Study: Smart Grids Help Power Commercial Real Estate Markets
A correlation exists between the main economic indicators of a healthy commercial real estate market and municipal investment and application of smart grid...
Amazon HQ Deal: The Year’s Biggest Commercial Property Transaction
Amazon.com Inc. is on track to conduct the largest U.S. commercial real estate deal of the year with the $1.16 billion purchase of...
Cassidy Turley Promotes Stettinius To CEO
Cassidy Turley, the Washington, D.C.-based commercial real estate services provider, has promoted Joseph Stettinius Jr. to CEO. Stettinius, who will continue to serve...
Canadian REIT To Buy Two Montreal Retail Properties
Partners Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, has agreed to acquire two retail centers situated in close proximity on...
Trepp: Commercial Loans Paying At Maturity At Highest Level Since 2008
The percentage of commercial real estate loans paying off on their balloon date last month hit the highest level since December 2008, according...
MBA: Multifamily Originations Up 60% In 2011
Last year saw $110.1 billion in new mortgages for multifamily properties with five or more units, a 60% increase from 2010 levels, according...
Report Details Obamacare’s Impact On Commercial Real Estate
While the debate over Obamacare generates political rancor, the healthcare reform legislation is having a significant impact on the medical office space sector...
Trepp: September CMBS Delinquency Dips Below 10%
The delinquency rate for U.S. commercial real estate loans in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) fell 14 basis points (bps) to 9.99% in September,...
Avison Young Buys The Walsh Co.
Toronto-based Avison Young has acquired The Walsh Co. LLC, a multi-service advisory organization specializing in project management services throughout New York, New Jersey,...
USGBC Opens Public Comment Period On LEED Upgrade
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the opening of the fifth public comment period for the proposed update to its Leadership...
Office Space Vacancy Drops In Q3
The nation's office space vacancy rate dropped to 17.1% in the third quarter, according to new data released by Reis Inc. This is...
Axiometrics: Positive But Slowing Effective Rent Growth In Q3
Annual effective rent growth on the U.S. apartments market in the third quarter achieved a national growth rate of 3.7%, which was down...
Construction Spending Mostly Flat In August
Construction spending during August was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $837.1 billion, 0.6% below the revised July estimate of $842...
David A. Barksdale Returns To Ballard Spahr
Ballard Spahr has announced the return of David A. Barksdale to the firm as a real estate partner in the Los Angeles office....
Wheelock Street Capital Buys 15 Hotels For $221M
Greenwich, Conn.-based Wheelock Street Capital has spent $221 million to purchase a 12-hotel portfolio from affiliates of Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc....
CBRE Group Debuts Sustainability Research Initiative
Los Angeles-based CBRE Group Inc. has announced the launch of the Real Green Research Challenge (RGRC), a four-year, $1 million commitment to fund...
MBA: Commercial, Multifamily Mortgage Debt Down In Q2
The level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding decreased by $10.4 billion, or 0.4%, in the second quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association...
REIT Acquires Three Medical Properties For $60M
American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Corp., the co-sponsors of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc., announced the acquisition of three medical office buildings...
CREL CDO Delinquencies Continue To Drop
U.S. commercial real estate loan collateralized debt obligations delinquencies (CREL CDO) dropped to 11.6% in August, according to new data from Fitch Ratings....
SBA Refi Program Set To Expire Next Week
A Small Business Administration (SBA) program designed to enable businesses that owned their own real estate to refinance their loans through a program...