Wall Street Week Ahead: Apple, Facebook take the spotlight

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The trend of better-than-expected earnings will be put to the test in the coming week when investors hope Apple can exceed already high expectations for the tech giant and Facebook reports its first quarterly earnings. Apple accounts for a significant propor
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Approaching a Tipping Point? U.S. Office Rent Growth Lags Despite Rising Tenant Demand

Although rising levels of office absorption and a falling U.S. vacancy rate signal a strengthening market, the gains have yet to translate into meaningful rent increases for office landlords in most markets, CoStar Group reported this week in the company’s Second-Quarter 2012 Of
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Industry Vet Joins Colliers in Washington, D.C.

J. Fernando Barrueta’s addition to Collier’s Washington D.C. office leads the week’s roundup of names in the news. National Real Estate Investor
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Pages Joins Blanca CRE as EVP

Alison Pages has joined Blanca Commercial Real Estate as executive vice president. Pages brings more than 20 years of industry experience, having worked with top firms including Colliers International, Flagler Realty Services and CBRE. Her career has seen the closing of office transac
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Market Trend: South Florida’s Industrial Vacancy Decreases to 8.0%

The South Florida Industrial market ended the second quarter 2012 with a vacancy rate of 8.0%. The vacancy rate was down over the previous quarter, with net absorption totaling positive 1,241,489 square feet in the second quarter. Vacant sublease space decreased in the quarter, ending
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Harrison Joins Cresa

Peter Harrison has joined Cresa’s South Florida office as senior vice president following an ongoing expansion of the international corporate real estate advisory firm. Previously Harrison was the founder and senior vice president of Transwestern in Miami. He also opened the Sou
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Princetel Opens New, Green HQs Space in Hamilton

National Real Estate Investor
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DiamondRock Buys Hotel Portfolio from Blackstone in $495M Deal

The portfolio includes properties in Boston, Washington D.C., Burlington, Va. and San Diego. National Real Estate Investor
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CRE Bulks Up Alternative Investment Managers’ $3 Trillion in Assets

Global assets managed by the Top 100 alternative investment managers now exceed $ 3 trillion and commercial real estate is making up more and more of that total, according to research from Towers Watson in conjunction with The Financial Times. The Global Alternatives Survey, which for
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