Analysts and the lenders who generate loans for inclusion in commercial mortgage-backed securities can't seem to agree on whether the current crop of CMBS loans is over-leveraged. One camp says the market is safely...
Rubenstein Partners this week announced the closing of its first-ever office real estate fund, which will focus on acquiring value-added properties primarily in the Eastern United States. Rubenstein Partners, based in...
Private real estate lender USA Commercial Mortgage Co. placed $550 million in loans last year — creating more than half of its existing $962 million loan portfolio — and cranked out another $125 million in deals in...
Large loans and mushrooming CMBS issuance drove commercial real estate financing levels to an all-time high last year, but lenders say a slowing pace of transactions could temper loan volume as 2006 unfurls...
J.C. Penney is launching a major store upgrade program, based on the strong performance of a new prototype. The 1,019-store chain plans to spend $1 billion renovating 250 existing stores and constructing more than 170...
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE:AMD) may be the perennial also-ran to Intel Corp. in the microprocessor business, but when it comes to waging a charm offensive to clear the path for a controversial real estate...
London-based Grosvenor has acquired Philadelphia-based Legg Mason Real Estate Services Inc. to boost its real estate investment management presence in North America...
A new green building proposal in Washington, D.C., has many developers on edge. While green ordinances are nothing new, D.C.'s Bill 16-515, if enacted, would extend beyond government buildings to mandate compliance in...
