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REITs Exploring Options for Their Newly Raised Wealth
Following a year in which REITs raised a record amount of money in the capital markets, and a first quarter that saw fund raising exceed the earlier full-year period, some of those REITs are now starting to review alternatives for what to do with their holdings, and their cash. Last week, two more REITs, Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust Inc. and Strategic Storage Trust Inc., announced they had retained investment bankers...
Appreciation Shifts from Cap Rate Compression to Real Growth
CoStar's Property and Portfolio Research (PPR) division is forecasting that the wave of cap rate compression...
CMBS 2.0 Delinquencies Virtually Non-Existent
Delinquencies for U.S. CMBS 2.0 remain virtually nonexistent, which helped to keep the overall rate of...
Capital Markets Review: NorthStar, Goldman Sachs JV Buying $925 Million of NJ's Investment Funds
NorthStar Real Estate Income Trust Inc. and funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management agreed to...
Under Armour Decides its Stores Are Under Sized
At a time when most retailers are downsizing their stores, Kelly Cortina, senior director of Under Armour...
Office Depot, Office Max Continue Post-Merger Downsizing
Office Depot has reduced the total square footage of its North American Retail Division to 25.33 million...
Facility Closures & Downsizings: QLogic To Consolidate
Networking equipment maker QLogic Corp. approved a restructuring plan designed to streamline business...
Rising Interest Rates Pose First Big Challenge to Emerging Single-Family Rental REITs
The juxtaposition served up in the single-family rental market last week couldn't highlight this fledgling...
Restaurants Find Less Is More (Profitable) When it Comes to Square Footage
When it comes to burgers, bigger is better. But when it comes to burger joints, some believe it's better...
Will IRS Put the Kibosh on REIT Conversions?
The Internal Revenue Service has raised the yellow caution flag delaying the efforts of three firms racing...
Bank CRE Distress Levels Improving; Profits From REO Sales in Sight
Distress levels on commercial real estate loans continued to improve for the nation's banks in the first...
UPDATE: Morgans Hotel Group Putting Itself Up for Sale
Morgans Hotel Group Co. is preparing to explore a full range of strategic alternatives starting next...
Turning Grey Into Green
By: Adrian Ponsen Wouldn't it be great if you could go back in time to 2009 and bet all the chips...
Facility Closures & Downsizings: MetLife Cuts One-Third of its Advisors
Eric T. Steigerwalt, senior vice president and treasurer of MetLife Inc., informed investors on a conference...
Does Mid-America/Colonial Deal Signal Onset of Renewed Apartment M&A?
Announced on the eve of this week's NAREIT conference in Chicago, the merger between Colonial Properties...
Not Done Yet: Investors Continue Bidding Up NYC Office Bldgs Past 2007 Highs
Lest anyone thought institutional investors may have been done bidding up prices on trophy office buildings...
Texas Mulls How To Spend $1 Billion on CRE in Next Two Years
The Employees Retirement System of Texas has approved an increase its real estate allocation from 8%...
Deal-Rich Net Lease Market Likely to Get Richer
After announcing three huge transactions that promise to reshape the thriving net-lease real estate investment...
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