Prolific real estate sales activity filters into January with $344M in commercial deals

Investors in commercial real estate and apartment properties in the Triangle spent a combined $344 million in new deals in January, according to a review of Wake, Durham and Orange county deed records by Triangle Business Journal.

That follows a flurry of deal activity in December and a near-record year of sales transactions in 2014 with $3.5 billion in major commercial property sales, including $1.6 billion among major office, retail and industrial properties and $1.9 billion in sales among apartment…