Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Promotion of Scott Brinker to Executive Vice President - Investments
Health Care REIT, Inc. announced today the promotion of Scott Brinker to the position of Executive Vice President – Investments. Mr. Brinker has played a leading role in evaluating, structuring, closing and monitoring the company’s portfolio since 2001, as it grew from approximately $1 billion to more than $13 billion of real estate investments.

Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Acquires Medical Office Buildings in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II (formerly known as Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II) announced today that it has acquired three medical office buildings ...

Johns Hopkins tricked donor about land use, family charges
Rachel Baye Examiner Staff Writer Johns Hopkins University tricked a Montgomery County farm owner into helping the university establish an office park on land she donated, violating their agreement, the donor's family told a Maryland Circuit Court judge Wednesday. But attorneys for the university said Hopkins' plans for the 108-acre former farm comply with the agreement struck when Elizabeth ...

Griffin-American Healthcare Acquires Trio of Medical Office Buildings
PALM BEACH, FL—The demand for medical office buildings in the Southeast remains strong. Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II —formerly known as Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II—just snapped up a trio of medical office buildings across three Southeastern states for $25.1 million.

Better Buildings Reborn as National Real Estate Operations Publication
Better Buildings, the leading New York regional magazine for the building management and maintenance community in the 1980’s, has been retooled as a national publication and relaunched as a quarterly supplement to ALM’s Real Estate Forum.

Washington Trust provides $20m to finance Tewksbury office park
Washington Trust said its Commercial Real Estate Group recently provided $20,000,000 for the refinancing of the Highwood Office Park in Tewksbury.

Washington Trust Provides $20 Million to Finance Massachusetts’ Office Park
Washington Trust, the largest bank headquartered in Rhode Island, recently provided $20,000,000 in commercial real estate financing to Highwood Investors, LLC, an affiliate of BPG Properties, Ltd.

MCDERMOTT COLUMN: New Walgreens gets new buyer
Blue-chip retail tenants continue to lure in investors seeking a dose of commercial real estate.