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>   U.S. Retail Real Estate in Transition: Investors position portfolios for the next cycle
>   Office Strategies: Counting on rent increases and value-added ploys
>   Corporate Focus: HFF Inc. After IPO, HFF focuses on existing platform, while exploring overseas expansion
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>   Investment Notes
>   Foreign Exchange
>   Did You Know?
 
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REITs Ring the Globe

U.S. Retail Real Estate in Transition: Investors position portfolios for the next cycle

Last year brought the end of the boom cycle in retail real estate. After an amazing five-year run up in values and deal volume, investors turned their attention to other product types. Total deal volume in the U.S. remained flat at around $50.5 billion dollars in 2006, according to Real Capital Analytics Inc. Read Article ...
REITs Ring the Globe

Office Strategies: Counting on rent increases and value-added ploys

Soon after acquiring Equity Office Properties Trust for $39 billion, the Blackstone Group began flipping properties, eventually unloading $18.5 billion worth of office buildings in such cities as New York, Los Angeles, San Diego and Washington, D.C., including a $7 billion Manhattan tranche sold to Macklowe Properties. It seems like a smart move for the New York-based private equity firm, says Steven Marks, a managing director with Fitch Ratings in New York. Read Article ...
REITs Ring the Globe

Corporate Focus: HFF Inc.

A new name and a $272 million IPO in February haven't changed Holliday Fenoglio Fowler's long-term goals. The company, now known as HFF Inc. and headquartered in Pittsburgh, remains focused on putting its clients first while providing capital markets and investment sales expertise. Read Article ...
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Investment Notes

The merger of Paris-based Rodamco Europe N.V. and Rotterdam-based Unibail Holdings S.A. will not only create the largest pan-European commercial property company with a market capitalization of € 21 billion (roughly $29 billion), it will also have a huge impact on the global retail market, especially development. More

Foreign Exchange

In the United Kingdom, hotels have proved to be the best long-term property investment, outperforming other real estate sectors by 32.5 percent over a 13 year period, according to new research by London-based consultancy PKF LLP.  More ...

Did You Know?

The commercial property derivatives market in the United States is not based off of any one specific index at this time. Unlike the United Kingdom, where the IPD Index is the exclusive index, four very different indices are being debated within the U.S.  More ...
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