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June 16, 2010 - 02:28
CoStar compiles news of consolidations, closures, layoffs and lease cancellations in the weekly Lease Down news report, a concise read keeping you updated on major corporate moves affecting commercial real estate. For news on corporate expansions...
June 15, 2010 - 23:06
CoStar compiles news of corporate expansions, relocations and lease extensions in the weekly Lease Up news report, a concise read keeping you updated on major corporate moves affecting commercial real estate, and can also be a valuable source for...
June 15, 2010 - 21:47
Citing REITs' easier access to capital markets and large stockpiles of cash that many of them have raised during a yearlong rally, Wall Street’s bond rating agencies are looking markedly more favorably upon the public real estate sector in their mid-year...
June 15, 2010 - 20:14
JP Morgan this past week completed the sale of the second commercial mortgage-backed securities issued this year. The deal, JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2010-C1, is backed by 36 loans secured by 96 commercial properties with an...
June 15, 2010 - 03:56
Kimco Realty Corp., a real estate investment trust, formed a new partnership with Israel-based BIG Shopping Centers to purchase 15 neighborhood and community retail centers for nearly $422 million including $385 million in mortgage debt. A joint venture...
June 14, 2010 - 04:49
This edition of In The Pipeline includes news on hobby company Traxxas, which will become the first corporate headquarters to establish a beachhead in the Craig Ranch master development near Dallas-Fort Worth. Archstone and its New York-based JV Partner...
June 9, 2010 - 20:17
The amount of losses on distressed CMBS loans resolved in the past year has jumped 33% to where noteholders are now recovering approximately 43 cents on the dollar. And, say analysts, the losses are expected to continue to mount this year.
The average...
June 9, 2010 - 20:16
Mike Neal, chairman and CEO of GE Capital, the finance arm of General Electric, this past week painted a picture of the finance company coming through the economic crisis smaller and stronger with a goal on returning to profitability. The one sector he...
June 9, 2010 - 20:12
Great Western Bank in Sioux Falls, SD, reached an agreement with the FDIC to acquire TierOne Bank branches in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas.
The Office of Thrift Supervision closed TierOne Bank of Lincoln, NE, and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance...
June 9, 2010 - 20:11
Inland Real Estate Corp. formed a new joint venture with PGGM, a Dutch pension fund administrator and asset manager, to acquire up to $270 million of grocery-anchored and community retail centers in Midwest U.S. markets.
Upon the initial closing, PGGM...
June 9, 2010 - 04:32
With estimates of the economic losses of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill already as much as $11 billion in counties along Florida’s Gulf Coast alone, owners of income-generating property throughout Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi face varying degrees...
June 9, 2010 - 03:42
Companies may have slashed many business expenses over the last few years -- planned expansions, employee headcounts, benefits and travel budgets, among others -- but the need for speed and power in computing networks and communication, and a corresponding...
June 9, 2010 - 02:14
CoStar compiles news of consolidations, closures, layoffs and lease cancellations in the weekly Lease Down news report, a concise read keeping you updated on major corporate moves affecting commercial real estate. For news on corporate expansions...
June 9, 2010 - 00:42
CoStar compiles news of corporate expansions, relocations and lease extensions in the weekly Lease Up news report, a concise read keeping you updated on major corporate moves affecting commercial real estate, and can also be a valuable source for...
June 8, 2010 - 20:15
Australia-based Dexus Property, which built a substantial U.S. industrial portfolio in 2004 before lowering its profile during the asset bubble that gripped much of the market, is re-emerging as a buyer on the West Coast.
Dexus opened a new U.S. management...
June 6, 2010 - 21:09
In this week's In The Pipeline, we take a look at the latest in a growing list of projects beginning to see dirt move again after 2 1/2 years of economic pain and inactivity for developers. The City Walk mixed-use project in the San Francisco Bay Area...
June 3, 2010 - 21:03
Digital Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: DLR), the San Francisco-based developer and operator of data centers, has unleashed a powerful jolt of new acquisitions and development projects over the last few weeks. And DLR’s latest announcement is a big one -- a...
June 3, 2010 - 03:36
This week's People of Note includes the following markets: Houston, New York City, Richmond and Washington, DC.
NEW YORK CITY
Wasserberger Joins L&L Holding as Managing Dir.
Manhattan-based L&L Holding Co. LLC recruited Simon Wasserberger as a...
June 2, 2010 - 20:17
As the volume and number of underperforming commercial real estate loans mounts, so has the number of owners who have or have considered turning to loan defaults as a strategy for forcing a refinancing or to get out from a loan that is underwater altogether...
June 2, 2010 - 20:16
U.S. hotels should enjoy revenue growth the rest of this year, but it probably won't translate to the bottom line until next year, according to new lodging industry reports released this past week.
According to Smith Travel Research (STR), lodging...