Tag: US Real Estate



Epic Buys into Washington Office Market

Posted on 17 January, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets, Worldwide Property News

Epic LLC — a division of the London-based property management company — has paid almost $53m for a Washington office block. The acquisition of the 10-storey building near Farragut Square makes Epic the most recent foreign investor in downtown DC... Read More

Call to end US Tax on Foreign Property Investors

Posted on 16 December, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Worldwide Property News

A US congressman is pressuring Washington to repeal a law which forces foreign real estate investors to pay up to 35 per cent of a building’s sale price to the Inland Revenue Service (IRS). Republican Kevin Brady claims scrapping the 33-year-old tax... Read More

Canadian Firms get active in US Commercial Property Market

Posted on 30 November, 2013 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets, Worldwide Property News

Canadian companies have turned to the United States as a source of new properties, and are outpacing every other country in net real estate investment in the US market. The reason for this trend is a lack of availability at home, which means investors... Read More

Menendez Bill Will Encourage Overseas Investment in US Real Estate

Posted on 26 June, 2013 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) has introduced a bill to make it easier for owners of commercial real estate to access private capital from overseas. Senator Menendez The measure, which was re-introduced by Menendez and Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wy) is... Read More

Ballston Office Sale Shows Belief in Northern Virginia Market

Posted on 17 March, 2013 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Piedmont Office Realty Trust announced that it has closed a deal on its acquisition of 901 N. Glebe Road in Ballston for $175.6 million, or $526.00 per square foot. The Georgia-based real estate investment company is expanding its portfolio of properties in... Read More