Lease Up/Lease Down (Jan. 17-23): Starwood Expands, Kraft and Cadbury Merge
January 20th, 2010CoStar compiles news of corporate expansions, relocations, extensions, closures, layoffs, lease cancellations and mergers in the weekly Lease Up/Lease Down news report, a concise read keeping you updated on major corporate moves affecting commercial…
Lease Up/Lease Down (Jan. 10-16): Starwood Expands, Kraft and Cadbury Merge
January 20th, 2010CoStar compiles news of corporate expansions, relocations, extensions, closures, layoffs, lease cancellations and mergers in the weekly Lease Up/Lease Down news report, a concise read keeping you updated on major corporate moves affecting commercial…
Lease Up/Lease Down (Jan. 10-16)
January 20th, 2010CoStar compiles news of corporate expansions, relocations, extensions, closures, layoffs, lease cancellations and mergers in the weekly Lease Up/Lease Down news report, a concise read keeping you updated on major corporate moves affecting commercial…
Forecasters See Return to Stability, Not a Resurgence for Retail Real Estate in 2010
January 20th, 2010Based on the flurry of reports from a wide range of industry observers, there appears to be growing consensus that the worst may be over for the U.S. economy and that, with consumer spending returning to positive, a retail real estate recovery is in…
REITs Poised to Continue Recovery in 2010
January 20th, 2010Real estate investment trusts finished with a bang in 2009, and many analysts and industry observers remain guardedly optimistic in their outlooks for 2010, despite what is certain to be continuing weakness in property fundamentals and challenges to company…
American Spectrum Acquires Evergreen Realty’s Management Contracts, Assets
January 20th, 2010American Spectrum Realty Inc., a real estate investment and management company, based in Houston, closed on the acquisition of the property management and asset management contracts held by Evergreen Realty Group LLC and affiliates, and Evergreen’s interest…
Revival in ‘Private-Label Mortgage Securities’
January 19th, 2010The market for “private-label” mortgage-backed securities screeched to a halt two years ago when surging defaults ruined investors’ appetite for the bonds. But now some underwriters on Wall Street are talking about bringing them back.
Bottom in Commercial-Property Values?
January 19th, 2010Bulls see pickup in investment activity and shored-up REITs. Bears see some metrics still in decline.
Simon Raises $2.25 Billion in Debt
January 19th, 2010The mall giant’s sale of notes in the latest example of a real-estate investment trust taking advantage of the favorable capital markets.
SURVEY SAYS: Foreign Investors Still Bullish On U.S Property
January 19th, 2010More than half of foreign investors now say the U.S. provides the best opportunity globally for growing the value of commercial real estate investments, according to the annual survey conducted among the members of the Association of Foreign Investors…
