Nipmuc officials said they have not committed to any real estate acquisitions and a spokesman insisted the tribe's focus is on Massachusetts.

In 1980 all the real estate acquisitions.

The institution, owned by the Reserve Bank of India, was established to promote private real estate acquisition.

Mr. Barrack is a seasoned investor who has been involved in about $20 billion in real estate acquisitions since the early 1990's.

Companies also time their real estate acquisitions when property values are generally on the decline.

At the time Mr. Ivy could not have known that his new real estate acquisition was destined to become the center of a major city.

In his first taste of the benefits of real estate acquisition, Dr. Cook remembered it as "my biggest luxury and pleasure" up until then.

But Winthrop chose to refocus its attention on the business it knew best: real estate acquisition, syndication and management.

Other related operations include businesses involved in transportation management, logistics management, equipment leasing, and real estate acquisition and development.

It was the second major real estate acquisition in the United States in as many months by a family-held Japanese company.