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“The Alliance to Save Energy is proud to announce that its innovative CarbonCount™ methodology is now fully operational, having been used to certify the carbon reductions of a $118.6 million “green” bonds offering completed today by Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HASI). With this step, CarbonCount™ transitions from a heralded concept to a real-world tool that provides investors with a quantitative measure of projected carbon impacts for each investment dollar.

The Boulder Group’s Research Department has released a new research report providing comprehensive numbers and analysis of the 3rd quarter activity in the National Net Lease Market.

Hanley Investment Group, a nationally-recognized boutique real estate brokerage and advisory firm specializing in retail property sales, has completed the $15.2 million sale of a newly-built 45,000-square-foot, single-tenant, fee simple retail investment occupied by LA Fitness in Riverside, California.

CBRE Executive Vice Presidents Philip D. Voorhees and Todd Goodman announced today their National Retail Investment Group – West (NRIG-West) team, together with Mike Moser of Retail Insite, completed the sale of Scripps Ranch Marketplace Phase II, a 28,700-square-foot shopping center in San Diego, Calif. The property is shadow anchored by a Vons and CVS/pharmacy (both were not part of the sale), along with Chase, Verizon, Which Wich and a synergistic line-up of local retail favorites. The sale price was $20.45 million, representing a 5.0% cap rate

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The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Greenprint Center for Building Performance, a worldwide alliance of leading real estate owners, investors and financial institutions committed to improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions across the global property industry, has announced the addition of Solaria Corporation and Stem, Inc. as its newest innovation partners.

The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a newly constructed single tenant net leased O’Reilly Auto Parts store located at 5618 Treaschwig Road in Spring, Texas for $1,383,964.

As part of the program for the 2015 NMHC Board of Directors and Advisory Committee meeting, six young multifamily investment sales professionals discussed the best investment opportunities in their respective geographic markets, which buyers and sources of capital are succeeding in allocating capital and what innovation their industry may bring to the market.

Homeowners continue to prioritize investing in outdoor living spaces and there has been a significant surge in popularity in adding technology and systems that can help automate energy consumption .These findings are from the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Home Design Trends Survey covering activity during the second quarter of 2015 that focused on emerging home features: systems, technologies and special function rooms in the home.

MG Properties Group, a private San Diego-based real estate investor and operator, has announced the acquisition of two multifamily properties encompassing 722 units in the largest multihousing bulk transaction in the history of Reno, Nevada.

Hanley Investment Group, a nationally-recognized real estate brokerage and advisory firm specializing in retail property sales, announced today that in separate transactions the company negotiated the sale of two shopping centers owned by Cincinnati, Ohio-based institutional investment firm Phillips Edison & Company.

In an effort to open investment and financial innovation – and to focus that capability on historically underserved sectors of the solar economy – the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today launched the SEIA Finance Initiative

Global real estate investment and services firm Kennedy Wilson (NYSE: KW) today announced that the company will pay a dividend of $0.12 per share to common shareholders of record as of September 30, 2015 with a payment date of October 8, 2015. The quarterly payment equates to an annual dividend of $0.48 per common share.

The Urban Land Institute (ULI), a research and education organization dedicated to providing leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating thriving communities worldwide, has announced the formation of the ULI Virginia district council.

Thirty clean energy companies will present their business cases to a panel of investors and industry experts Nov. 3 and 4 in Denver, Colorado, as the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hosts its annual Industry Growth Forum

The Justice Department announced today that Walter Investment Management Corp. (WIMC) has agreed to pay $29.63 million to resolve allegations that WIMC, through its subsidiaries, Reverse Mortgage Solution Inc. (RMS), REO Management Solutions LLC and RMS Asset Management Solutions LLC, violated the False Claims Act in connection with their participation in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM) program, which insures “reverse” mortgage loans.

The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased Jiffy Lube portfolio consisting of seven properties located throughout the Indianapolis MSA for $6,620,553

Award-winning national architecture and planning firm KTGY Group, Inc., answering the strong demand for innovative design solutions in Chicago, announced today that it has opened a new office in downtown Chicago, IL to expand its services in the mid-western United States. The new studio will be headed by veteran designers Craig R. Pryde, AIA, LEED AP and David M. Kennedy, AIA, LEED AP, former principals of PPK Architects, as principals of the new studio.

TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services provider, and the Swedish National Pension Funds AP1 and AP2 have agreed to combine forces in a new joint venture to create a leading, pan-European office investment platform. TIAA-CREF’s affiliate, TH Real Estate, brought the parties together and will manage the vehicle on the investors’ behalf, providing investment and asset management services.

The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant Seasons Inpatient Hospice property located at 2195 West Diehl Road in Naperville, IL for $5,342,857. The recently constructed 10,342 square foot Seasons Inpatient Hospice facility is strategically located along Diehl Road in the affluent suburb of Naperville.