Commercial Real Estate Week in Review
March 26th, 2011 | 
Author: Commercial Real Estate Week in Review for the week of March 19th to March 25th
- AEW Europe and Tristan Capital Partners Acquire Three Shopping Centers for $236.5 Million.
- Equity Capital Management Remains Private, Ruling out REIT IPO.
- Government Cutbacks Include Office Space.
- PwC Reports Slow Confidence Growth in CRE Market.
- Publicly Traded REITS Make Up 47% of Hospitality Acquisitions.
- Investors Still Cautious Towards CMBS Market.
- US Commercial Property Prices Continue to Dwindle.
- The Big Apple Still Holds Big Investment Opportunities.
- High Demand For Health Care REITS.
- 18 REIT IPO’s Could Raise $5.5 Billion This Year.
- Commercial Real Estate Finance Council Requests Greater Flexibility in Dodd-Frank Regulations.
- A Dramatic Change in REIT Value Reports is on the Horizon.
- Apollo Group Inc. Sells Phoenix Headquarters for $170 Million.
- Colonial Properties Trust Acquires Las Vegas Apartment Community.
- Miami Developers Expand Office Space Despite High Vacancy Rates.
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I read that the Apollo Group’s sale was the largest acquisition in Phoenix to date. I’m pretty sure that Phoenix local Cole Capital’s (http://www.linkedin.com/company/cole-capital) very own Cole REIT acquired the property.