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troutmanBenchmark Hospitality Adopts New Business Intel System
Jan. 08, 2009
Sometimes you have to invest money to save money, and it appears Benchmark Hospitality International has adopted that philosophy with the purchase of Pittsburgh-headquartered Aptech Computer Systems Inc.'s Execuvue Business Intelligence System.
New Firm to Focus on Hotel Investment
Jan. 08, 2009
Anticipating opportunities to come, Ardent Hotel Advisors, a hospitality management and asset management company, has partnered with Steven Surgent to form Ardent Hotel Investors, a new entity that will invest in hotel properties nationwide.
mcwilliamsCNL, Macquarie Plan $1.5B Global REIT
Jan. 07, 2009
Orlando-based CNL Financial Group and Sydney's Macquarie Group have joined forces for the first time to establish a new global REIT, CNL Macquarie Global Growth Trust Inc., which will pursue opportunities in just about every sector of commercial real estate in various areas around the world. The partners can afford to think big, as the proposed total offering for the REIT is $1.5 billion.
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Jan. 08, 2009
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Dollar Retailing Seeing Good Times
Jan. 08, 2009
The Dow Jones index took something of a dive yesterday, possibly because of ill tidings from the likes of Time Warner and Intel, or the anticipation of bad job market numbers, or maybe because it was time to yo-yo back to roughly where the market started at the beginning of the year. In any case, the Dow was down 245.40 points, or 2.72 percent, while the S&P 500 lost 3 percent exactly and the Nasdaq lost 3.23 percent.
Pending Home Sales, Factory Orders Dip
Jan. 07, 2009
It isn't clear that the days of yo-yoing equity markets have gone away--just wait until the next international shock or surprise bankruptcy--but for the moment the Dow Jones index seems to have mellowed out. It fluctuated above its starting point yesterday and ended up gaining a modest 62.21 points, or 0.69 percent.


News Briefs
Weichert Commercial Completes Sale of 64,000-SF New Jersey Warehouse
Jan. 08, 2009
Vegas CityCenter Delays Hotel, Axes Condo Portion
Jan. 08, 2009
Bridge Development Expands to Miami, Appoints Carroll to Principal
Jan. 08, 2009
Agree Realty Promotes O'Leary to VP, Development
Jan. 08, 2009
Kojaian Appointed Chairman of Grubb & Ellis
Jan. 07, 2009
American Apparel Signs 70,000-SF Lease in Orange County
Jan. 08, 2009
Vonderahe Promoted to Associate Director of Asset Services at CBRE
Jan. 08, 2009
ProLogis Leases 120,000 SF to CommScope near Reno
Jan. 08, 2009
Heartland Acquires 37 Industrial Acres in Ohio
Jan. 07, 2009
Mack-Cali Taps CBRE as Leasing Agent for Manhattan’s 125 Broad St.
Jan. 07, 2009
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Pending Home Sales, Factory Orders Dip
January 07, 2009
By Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor-- It isn't clear that the days of yo-yoing equity markets have gone away--just wait until the next international shock or surprise bankruptcy--but for the moment the Dow Jones index seems to have mellowed out. It...

REal Talk with Adam Perrotta-Tuesday
January 06, 2009
Add Macquarie and CNL Financial to the list of firms looking to capitalize on the struggling state of the investment market. The duo's just-announced $1.5 billion global REIT will likely find some pretty good bargains to be had from sellers...

Construction Industry Faces Hard 2009
January 06, 2009
By Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor-- The equity markets dropped considerably Monday morning, but then yo-yoed around for the rest of the day--small fluctuations, really--and ended up slightly down, for the first time in four trading sessions and the first time...

REal Talk with Adam Perrotta-Monday
January 05, 2009
As the new year dawns, there is much to suggest that the hangover of 2008 will be sticking around for some time to come. Troubling financial and economic reports continue to haunt the headlines, the housing market remains in the...

Markets Start 2009 With Upward Bump
January 05, 2009
By Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor-- Instead of a lackluster lull after the New Year' s holiday, investors decided to buy equities on Friday, driving the Dow Jones index up 258 points, or nearly 3 percent. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq...

Management Matters with Mike Myatt: The Next Domino to Fall
December 04, 2008
By: Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --The next domino in the economic downturn is already starting to fall. The more layers of the onion we peel back on the chaos in the capital markets, the worse the news seems...

Management Matters with Mike Myatt; Web 3.0
November 20, 2008
By: Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --As quickly as Web 2.0 arrived, it is being overcome by the next generation of digital applications and toolsets. Moreover, the need for broader understanding as to how to implement a more sophisticated...

Management Matters with Mike Myatt: Teach Them to Fish
November 14, 2008
By: Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --Do you feed your employees, or do you teach them how to fish? Do you like to swoop in and save the day? Do you see yourself as the white knight that can...

Management Matters with Mike Myatt: Good Employees Are Not Expendable
November 07, 2008
By: Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --Good employees are not expendable. As a CEO running a company during tough economic times, if your strategy to survive the economic downturn is to implement a slash and burn approach to cost...

Management Matters with Mike Myatt: Surviving the Economic Downturn
October 17, 2008
By: Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --As odd as it may sound, if you want to survive the economic downturn, increase your marketing expenditures. If you're the short-sighted CEO who cuts back on marketing, branding, and advertising budgets in...



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Jan. 01, 2009
Uncertain times are causing commercial real estate executives to reexamine their companies. A relatively quiet investment and development market is, not surprisingly, leading to a reduction in hiring and in some cases layoffs, along with a number of executive changes at public REITs. A falloff in asset value suggests that reduced compensation packages are in order, as well.

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Gary M. Tenzer Day in Court: Litigation Returns in Tough Economy
Nov. 21, 2008
When things go wrong in commercial real estate transactions, litigation follows. This is especially prevalent during difficult times. Accordingly, as with the real estate recession of the early ’90s, the recent unprecedented downturn in the real estate economy and in market fundamentals has already spurred a substantial increase in the demand for litigation consulting and expert witness services, based on what I have seen in my own practice.

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A New Year’s Plan
Jan. 01, 2009
Welcome to a new year—one that, I hope, brings better news than the last one. Granted, there are a lot of negative predictions, including higher CMBS loan delinquencies and at least another full year of poor economic performance for the nation, if not the world. More layoffs are expected, which can only reduce consumption further, and at least one entire U.S. industry is in need of a bailout to survive.
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