JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon has big expansion plans, and Twin Cities likely a target (gallery)

If JPMorgan Chase & Co. is serious about expanding to new markets, the Twin Cities could be in the bank’s crosshairs. CEO Jamie Dimon was in Boston last week to celebrate the opening of the megabank’s first retail branch in Massachusetts. While there, he was asked to identify markets Chase was targeting following moves earlier … Read more

JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon has big expansion plans, and Charlotte is among the U.S. cities in his crosshairs

JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon was in Boston last week to celebrate the opening of the megabank’s first retail branch in Massachusetts. While there, he was asked to identify markets Chase was targeting following moves earlier this year into Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Boston. “Get a list of the top 50 — 75 … Read more

Downtown tower to add retail, restaurant space as part of $10M in renovations

A well-known building in downtown Dallas will add 10,000 square feet as part of $10 million in renovations. As reported by the Dallas Morning News, the square footage will come in the form of restaurant and retail space at the 1700 Pacific tower. The building’s owner, Montreal-based Olymbec, is reportedly also looking into adding more … Read more

Small Waikiki retail building on Kalakaua sells for record $30M

An entity affiliated with Maruito USA paid $30 million to acquire a small retail building on Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki, setting a new record price-per-square-foot for land in Hawaii’s tourism mecca. The property at 2184 Kalakaua Ave., which is one door from the corner of Lewers Street between Prada and Max Mara, is 1,822 square … Read more

Austin's deal of the year — done in 122 days

To be certain, there were bigger deals to hit Central Texas in 2018. Companies such as Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. committed to adding thousands more people here than the Army, and real estate pros came to the table with big-as-Texas projects. But the 500-person Army Futures Command will be insulation from all the corporate … Read more

Square takes all of Oakland's Uptown Station

Oakland finally landed a major tech tenant with digital payments company Square Inc. agreeing to lease all of Uptown Station at 1955 Broadway. The building, which has 356,000 square feet of office space, is the same property that Uber previously owned, but sold in 2017. The lease is the first time since 2016 that a … Read more

A&B sells former sugar land on Maui for $262M

Alexander & Baldwin has sold 41,000 acres of former sugar land that made up the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. plantation on Maui to a farming venture of California-based Pomona Farming LLC and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board for $262 million. As part of the sale, the venture called Mahi Pono LLC also purchased … Read more