Bernanke disappointment pushes Wall Street lower (Reuters)

Reuters – Stocks closed sharply lower on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave no indications of new stimulus measures to boost the flagging economy in a keenly awaited speech. Yahoo! News: Business News
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PH Cellular Buys Miami Warehouse for $2.55M

PH Cellular, Inc. acquired the Doral Building at 9590 NW 25th Street in Miami from Michelsen Advertising for $ 2.55 million, or $ 102 per square foot. The two-story, 25,000-square-foot warehouse building was built in 1986 in the Miami Airport West Industrial submarket. It is part of t
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Las Vegas Investor’s Gamble Sets Precedent for Single-Asset Real Estate Owners

Las Vegas Investor’s Gamble Sets Precedent for Single-Asset Real Estate Owners National Real Estate Investor
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How to Build a House for a Tenant – What to Include

There is no doubt that the way you would build an investment property for a tenant is not the same as you might build a house for yourself. In this article we look at some items you could skip on a rental property without compromising quality or rental return. Real-Estate:Property-Man
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Financial Turbulence Rattles Sluggish Recovery, Prompting Revised Growth Forecasts

The effects from late summer’s national and international economic challenges have cast a huge shadow over the commercial real estate market recovery. Nothing postpones a leasing, development or investment decision like the uncertainty surrounding the prospect of a national defa
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Chic Chalet Residences Available in Swiss Alps

Chedi Andermatt (ANDERMATT, SWITZERLAND) — With the 2011-2012 winter ski season on the horizon one destination that is already turning heads and setting snow aficionados a flutter is the brand new Andermatt Swiss Alps found in a steep alpine valley at the crossroads of Switzerla
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In The Pipeline: Construction and Development News for Sept. 4 – 10

In The Pipeline is a column on significant acquisitions of commercial land for sale, and other transactions and trends affecting office, industrial, flex, multifamily, mixed-use, hotel and public works developers. Send us news leads about your new commercial real estate project —
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U.S. Has Zero Job Growth in August, Not Happened Since 1945

And the beat goes on with lack-luster U.S. job growth in August. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that nonfarm payroll employment was unchanged (0% change) in August, and the unemployment rate held at 9.1 percent. The last time this occurred was in World War II (1945
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Wall Street down on Europe; bear market fears grow (Reuters)

Reuters – Wall Street fell for a third day on Tuesday on fears Europe still has failed to tackle its debt crisis, prompting worries the market is headed to new lows for the year. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Lease Up: Fifth Third Bank Expands to 218,135 SF in Chicago

By: Steven Burlison Fifth Third Bank, the diversified financial services provider, signed the largest lease renewal in downtown Chicago so far this year and expanded its previous space at 222 S. Riverside Plaza by 35,000 square feet. The firm now occupies 218,125 square feet in the bu
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