Build vs Buy Becoming More of a Norm for REITs

Development pipelines for U.S. REITs have been on the rise following a quiet couple of years, according to Fitch Ratings in a new report. After remaining flat in 2010 and first quarter-2011, development pipelines have been on the rise the last four quarters. “Multifamily REITs a
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Wall Street Week Ahead: Can EU deal lift stocks for more than a day?

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks finished the first half of the year with a bang as investors welcomed news that the euro zone is a step closer to solving its 30-month-long debt crisis. Now for the question: Is this rally strong enough to last for more than a day? The S&P 500 and
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Stop asking for more help, Germany tells Greece

BERLIN (Reuters) – Greece's new government should stop asking for more help and instead move quickly to enact reform measures agreed to in return for previous bailouts from its European partners, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Sunday. Schaeuble told Bild
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Wall Street Week Ahead: Time for some more stimulus?

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Things are shaping up for another hot summer on Wall Street, and there is a long, long way to go yet. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will be back on Capitol Hill on Thursday to testify before a congressional committee about the state of the U.S. econo
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Retailers Cautiously Eyeing Expansion Into More U.S. Markets as Shopping Activity Rises

While the first quarter gains are far from dramatic, retail real estate fundamentals steadily improved at the beginning of 2012 as job creation and economic growth lure more consumers into U.S. shopping centers, leading retailers to expand their footprints into a broadening list of me
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More Buyers, More Properties Coming to the Retail Market

On the heels of Starwood Capital Group’s agreement to acquire seven U.S. shopping malls for $ 1 billion from The Westfield Group and private equity group KKR Financial Holdings’ starting to acquire retail real estate, REITs across the country are gearing up for a surge in
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The Australian Outback, More Than a Desert

Litchfield Waterfalls Australia and the United States are roughly the same size; however, that’s where the similarities end.  For starters, the majority of the country is nearly all desert, and the vast majority of the population lives almost entirely along the coasts. 
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2012: Better? More of the Same? or Total Economic Chaos?

The commercial real estate world this year will look a lot like it did in 2011, according to CoStar newsreaders. During the last few weeks of the year, we asked readers to give us your boldest, best predictions that you could take to Las Vegas and put money on. Based on that propositi
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Are You Losing More Than Money?

Each year thousands of landlords/homeowners in Central Florida spend thousands of dollars dealing with landlord-tenant issues, and other costs associated with managing their rental properties. In many cases these frivolous cost could have been reduced or even eliminated if these landl
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Real Money: Kimco, Vornado, American Capital Each Pull in $1 Bil. or More

Kimco Realty Corp. in New Hyde Park, NY, closed on a $ 1.75 billion unsecured revolving credit facility replacing both the company’s $ 1.5 billion unsecured U.S. credit facility and a $ 250 million Canadian credit facility. The new facility, which can be increased to $ 2.25 bill
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