Archive for the ‘ WallStreet Journal ’ Category
New Resorts Owners Roll Dice
Author: WSJ.com: Real EstateSep 1
Morris Bailey and Dennis Gomes are paying $35 million for Resorts Atlantic City, at a time when gambling revenue is declining and customers are being siphoned off to Pennsylvania venues.
Capital Freeze Thaws for Real-Estate Funds
Author: WSJ.com: Real EstateSep 1
Real-estate funds saddled with boom-time properties are getting relief from Wall Street firms and other investors hoping to capitalize on their need for cash.
Corio’s Turkish Strategy Stumbles
Author: WSJ.com: Real EstateSep 1
The Dutch company's expansion has yielded disappointing results due to the weak economy, competition and the difficulties of exporting Western shopping concepts to a country steeped in different traditions.
Citigroup Gets Burned in the Caribbean
Author: WSJ.com: Real EstateAug 31
The bank is selling its mortgage on the Viceroy Anguilla to Starwood Capital Group at a hefty discount, the latest example of capitulation by a bank that has nursed a troubled real-estate project for years.
Help for Hyatt Isn’t Enough
Author: WSJ.com: Real EstateAug 31
A Jacksonville hotel missed paying its mortgage despite $5 million in help from the Hyatt chain.
Henderson Land’s Underlying Profit Falls
Author: WSJ.com: Real EstateAug 26
Henderson Land Development's underlying first-half net profit fell 37% due to losses stemming from the cancellation of some property sales.
Toll Is Back in the Black
Author: WSJ.com: Real EstateAug 26
Shares of luxury builder Toll Brothers climbed following a surprise fiscal third-quarter profit, its first in nearly three years, as revenue fell far less than analysts expected.
Omni Snares Bankrupt Amelia Island Resort on Florida Coast
Author: WSJ.com: Real EstateAug 26
Omni Hotels & Resorts plans to expand the Amelia Island Plantation by more than 100 rooms after prevailing in an auction this week to buy the bankrupt oceanfront resort in northeast Florida.
Commercial Property Owners Choose to Default
Author: WSJ.com: Real EstateAug 25
Like homeowners walking away from mortgaged houses, some large commercial property owners are defaulting on debts and surrendering to lenders buildings worth less than their loans.
Houston Sees Market Go Wobbly
Author: WSJ.com: Real EstateAug 24
The aviation and energy industries boosted Houston during the downturn, but the events of the last six months have injected a new uncertainty into the city's economy—and, by extension, the office market.







