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Week of May 9-15

-Are lawmakers overlooking Fannie and Freddie in the reform debate?

-Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are partnering for what could potentially be the largest mortgage-debt financing connected to real estate for the acquisition of Extended Stay by Starwood Capital.

-Malaysia will have a new largest REIT in the third of fourth quarter after Sunway City’s IPO, which is expected to raise $459M USD.

-CBRE says Mexico’s commercial real estate market is poised for growth. I say watch out for drug wars.

-A tough real estate market is hindering recovery.
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European commercial real-estate investment grew to $36.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009

But where is it going? “Investors are very interested in what we call prime real estate,” Michael Haddock from CBRE says.

UK & Europe aren’t the Only Foreign CRE Markets with a Good Outlook

Things are looking up for Singapore’s property sector.

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Fortune’s list of the 1,000 largest companies included 9 real estate centric companies this year.  The list, which ranks companies by the size of their revenue from the previous year,  was published in the summer.  It will be interesting to see which of these companies stays on the list for 2010.  We decided to put ourselves in the top spot since there were only 9 real estate companies in the Fortune 1,000.  With the way things are going, maybe all of these companies will dissolve and we really will be in the top spot…

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CBRE and CoreNet Global released a joint report last week entitled The Evolution of CRE: “Upskilling” the Downsized CRE Organization.  The report highlights the measures corporations are taking to downsize and improve the efficiency of their in-house real estate departments.  One of those measures is outsourcing.  In times of corporate contraction, outsourced work can be a boon for providers who offer highly specialized services.  Winning the outsourced business of large corporations may be just enough to keep your real estate business afloat through the downturn.

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For years, tenant representation firms like Studley argued during their pitches to clients that by representing tenants and tenants only, they truly had their clients’ best interests at heart…there was no conflict of interests.  National giant firms like CBRE, Grubb & Ellis, and Cushman & Wakefield, who often represented both landlords and tenants, would always make the counterpoint that because they represented so many landlords, their data was better, and therefore they could provide their tenant clients with the most accurate and up to date information in the marketplace, and therefore provide the best deals in the marketplace.  This is a psychological battle that continues today, with no clear winner.  The victor usually is the one who can convince the client that their line of thinking is the logical one. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Week of September 12-18

- Is this a good thing or a conflict of interests? CBRE has taken assessment services in-house.

- Ugh. According to the optimistic economists, we might be facing the slowest recovery since 1945.

- Regulators closed down Corus Bank, which among other failed condo projects, funded the Murano in Philly.

- A $43M hotel refi?  In this climate?  Wow.

- The Treasury has changed tax rules in an attempt to help restructure CMBS.
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The Week of August 15-21

- Abercrombie & Fitch may be losing its shirt(s)

- A 1200 unit apartment portfolio on Long Island obtained a $77M refi.

- The Fed Treasury Announced a TALF extension.

- Stalin would never let this happen with $1.5 billion.

- Here comes Chinese money…again…this time to buy U.S. mortgages through PPIP. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Week of July 4-10

-Apparently CBRE does want you to think about the environment before printing those emails.  They have submitted 225 buildings for LEED certification.

- Deutsche Bank is selling 825 Eight Avenue after all.

- A bankrupt lender has accepted funding that will pull them from the icy grip of Chapter 11.

- A mixed use property in London has fetched a 122 million Euro price tag.  What’s the conversion rate again? Read the rest of this entry »

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