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The vultures are circling commercial real estate. But are they too numerous and too early? These are the questions troubling a new generation of commercial real estate investment trusts as they try to benefit from the problems in retail and office property.

At the recent Lodging Conference in Phoenix, I found it interesting how just about everybody continues to lament the significant difference between "bid and ask" as the major rationale for the lack of transactions taking place in the face of unprecedented distressed asset availability.

Kilroy Realty Corp. said Monday that its operating partnership will offer $150 million in senior debt in a private placement to institutional buyers.

Shields EL SEGUNDO, CA-With its securities registration effective earlier this month, Griffin Capital Corp.

YTL Corp Bhd plans to embark on a restructuring of the RM8 billion real estate investment trust and hotel portfolio under its control.

Shares of Real Estate Investment Trusts have rallied almost 90 percent since the market bottomed in March, but the jury is out on whether this recovery is warranted given the difficulties facing commercial real estate.

Anyone who's been paying attention to Wall Street investment strategists' forecasts for 2010 knows that a potential avalanche of commercial real estate foreclosures could hit the market - and the smartest thing to do is get out of the way.

SINGAPORE: MacarthurCook Industrial REIT has rebutted Cambridge Industrial Trust's assertions that its recapitalisation plan is "massively value destructive". MI REIT said on Tuesday that unitholders should not allow themselves to be distracted by analyses that are inaccurate, incomplete and misleading.

The news about U.S. commercial real estate is grim . But distress can lead to opportunity.

President & CEO of Vestin Realty Mortgage II Inc. Michael V Shustek buys 35,000 shares of VRTB on 11/11/2009 at an average price of $2.5 a share.

REITs climbed higher, outpacing gains in the broader markets Wednesday, Nov. 11. In real estate news Terreno Realty Corp.

A severe ongoing credit crunch in commercial real estate lending is hampering recovery, according to a commercial market update at the 2009 REALTORS Conference & Expo.

You get to take over payments on the family homestead when we go! " For those thinking today of their kids' inheritance, or indeed of their own future, there is a new dynamic that must be taken into account: so many people bought much more house than they would have or could have or maybe even should have because the financing was cheap, the ...

The worst could be over for real estate trusts. Commercial landlords aren't the only group of companies to shatter Wall Street's estimates this earnings season but they may elicit the biggest sigh of relief.

Founded and led by twin brothers, Nelson and Norman Leenhouts, Rochester, NY-based Home Properties, Inc.

Close You asked. We're building it. Published on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 7:27PM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Nov.

CBL & Associates Properties Inc. filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES is a self-managed and self-administered REIT that engages in the ownership, operation, marketing, management, leasing, expansion, development, redevelopment, acquisition and financing of regional malls and community neighborhood ...

NATIONAL $175M Fetches Kimco Full Ownership in 21 Shopping Centers By Sasha Pardy Shopping center REIT, Kimco Realty Corporation , has acquired an 85% interest in the 21 retail properties held under PL Retail Portfolio, its joint venture fund with DRA Advisors.

Ezdan is expecting strong demand for affordable housing in Qatar, according to managing director Hesham el-Sahtary Qatar's Ezdan Real Estate Co expects its net profit in the fourth quarter to be similar to that of the third and is aiming to sell part of its property portfolio by year-end to a Malaysia-based REIT to finance new projects, its ...