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Troubled Retail, Office Mortgages for Sale

May 3, 2012    

In the largest sale of its kind to date, CWCapital Asset Management LLC is offering $345 million of distressed real estate debt, mainly from retail properties and office buildings, to investors. Responding to demand from commercial real estate investors, the firm, which specializes in troubled...

Global Confidence Spurs Overseas Office Projects

May 3, 2012    

As the international financial crisis that had a significant impact on commercial real estate construction in the United Arab Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi, subsides, some stalled projects are in motion again. The emirates' executive council has announced that, among many notable commercial...

Office Market Rebounds Thanks to Tech, Energy Firms

April 12, 2012    

The U.S. office market is seeing its fifth straight quarterly gain in net occupancy, according to a report from New York-based real estate research firm Reis, Inc. The report credited a demand for space from technology and energy-industry tenants, with the increase in leased space of almost 6...

Tenants Retain Advantage in Improving Market

March 26, 2012    

The latest Commercial Real Estate Market Survey from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows positive improvement in vacancy rates across all commercial real estate sectors, without a significant decrease in the majority of office and industrial tenants' concessions and rent...

Philly Creates 'Digital District'

February 27, 2012    

To revitalize urban centers, cities and commercial property owners have tried all sorts of gimmicks to attract desirable tenants. A section of Philadelphia may have finally found a winning pitch, by offering to put tenants' names in lights.

CRE Forecast 2012: Cautious Optimism to Guide U.S. Markets

February 9, 2012    

Canadian real estate services company Avison Young's annual CRE forecast gives U.S. owners and investors a reason to celebrate—in moderation. The report, which covers the office, retail, industrial, and investment markets in 20 U.S.

Outlook Brightens for Calif. Office, Industrial CRE

February 9, 2012    

The latest semiannual release of the Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson California Commercial Real Estate Survey gives Golden State real estate developers and their bankers a reason to be optimistic about the industry's prospects over the next two years.

The good news is driven by steady...

Investors Favor Reliability of Office RE

December 27, 2011    

While several notable apartment transactions in major cities point to strong activity in the multifamily sector at the end of this year, property investors surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers said they're looking back to the office real estate market for solid returns. Real estate experts...

Audit: New Jersey CRE Owners Without Valid License to Lease

November 28, 2011    

Almost nine out of 10 commercial property owners in Union City, N.J., are operating without valid business licenses, a recent audit of Hudson County tax records revealed. According to city staff, the audit found that 348 of 400 commercial property owners didn't have valid business licenses...

Mall Vacancies Reach Highest Mark in Decade

October 23, 2011    

Vacancies at U.S. shopping malls climbed to the highest in at least a decade, according to Reis Inc.'s annual report. The New York-based property-research company reported that regional and super-regional mall vacancies have risen to 9.4 percent—a nearly 1 percent increase from a year...

CRE Trends: U.S. Businesses Migrate North

September 27, 2011    

Commercial real estate trends in the third quarter of 2011 suggest an improving U.S. economy is beginning to make itself felt in Canada, consulting firm Cushman and Wakefield said. The company's real estate vacancy report showed office buildings in Canadian suburban areas—favored by U....

CoStar: Promising Gains in New York City CRE

August 31, 2011    

CoStar Group Inc. recently released its list of the top 50 biggest commercial lease deals by size in the New York metro area for the first two quarters of 2011. The list revealed that the Top 5 deals finalized in the first six months total an astonishing 4.3 million square feet. This trumps the...