing Administration has started a new scheme which helps homeowners in danger of foreclosure receive refinanced loans from lenders that are guaranteed by the government.