Top Real Estate News SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Grubb & Ellis has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company a...]]> ORLANDO — Orlando-based CNL Healthcare Trust has purchased five seniors housing communit...]]> Is the American dream of home ownership about to be rekindled after a bruising recession force...]]> AUSTIN — Austin-based Campus Advantage has met its target of purchasing $100 million in ...]]> LOS ANGELES —The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Westfield Group have e...]]> BRENTWOOD, TENN. — Brookdale Senior Living Inc., a Brentwood-based senior living owner a...]]> COLLEGE STATION — The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has approved a $1...]]> ATLANTA — Multifamily development is expected to ramp up in the U.S. in the next few yea...]]> Have CMBS lenders learned from their mistakes that led to today’s high default rates, or...]]> ATLANTA — A steep recession is typically followed by a steep recovery. So what happened ...]]> ATLANTA — David Brickman, senior vice president of Freddie Mac Multifamily, has some adv...]]> ATLANTA — The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reports that 10 percent of commercial a...]]> It’s premature to pop the champagne cork, say real estate economists, despite a healthy ...]]> CHICAGO — Miami-based developer Crescent Heights has purchased Echelon at K Station &mda...]]> While more than $5 billion of loans within commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) became...]]> NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Jamestown Properties, Rockwood Capital, Crown Acqu...]]> WASHINGTON, D.C. — Paramount Group, Inc., a New York City-based real estate investment a...]]> DALLAS — 7-Eleven has entered into an agreement to acquire 55 Sam’s Mart stores in...]]> CHICAGO — After two years of contraction, the NCREIF Timberland Index rebounded modestly...]]> ARLINGTON, VA. — Washington, D.C.-based Penzance has received site plan approval from th...]]> CHICAGO — Newly released results for the NCREIF Property Index (NPI) show total returns ...]]> NEW YORK CITY — Africa Israel USA (AFI USA) has closed on the $165 million sale of the 2...]]> Columbia, S.C. — Columbia's CBD office sector is on the verge of becoming a landlord...]]> The Richmond, Virginia, office market is gradually recovering from the effects of the recessio...]]> BETHESDA, MD. — In 2011, Beech Street Capital provided $2.2 billion in multifamily finan...]]> QUINCY, MASS. — Street-Works Development and The Beal Cos. have formed a partnership to ...]]> NEW YORK CITY — A 630,000-square-foot enclosed fashion mall, with a new Macy's as it...]]> PARAMUS, N.J. — Paramus-based HornRock Properties has plans to acquire $125 million in r...]]> CHICAGO — Harrison Street Real Estate Capital (HSRE) has launched the Harrison Street Co...]]> Bank profits will be under pressure in 2012, and the industry’s large exposure to commer...]]> SKOKIE, ILL. — Skokie-based EPN Group has entered into an agreement to sell 47 shopping ...]]> NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) has entered into an agreement to acqui...]]> LOS ANGELES — Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund (CJUF) has provided an undisclosed amount of pre...]]> Borrowers with a low cost of capital are living the dream. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treas...]]> Apartment investors in several major metros across the country, especially Northern California...]]> INDIANAPOLIS — Duke Realty has broken ground on the 274,000-square-foot Fifth Third Facu...]]> NEW YORK CITY — LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE:LHO) has closed on the $396.2 million acq...]]> Glendale, Calif. — PS Business Parks (PSB) has acquired a 5.3 million-square-foot indust...]]> Cleveland’s commercial real estate investment market enjoyed a sustained period of stron...]]> EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — CBRE Global Investors has sold the 421,317-square-foot Metropoli...]]> GREENVILLE, S.C., AND JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — BI-LO and Winn-Dixie Stores (NASDAQ: WINN) ha...]]> MIAMI —Liberty Property Trust (NYSE: LRY) has plans to develop the 1.6 million-square-fo...]]> CHICAGO — McShane Development Co. has launched Union Pointe, a 100-acre industrial and o...]]> NEW YORK CITY — Englewood, Colo.-based Archstone has purchased the 209-unit Eastbridge L...]]> ST. LOUIS — Behringer Harvard and Kingsdell LP have secured a $59 million loan from PFP ...]]> SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — A joint venture between Oakbrook, Ill.-based Inland Western Retail ...]]> WASHINGTON, D.C. — The delinquency rates for commercial mortgages held by banks and in c...]]> CHICAGO — The European debt crisis coupled with ongoing financial concerns in some emerg...]]> NEW YORK CITY — Five banks in the United States failed in November, according to Trepp&r...]]> The lending community has a much stronger appetite for healthcare facilities located on hospit...]]> CHICAGO — Chicago-based Equity Residential (NYSE: NQR) has entered into an agreement to ...]]> Doomsday forecasters continue to be disappointed by a resilient U.S. economy that is generatin...]]> Hospitals and their ancillary businesses need to find avenues to reduce costs and become more ...]]> How can the depressed metro Atlanta office market, which is reeling from a vacancy rate of app...]]> Atlanta — The apartment market is the darling of commercial real estate and will continu...]]> CHICAGO — Parsippany, N.J.-based Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI) has acquired th...]]> HOUSTON — Houston has experienced substantial improvement in multifamily fundamentals th...]]> LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK — Rockrose Development has begu...]]> INDIANAPOLIS — Northbrook, Ill.-based Romanek Properties has sold a three-property, 433,...]]> CHICAGO — A partnership between DeBartolo Development and Optima Inc. has started constr...]]> SHIPPENSBURG, PA. — A partnership between Shippensburg University Student Services Inc.&...]]> ATLANTA — At the ICSC 2011 Southeast Conference, four retailers discussed their 2012 gro...]]> Appraisals play a critical role in the commercial real estate community. Investors, lenders an...]]> MIAMI — Resorts World Miami has completed the first stage of the $3.8 billion developmen...]]> Fueled by a low interest rate environment and strong investor demand, NorthMarq Capital expect...]]> ATLANTA — Jamestown and its subsidiary, Green Street Properties, have started constructi...]]> MIAMI — Miami-based Newgard Development Group has plans to break ground in the second qu...]]> NEW YORK CITY — Eleven banks in the United States failed in October, according to Trepp&...]]> NEW YORK CITY — Gotham Organization, Inc., has broken ground on a $520 million, 1,238-un...]]> Job growth is proceeding at an “agonizingly slow pace,” observes Victor Calanog, h...]]> WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the third quarter, there was a 98 percent increase in commercial a...]]> The on-again, off-again European debt crisis coupled with investor concerns over a potential p...]]> NEW YORK CITY — In spring 2012, construction will begin on the $400 million renovation o...]]> ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Transportation has selected Forest City Real Estate ...]]> BETHLEHEM, PA. — Malvern, Pa.-based Liberty Property Trust has started construction on a...]]> HERNDON, VA., AND FORESTVILLE, MD. — Multi-Employer Property Trust (MEPT), in conjunctio...]]> HOUSTON AND LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS — Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, on behalf of Inland Am...]]> ARLINGTON, VA. — Monument Realty has completed several important steps in order to break...]]> CHICAGO — Virgin Hotels has purchased the 27-story Old Dearborn Bank Building, located a...]]> INDIANAPOLIS — Duke Realty Corp. (NYSE: DRE) has entered into a definitive agreement to ...]]> NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Cerberus Series Four Holdings and Chatham Lodgin...]]> JERSEY CITY, N.J. — MEPT, in conjunction with Bentall Kennedy, has purchased the 1.1 mil...]]> NASHVILLE — O’Charley’s Inc. has completed the 20-year sale-leaseback of 50 ...]]> NEW YORK CITY — Africa Israel USA has signed an agreement with an undisclosed buyer to s...]]> CHICAGO — Chicago-based General Growth Properties (GGP) has refinanced four shopping cen...]]> CHICAGO — Grubb & Ellis Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Bob Bach rele...]]> WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six U.S. banks failed in September, raising the total to 74 for the y...]]> CHATHAM, N.J. — Woodmont Industrial Partners (WI Partners), has formed as a new venture ...]]> WASHINGTON, D.C. — Job growth is the straw that stirs the drink for the commercial real ...]]> NEW YORK CITY AND CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — TIAA-CREF and CBL & Associates Properties, In...]]> ATLANTA — Daniel Corporation and Selig Enterprises Inc. are partnering with lender North...]]> The combination of a reeling stock market, weak consumer confidence, and an escalating Europea...]]> NEW YORK CITY — KPMG has released the results of its 2011 commercial real estate industr...]]> SEATTLE — Colliers International released its 2011 Global Investor Sentiment Survey this...]]> PHILADELPHIA AND RESTON, VA. — Grosvenor has reported two items of investment news,...]]> NEW YORK CITY — HSBC Alternative Investments, Ltd. (HAIL) and Edge Fund Advisors (EDGE) ...]]> CINCINNATI — Phillips Edison – ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc., a publicly-registere...]]> ATLANTA — On Tuesday at InterFace Conference Group and Morris, Manning and Martin LLP&rs...]]> ATLANTA — InterFace Conference Group and Morris, Manning and Martin LLP hosted the Comme...]]> PHILADELPHIA — Jones Lang LaSalle’s Capital Markets team has closed the $143.5 mil...]]>