Atlanta Commercial Real Estate News 
Inaccurate Records Could Inflate Tax Assessments
While software and online filing save time, these tools also increase the opportunity for inaccuracy and unfairly high tax bills....
Throwing Caution to the Wind, Lodging Industry Gets Back to Business
Unbridled may not be the exactly right word to replace cautious, but there’s no doubt the mood at Hunter Hotel Conference has been far more positive and real than at any event during the past three years....
MBA Projects $230B in 2012 Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Originations in Inaugural Forecast
The Mortgage Bankers Association projects originations of commercial and multifamily mortgages will hit $230 billion in 2012...
Cousins Buys Atlanta Office Building for $134.7M
Cousins Properties acquired Promenade Two in a $134.7 million deal....
Transwestern Finds Market for Distressed Atlanta Office Buildings
Transwestern's Atlanta investment sales team has brokered three deals involving distressed office properties in recent months....
Hotel developer does his part to generate jobs in Atlanta
On a sunny and sweltering Aug. 18 in Midtown Atlanta, hotel developer Jay Patel beamed with pride as he addressed more than 100 people gathered inside an air-conditioned tent to kick off a groundbreaking ceremony....
Hines Signs Two Tenants to Lease Expansions at Atlanta Financial Center
The beleaguered office market in Atlanta, which has added nearly 2.5 million sq. ft. of Class-A office space since 2007, received some welcome news this week....
Cassidy Turley to Acquire Carter’s Brokerage and Property Management Group
Commercial real estate services provider Cassidy Turley has agreed to acquire the brokerage and property management businesses of Atlanta-based Carter for an undisclosed sum. ...
Carter to Manage Historic Spelman College Renovations
Carter, a developer and real estate service company based in Atlanta, has been selected as program manager for renovations to Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Hall on the historic oval on Spelman College’s campus....
Turnaround Artist
Mark Toro walks a short three blocks each day from his home to his new office in Atlantic Station, a sprawling mixed-use development on the western edge...
Why Is Atlanta’s CMBS Multifamily Delinquency Rate So High?
The Atlanta apartment market is plagued by a CMBS multifamily delinquency rate of 28.43%, the highest among the nation’s top 25 metropolitan statistical areas...
Hunter Hotel Investment Conference Sound Bites: ‘Every Lender is Not Made Equal’
It would be an overstatement to say that the U.S. lodging industry is on a roll given the uneven pace of recovery across product segments and individual markets, but the sector has climbed out of a big hole....
Has the Price of Going Green Really Dropped? Some Hoteliers See Red
The sticker shock for going green is becoming easier to bear, according to some panelists at the Hunter Hotel Conference held last week in Atlanta. ...
The Economy Is Back, And So Are Hotel PIPs
That three-letter acronym many hotel owners loathe to hear, PIP, or property improvement plan, has come out of hibernation. ...
Major Ports Record Soaring Volume
In a fresh sign of recovering economic activity, a number of major ports report a jump in container traffic volume in January. ...
