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Plots & Ploys: Looks Don’t Matter

May 8, 2012

Strange looks of a building apparently aren’t enough to scare off big-name investors. That’s the case with 100 Federal Street in Boston—the so-called “pregnant building” recently purchased by Boston Properties.

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Banks Returning to CRE Lending via Multifamily, Owner-Occupied Properties

March 8, 2012

Costar… It’s not a big hook to hang a hat on, but the small increase in some commercial real estate loan balances on bank books at the end of the year serves as yet another indication of thawing lending markets for property investors. Overall loan balances on bank books posted their largest real growth in four years, according to year-end numbers released this past week by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC). As far as CRE lending goes, it was… Excerpt from: Banks Returning to CRE Lending via Multifamily, Owner-Occupied Properties Find our Weekly Commercial Real Estate, Private Equity and Fund Newsletters at www.WeeklyBrief.net

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Vornado Grapples With the Capital

February 29, 2012

Vornado Realty Trust, one of the largest office-building owners in the Washington region, is getting clobbered by the downsizing of the federal government.

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With Uncle Sam, Check Is in the Mail

July 27, 2011

Even if the federal government gets its act together and is able to pay its bills on time, it already has a reputation as a laggard with the nation’s largest mall owner.

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Commercial Real Estate Lenders Asked to Help Property Owners | A …

June 5, 2011

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has issued a suggestion that Commercial Real Estate lenders , such as Banks, should collaborate with the.

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Commercial Real Estate Lenders Asked to Help Borrowers | Zen …

June 5, 2011

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has issued a suggestion that Commercial Property lenders , such as Lenders , should collaborate with the.

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The history of the Clayton Valley Shopping Center on Ygnacio …

June 1, 2011

I was chatting with a friend yesterday, and she thought it would be fun to post something about the history of the Clayton Valley Shopping Center . The center has been around for several decades, and at one point in time, … fine without a car – I could buy everything I needed at the center except a car, or a ticket to go see a movie!!! 147 Home Federal Savings & Loan June 2, 2011 at 9:45 AM. Didn't there used to be a Home Federal Savings & Loan there? … Read the article: The history of the Clayton Valley Shopping Center on Ygnacio …

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Former Fed Bank President Poole Says Fed Must Finish QE2: Audio

February 24, 2011

Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — William Poole, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St.

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Isaac, Pitt Say Dodd-Frank `Worst’ Financial Legislation: Audio

February 17, 2011

Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) — William Isaac, chairman of Fifth Third Bancorp and former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Harvey Pitt, chief executive officer of Kalorama Partners and former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, talk with Bloomberg’s Kathleen Hays about the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S

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