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New Resorts Owners Roll Dice

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

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

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

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

A Jacksonville hotel missed paying its mortgage despite $5 million in help from the Hyatt chain.

Henderson Land’s Underlying Profit Falls

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

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 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

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

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.