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The 10 Biggest Bailout Recipients -

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The week of October 3-9

- The Treasury announced that three more firms will invest in PPIP: BlackRock, Wellington Management & AllianceBernstein

- The chairwoman of the FDIC has said what we’ve all been thinking, “Too big to fail” must end.

- If Blackstone decides to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev’s amusement park business, it would be 2009’s largest private equity deal.

- HSBC sold its U.S. headquarters in New York for $330M.

- A boon for the auto industry AND Manhattan real estate? GM has signed a major extension.
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The Week of September 5-11

- And the REIT deleveraging continues…

- The toilet is starting to overflow, as five more banks got flushed.

- A huge Colorado condo development owner has filed for Chapter 11.

- A recent study by Jones Lang LaSalle shows that CRE velocity will pick up, while values will remain flat.

- Where GM might have failed, GE plans to succeed. Read the rest of this entry »

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10. Las Vegas

What happens in Vegas depends on the rest of the American economy, and until Americans start to travel (and gamble) again, nearly one-fifth of Sin City’s commercial space will stay vacant.

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The Week of June 20-26

- Commercial Real Estate mortgage debt stood relatively still at $3.48 billion in the first quarter of 2009.

- Are HARP LTV’s going higher?

- CNC Investments defaulted and could lose 1,272 units in Austin, TX to foreclosure.

- A Georgia bank is auctioning off $100 million worth of troubled assets.
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Poll a group of baby boomers and ask them if they ever expected to see General Motors file for bankruptcy in their lifetime. If they’re honest, the answer will be an unequivocal, collective, “NO WAY.” Well, here we are watching the American legend’s bankruptcy saga unfold. When giants fall, they fall hard. Take a look at some of these other fallen giant’s in this list of Top 10 Largest Chapter 11 Filings.

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The Week of May 30-June 5

-  A new report emerged showing banks’ troubled CRE assets have doubled.

- Word from the NAREIT conference this week is that REIT’s are better positioned for the recovery.

- Countrywide’s ex-Chairman was charged by the SEC with fraud.

- What will be the nationwide commercial real estate impact for car dealership sites affected by GM filing for bankruptcy?

- Real Estate Lender Capmark successfully reorganized its financing to stay afloat.
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