Around the Region: Feb. 9, 2015

A summary of recent transactions and personnel news within Greater Boston’s real estate community.

— The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority has hired Dante Angelucci Jr. as its new deputy director of development and construction. Angelucci will be responsible for leading and overseeing the 1.3 million-square-foot expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and related projects, including the development of two new parking garages, as well as oversee the MCCA’s capital projects…

Energy Roundup: AEP wants to charge more for smart meters; OSU study on scientific bias; county in heart of shale country hires first economic development director

Smart-meter costs could go up

American Electric Power Company Inc. has a new smart-meter proposal in front of state regulators.

Nonresidential customers who now pay $2.10 a month for the meters would pay $4.34 a month, and residential customers who pay 51 cents would pay $1.04 a month, according to documents recently filed by the utility.

That’s because AEP Ohio under-recovered the charges it has been collecting from costs incurred in 2013 and 2014, when it was closing the first phase of its smart-meter…

Loudermilk Cos. plans to develop Buckhead Village office building

For the first time in six years, interest in spec office development has returned to Atlanta’s affluent Buckhead neighborhood.

Tishman Speyer broke ground last fall on the 30-story Three Alliance Center overlooking Georgia 400. Now, another Buckhead spec project — development that begins without tenants signed to leases — has entered the pipeline, albeit a much smaller building in the rapidly changing Buckhead Village.

Atlanta developer Robin Loudermilk hopes to start construction as early…

CNL Healthcare Properties increases credit availability

CNL Healthcare Properties has entered into a $405 million unsecured credit facility and term loan that can be expanded to $700 million.

The new credit facility is led by KeyBank National Association and has nine other participating lenders: JPMorgan Chase Bank, SunTrust Bank, Bank of America, Compass Bank, Fifth Third Bank, Cadence Bank, Comerica Bank, Huntington National Bank and Seaside National Bank & Trust.

“These new credit facilities represent a significant milestone in the growth and maturation…

Real estate data company roars into Portland

A commercial real estate information company that operates in more than 20 markets across the country has expanded into Portland and Seattle.

RealMassive, which is headquartered in Austin, Texas, offers a real estate technology platform that includes real-time market surveys, property listing notifications, marketing channels and social media syndication. The company has already served many of the commercial real estate firms that have a sizable footprint in Portland, including JLL, Colliers International…