One of the world’s largest commercial real estate trade organizations has challenged its 16,500 members and the industry at large to dramatically improve their energy efficiency. This morning at its annual conference...
Industrial giant ProLogis is boosting its exposure to Nevada’s growing market for distribution space. On Thursday, the Denver-based REIT (NYSE: PLD) spent $1.85 billion for a portfolio of 114 industrial properties...
Six years after the 9-11 attacks, tenants are flocking to lower Manhattan’s office market in droves. This morning, Manhattan-based real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield held its quarterly briefing on the...
In the most expensive hotel buyout ever, Blackstone Group has agreed to buy Hilton Hotels (NYSE: HLT) for roughly $20 billion in cash. The private equity firm — which ranks as the world’s largest with $88 billion in...
India’s gigantic retail market presents a growing range of retail opportunities for both developers and retailers. But a new report warns that the world’s second most populated country also poses unique challenges for...
After four years of banner performance, the U.S. hotel market faces two questions: Can occupancy demand keep pace with a fat pipeline of new room supply? And will liquidity suffer, if fundamentals start to decline...
As one of the nation's fastest growing suburban office markets, Ontario, Calif. is teeming with new development. With a booming local economy, cranes are rising all over this Inland Empire city of 171,000 located 35...
Office landlords can't help but smile. The national vacancy rate has declined for 11 straight quarters, registering 13.1% at the end of March. Manhattan-based real estate research firm Reis also reports that average...
Private equity-led buyouts of real estate investment trusts show no sign of slowing down at midyear. Eight large privatizations worth $43.3 billion were announced through the first five months of 2007...
Industrial market fundamentals continue to slip as supply begins to mushroom nationally. Grubb & Ellis reported 132 million sq. ft. of industrial space under construction during the first quarter of 2007 — a...
