Centro Properties of Australia to Buy U.S. Real Estate Trust
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The Centro Properties Group and Centro Retail Trust of Australia have agreed to buy New Plan Excel Realty Trust for about $3.4 billion in cash, accelerating Centroâs push into the United States.
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Deal to buy UK travel company expected to close next April, funded with Wright IPO proceeds. NEW YORK  - Travel and real estate company Cendant Corp.
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The Blackstone Group had also bid for  U.S. apartment owner Archstone-Smith Trust  in the weeks  before Archstone agreed to acquired by affiliates of Lehman  Brothers Holdings Inc.  and Tishman Speyer for more than  $15 billion, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on  Thursday.
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) - General Electric Co. said Wednesday it will buy Australian Financial Investments Group, a holding company for home loan lenders, to boost its mortgage business in that country.
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Private investor Cerberus Capital  Management LP has agreed to buy real estate investment and  management company LNR Property Corp. LNR.N for $1.92 billion  in cash.
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United Dominion Realty Trust Inc. , one of the largest U.S. apartment owners, said on Tuesday it plans to buy &#36;897 million worth of apartment homes, moving from lower-rent housing to more expensive properties based mainly in fast-growing Southern California.
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Australian property group Investa agrees to be bought by US investment giant Morgan Stanley for $3.9bn.
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Unicco Service Co., a Newton company that offers janitorial and property-management services, is being bought by United Group Ltd. of Australia for $408 million.
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Bank of America Corp.  on Monday said it will buy Charles Schwab Corp.'s  U.S. Trust Corp. unit for $3.3 billion to expand in the lucrative business of managing money for the rich.
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CHICAGO  - US hotel group Hyatt said it was buying the lodging chain AmeriSuites from the Blackstone investor group as part of its plan to expand the Hyatt brand name.
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Australian major shopping centre owner Westfield will invest 625 million US dollars in a retail project at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, it said Monday.
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The casino operator will be purchased by publicly traded investment company Fortress Investment Group and private equity firm Centerbridge Partners in an all-cash transaction.
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COLUMBIA, Md. - A Chicago-based developer of regional shopping malls announced it will buy the famed real estate developer The Rouse Co.
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SYDNEY Multiplex Group, Australia&#39;s third-biggest property developer, on Monday offered 1.3 billion Australian dollars, or $930 million, for Ronin Property Group to gain access to its rental income and become the nation&#39;s fourth-largest property trust.
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NEW YORK, December 23  - Canada-based building product manufacturer, Masonite International (MHM.NYS), is to be acquired by New York based private equity group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp; Co (KKR), for $2.5 billion (C$3.1 billion) in an
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Real estate investment trust Maguire Properties Inc. agreed to buy the Orange County and Downtown Los Angeles properties formerly owned by Equity Office Properties from private equity firm Blackstone Group for about $2.88 billion, the company said on Tuesday.
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Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc., a real-estate investment trust specializing in hotels, on Monday said it agreed to buy a 21-hotel portfolio controlled by affiliates of the Fisher Brothers, the Gordon Getty Trust, and George Soros for $85.3 million plus