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Month: February, 2010

Westfield Considers Bid for General Growth

25 February, 2010 (08:51) | PAID, WallStreet Journal | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

The takeover battle for the U.S. mall owner heated up as the company unveiled a deal for investor Brookfield to help finance its emergence from bankruptcy.

Tepper Joins Stuyvesant Fight

24 February, 2010 (20:03) | PAID, WallStreet Journal | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

Hedge-fund investor David Tepper has stepped into the battle over the fate of Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town, the giant New York City complex involved one of the largest commercial real-estate failures.

Hong Kong Warns of Bubble Risk

24 February, 2010 (18:09) | PAID, WallStreet Journal | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

The financial secretary warned in the annual budget address of an 'increased risk of a bubble forming in the property market,' on recent signs of rising prices in the residential and land markets.

Moviegoers Keep Cinema REIT Rolling

24 February, 2010 (17:07) | WallStreet Journal, free | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

Refocusing on Its core business sends the stock of Entertainment Properties soaring. "It's a very good time to be a theater owner."

Backlash Hits Calpers Property Deals

23 February, 2010 (21:24) | WallStreet Journal, free | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

Investments by Calpers in deals that included converting low-rent properties to market-rent apartments raises concerns.

Simon Says to Negotiate

23 February, 2010 (21:17) | PAID, WallStreet Journal | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

Simon Property Group executives are peeved that General Growth Properties is in advanced talks with another suitor but still hadn't agreed on terms for talks with Simon in recent days.

Commercial Sales Jump

23 February, 2010 (20:32) | WallStreet Journal, free | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

The increase for a second month in a row triggers fresh debate over whether the sector has reached bottom.

New Cosmo Hotel Ignores Timing

23 February, 2010 (13:45) | WallStreet Journal, free | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

The hotel in Berlin hit the ground running and Design Hotels members navigated the recession better than many industry peers.

Another Option for You

23 February, 2010 (12:50) | Strategies | By: Richard

In the current state of the US economy, it is undoubtedly difficult to manage a new portfolio of real estate and keep it profitable. Just look at the fact that housing prices and home values are at multi-year lows. If you are not cash flow positive,  then it is next to impossible to grow a successful portfolio.  What do you do? Continue to buy and hold? Start accepting literally anybody as a tenant in the hopes that you will become cash flow positive?

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New York Lender, Burned but Resolute

18 February, 2010 (22:29) | PAID, WallStreet Journal | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

In 2006, Long Island banker Bradley E. Rock was one of the industry's loudest opponents of a proposed crackdown on lending. Now his bank is a dramatic example of what regulators were so worried about.