Flush REITs Have Loads of Cash, Little to Spend It On
2/3/2010

For public real-estate companies, spending money has turned out to be harder than raising it—even as some signs point to a pickup in big property deals.
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Top Buyers, Sellers of 2009
2/3/2010

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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