ARA’s South Florida Team Adds Land Division VP

Atlanta-headquartered ARA named Troy Ballard as vice president of its new South Florida land division in the Boca Raton office. Prior to joining ARA, Ballard was a founding partner and president of TM Real Estate Group LLC, where he supervised all aspects of internal operations for TM
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Holliday, Fenoglio Lead Veteran Team to CBRE

CBRE recruited Harold E. (Hal) Holliday, John T. Fenoglio, David M. Aaronson and James M. Richards Jr. as executive vice presidents. The brokers will serve in the mortgage brokerage’s debt and equity finance group in Houston. The team previously worked at Grandbridge Real Estate Capit
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Blackstone/DDR Team Up to Acquire $1.4B Shopping Portfolio

Private-equity kingpin Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) made its latest foray into commercial real estate, joining forces with DDR Corp. (NYSE: DDR) in a deal to acquire a shopping center portfolio from EPN Group, an affiliate of Tel Aviv-based Elbit Imaging Ltd. The transaction, which is
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