House Subcommittee To Focus On Dodd-Frank’s Impact On Main Street
In view of the upcoming second anniversary of the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold...
Rob Speyer Elected Chairman Of REBNY
Rob Speyer, president and co-CEO of Tishman Speyer, has been elected chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), a 12,000-member...
Tech And Energy Firms Fuel U.S. Office Market Growth
West Coast technology and energy firms continued to lead the U.S. office recovery in the second quarter of this year, according to Jones...
Hong Kong Tops List Of World’s Most Expensive Office Markets
Hong Kong topped the global commercial real estate market as the world's most expensive office market, while the Asia-Pacific region accounted for six...
CMBS Delinquency Rate Remained Flat In June
Delinquencies involving U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) leveled off last month after three straight months of deteriorating performance, according to the latest index...
CoStar Group: Commercial Real Estate Strengthened During First Half Of 2012
The commercial real estate market - particularly the office and industrial sectors - is showing encouraging signs of recovery, according to midyear data...
New Commercial Real Estate Investment Group Opens
Andrew Graiser and Emilio Amendola, former founding partners of DJM Realty, have launched A&G Realty Partners, a Melville, N.Y.-based commercial real estate consulting,...
New York Mortgage Trust Offers 4.5M Shares Of Public Stock
New York Mortgage Trust Inc. (NYMT) has priced an underwritten registered public offering of 4.5 million shares of common stock at a public...
California Developers Optimistic On Multifamily’s Future
Developer sentiment continues to show signs of optimism and solid indications of impending new commercial development, particularly in the multifamily housing sector, according...
CBRE: Commercial Real Estate Market Showed Q2 Improvement
The U.S. commercial real estate market showed improvement across all property sectors in the second quarter of this year, according to the latest...
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Acquires Seattle And Portland Hotels
Bethesda, Md.-based Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has acquired the Hotel Vintage Park Seattle for $32.5 million and Oregon's Hotel Vintage Plaza Portland for $30.5...
Percentage Of Commercial Real Estate Loans Paying Off Near 12-Month Low
The percentage of commercial real estate loans paying off on their balloon date remained anchored near its 12-month low, according to new data...
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Invests In Australian Commercial Development
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has formed a joint venture with Lend Lease Corp. and Australian Prime Property Fund Commercial (APPFC)...
New Report Details Government Impact On Green Building Sector
Energy security, environmental and livability concerns drive government policy on green building technologies, but eventually cost and affordability determine the extent and pace...
Griffin Capital Acquires Regional HQ Of Travelers Indemnity
El Segundo, Calif.-based Griffin Capital Corp., on behalf of Griffin Capital Net Lease REIT Inc., has acquired a three-story, approximately 131,000 square-foot office...
Trepp: CMBS Delinquency Rate Hits An All-Time High
According to Trepp LLC's June 2012 'U.S. CMBS Delinquency Report,' the delinquency rate for loans pooled in U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities increased 12...
Arbor Commercial Funds Historic Louisiana Project
Arbor Commercial Mortgage LLC, a Uniondale, N.Y.-based direct commercial real estate lender, has announced the funding of a $14,515,000 Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured...
Bank Of England: ‘Refinancing Challenge’ On Commercial Property Loans
The Bank of England is warning that a large amount of maturing debt in Europe could lead to a potential increase in defaults...
Australian Bank Scraps Commercial Portfolio Sale
Australia's Bank of Queensland has canceled its plan to sell its AUD $230 million portfolio of nonperforming commercial property loans after it failed...
Georgia Congressmen Protest State’s Diversion Of Settlement Funds
Three members of Georgia's congressional delegation have called on the state's governor to revert his decision to channel Georgia's direct payment funds from...