Direct commercial real estate investment in the Asia Pacific region amounted to $27 billion for Q1-2013, according to Pattaya Mail (quoting data from Jones Lang LaSalle’s Global Capital Flows report). This marks a 26 percent increase in volume compared with … Continue reading →
Mexico recently passed legislation that allows REITs (FIBRAs in Mexico) to trade in the Mexican Stock Exchange. As a result, Mexico’s commercial real estate market has seen an influx of capital. Since REITs were established, financial firms have raised $4.6 … Continue reading →
Sydney-based Westfield Group is negotiating to sell seven of its U.S. shopping malls to Starwood Capital Group for over $1 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. In 2012, Starwood acquired a 90 percent stake in seven other malls from … Continue reading →
A REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) is a company that owns and in some cases manages income producing commercial real estate. Unlike a public REIT, a non-traded REIT does not trade on a securities exchange and is therefore less liquid. … Continue reading →
Hines recently sold two Manhattan trophy buildings to separate buyers for a total of over $1 billion, according to Commercial Property Executive. J.P. Morgan Asset Management acquired the 31-story, 750,000sf office building at 425 Lexington. The building has been fully … Continue reading →
The Federal Advisory Council – a Federal Reserve advisory committee composed of 12 representatives of the banking industry – wants to see more federal oversight of Wal-Mart’s prepaid card services, according to Bloomberg. It wants the Fed to consider restricting … Continue reading →
In Dublin, there is unmet demand of about two million square feet for office space, according to Property Magazine International (citing data from One can work an anxiety condition further bolstering one’s good fortune or to shield generic viagra buy … Continue reading →
Revenue from retail sales in Aspen was 8.2 percent higher in March 2013 compared with March 2012, according to Aspen Times. The increase is attributed to this year’s heavier snowfall. The numbers by sector (March 2013 vs. March 2013) are … Continue reading →
Investors continue to eye commercial real estate as an alternative to low-yield bond markets and volatile equity markets. According to The New York Times, sovereign wealth funds invested about $10 billion in commercial real estate Many of viagra online no … Continue reading →
The Delaware legislature recently passed the “Commercial Real Estate Brokers’ Lien Act” which allows brokers to place a lien on commercial real estate that is the subject of a brokerage/commission agreement in order to collect unpaid commission. The Act requires … Continue reading →