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CoStar's People of Note (Jan. 29-Feb. 4)
This week's People of Note includes the following markets: Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Milwaukee/Madison, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, South Florida, Washington, DC.
LOS ANGELES
Cockrum Joins Lowe Enterprises Investors as SVP
By Laurie Forbes
Lowe Enterprises Investors hired William M. Cockrum IV as senior vice president to head the company’s marketing and capital raising efforts. He will be based in th
02/02/2012 11:47 PM
GREEN LEAD | Green Building News from CoStar
GREEN LEAD is a column on environmental and sustainable design and construction, best practices for green building maintenance and operations, economic impact on developers and owners, new LEED and Energy Star building certifications, and trends in the Green Building movement.
Send in your Green News Leads to news@costar.com
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02/02/2012 09:05 PM
EXCLUSIVE: C-III Capital's Robert Lieber On NAI Global Acquisition and Growth Plans
Real estate investment firm C-III Capital Partners LLC last week completed its acquisition of Princeton, NJ-based NAI Global. The long-awaited closing came seven months after the transaction was announced in June, leading some to wonder if the deal had fallen by the wayside. But C-III was hardly idle during that time, acquiring three other companies and making a major play for cash-strapped CRE services firm Grubb & Ellis Co.
As reported by CoStar...
02/01/2012 11:23 PM
Latest Potential Investor In Grubb & Ellis Emerges From Talks Without Agreement
A two-week period of exclusive negotiations between Grubb & Ellis Co. and New York-based financial brokerage BGC Partners expired Tuesday without an agreement, according to a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Under the previous agreement, Grubb & Ellis provided an exclusive right to negotiate for BGC Partners, headed by chief executive Howard Ludnick, to pursue a debt or equity financing agreement or acquisition of...
02/01/2012 10:13 PM
Warehouse Occupancy Rising, Market Remains Stable and Positive, Still Not at Point for Higher Rents, New Construction
With the gradual return of economic growth, including higher levels of manufacturing and consumer spending, the vacancy rate for U.S. warehouses continued to decline at the end of 2011 as the property sector was buoyed by its strongest quarter for net absorption since late 2008.
The vacancy rate tracked across 210 markets by Property and Portfolio Research (PPR), CoStar’s analytics and forecasting division, declined to 9.6% in the fourth quarter...
02/01/2012 09:33 PM
No More Fear and Loathing of CRE Lending for Banks
As economic headwinds subside, the commercial real estate lending business for U.S. banks has hit an inflection point. For the first time in five years, a majority of banks are finally talking about their ability to grow their loan portfolios.
While the sentiment among banks is neither unanimous, nor the projected lending growth strong, bank executives in analyst earnings calls over the past couple of weeks were clearly signaling they believe they...
02/01/2012 09:15 PM
Back in Business: CRE Sales Volumes Make Strong Comeback
The dollar volume of commercial real estate sales vaulted back to longterm historical levels in 2011. CoStar Group has confirmed $291.6 billion in CRE sales in 2011, a 32% increase over the sales volume in 2010.
Last year's volume bested the 12-year average volume of $254.2 billion. However, the 2011 dollar volume is still overshadowed by credit-bubble level of $560.5 billion in 2007.
Sales of office property led all other types in dollar volume...
02/01/2012 09:13 PM
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