SRS Real Estate Partners Expands Into Asia
SRS Real Estate Partners, a Dallas-based national real estate company exclusively dedicated to retail services, has launched SRS Asia, the company's first international...
GSA Lobbied To Update Or Dump LEED Standards
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is being lobbied to consider changing its standards for green building construction and monitoring. The trade journal...
MBA: Mixed Picture On Q1 Commercial, Multifamily Originations
First-quarter commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations increased by 36% from a year ago, but were 12% lower than the fourth quarter of...
Avison Young Opens South Carolina Office
Toronto-based commercial real estate firm Avison Young is opening a new office in Charleston, S.C., its 14th location outside Canada. As part of...
Fitch Ratings: CMBS Delinquency Rate Up In April
U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) delinquencies rose for the second straight month in April, according to the latest index results from Fitch Ratings....
Gaia And Starwood Invest $22.5 Million In Multifamily Portfolio
New York-based Gaia Real Estate and Starwood Capital Group, based in Greenwich, Conn., have announced plans to invest $22.5 million of new equity...
New Report Predicts ‘Robust’ Year For Multifamily Housing
This year promises to be a 'robust' period for the multifamily housing sector, according to the 'Spring 2012 U.S. Multifamily Report' published by...
HUD Settles Nebraska Disability Discrimination Case
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has reached a $22,500 settlement agreement with the owner and managers of Cheyenne Villa...
CBRE Group CEO Announces Retirement
Los Angeles-based CBRE Group Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services firm, has announced that Brett White will retire as CEO at...
Green Refinance Plus Program Produces First Loan Closing
Columbia, Md.-based Enterprise Community Investment Inc. has closed the first loan under the Green Refinance Plus program, a partnership between Fannie Mae and...
New Report: $70 Billion In Global Green Construction Last Year
The total value of certified green construction worldwide in 2011 is estimated at nearly $70 billion, according to a new report from industrial...
Axiometrics: Sequential Rent And Occupancy Growth Getting Stronger
Axiometrics Inc., a Dallas-based provider of data and advisory services on the apartment market, reports that national effective rents increased by 0.89% from...
Trepp: April CMBS Delinquency Rate At Second-Highest Level Ever
Two months after matching its lowest reading in a year, the delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) has reached its second highest...
NAIOP: $261.6 Billion In Commercial Real Estate Construction In 2011
Development and construction of commercial real estate - office, industrial and retail buildings - rebounded in 2011, the first year to post gains...
Construction Spending Up 0.1% In March
Construction spending during March was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $808.1 billion, 0.1% above the revised February estimate of $807.3...
CoStar Completes LoopNet Acquisition
Washington, D.C.-based CoStar Group Inc. has announced the completion of its acquisition of LoopNet Inc. CoStar plans to continue to operate LoopNet as...
DebtX: Commercial Real Estate Loan Prices Up In March
The aggregate value of commercial real estate (CRE) loans priced by Boston-based DebtX that collateralize commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) rose to 87.3% as...
Fitch Ratings: CMBS Cumulative Defaults Up In Q1
The cumulative default rate for fixed-rate U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) increased to 12.96% as of the first quarter of this year, a...
Freddie Mac Announces New K Certificates Backed By Multifamily MBS
Freddie Mac has announced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K Certificates), which are multifamily mortgage-backed securities (MBS). This is the sixth...
Commercial Loan Direct Debuts Apartment Bridge Loan
Atlanta-based Commercial Loan Direct, a business division of CLD Capital, has announced the availability of a new apartment bridge loan product that is...