Top Buyers, Sellers of 2009
3/1/2010

In an interesting twist, two of the top three buyers of commercial property in 2009 were wait for it institutional investors.

Even though many pension funds, in particular, have been badly burned in this economic downturn, apparently that hasn’t quite whetted their appetite for CRE.
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Movie Gallery Files Bankruptcy, Closing Stores
2/3/2010

Movie Rental Retailer Files Bankruptcy Again, Plans to Close 856 Stores
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Institutions Once Bitten, But Not So Shy
2/1/2010

Institutional investors are making big plans to invest more heavily in commercial properties in 2010, despite major write-downs that have left some portfolios worth half of their value since the market peak in 2007.
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US commercial property attracts new wave of money
1/11/2010

The beleaguered US commercial real estate sector has been attracting a new wave of money from sources including foreign banks, US private equity firms, and a leading Chinese sovereign wealth fund.
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California taps CBRE to sell 17 state office buildings
1/1/2010

CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. has won the contract to sell 17 state office buildings, including several in Sacramento, to investors to raise an estimated $660 million to offset state budget cuts, the California Department of General Services said Friday.
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Flagler refinances $460M in properties
12/14/2009

Flagler closed on a $460 million commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loan covering its 44 office and industrial properties in Florida.
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TESTING THE WATERS: Wealthy Investors Remain Eager But Selective Real Estate Buyers
12/3/2009

More Than Two-Thirds of Respondents in Barclays Survey are Bullish on CRE, but Credit Availability is Still a Challenge for Potential Buyers
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First issue under CMBS plan sells well
12/1/2009

Developers Diversified Realty, an Ohio-based owner of shopping malls, on Monday sold the first commercial mortgage bonds under a government scheme to boost lending to the troubled sector.
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To Zell, the Commercial Real Estate Crisis Is a Myth
11/16/2009

Is the pending commercial real estate crisis everyone seems to be afraid of nothing but a myth? Sam Zell thinks so.
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REIT Re-Enters Market With Health & Fitness Buy
11/5/2009

Realty Income Corp. purchased three properties for $10.7 million during the third quarter, its first acquisition in nearly two years.
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Banks Get New Rules on Property
11/2/2009

Federal bank regulators issued guidelines allowing banks to keep loans on their books as "performing" even if the value of the underlying properties have fallen below the loan amount.
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Drug Stores Trump Most Retail Categories on New Store Additions and Property Sale Transactions
11/1/2009

Drug Stores Continue to Dole it Out... and Consumers and Investors Eat it Up...
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Burger King revamp aims at higher-priced kin
10/7/2009

Flame chandeliers? Burger King goes for sit-down style with restaurant overhaul
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Cap Rate Spreads: Indicator of Opportunity?
10/5/2009

The cap rate spread over the 10-year Treasury yield is normally positive, reflecting the additional risks inherent in real estate assets (Exhibit 1). The risk premium is generally considered necessary to compensate for liquidity, leasing and tenant credit risk.
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This is the Future.
10/1/2009

A drugstore giant now offers walk-in health-care clinics. An interview with Wade D. Miquelon, CFO and utive vice president, Walgreen Co.
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