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Alex Finkelstein

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Alex Finkelstein, Senior Real Estate Reporter

*Former Real Estate and Legal News Editor, Orlando Business Journal (1987 to 2000).

*Former Real Estate Editor, South Florida (Miami) Business Journal (1981 to 1986).

*Former Real Estate Editor, Miami Daily Review (1986 to 1987).

*Former Real Estate Editor, Pittsburgh Business Journal (1980 to 1981).

*Former Assistant Business News Editor, Daytona Beach, FL News-Journal (1979 to 1980).

*Former Investigative Reporter, Miami Herald (1955 to 1960).

*Former Copy and Page Makeup Editor, Washington, DC Star (1960 to 1973).

*Former Regional Retail Advertising Manager, Orlando, FL Sentinel (1973 to 1979).

*Former Southeast Bureau Chief and Co-Editor, Debt & Equity Newsletter, GlobeSt.com. (2000 to 2007).

*Former General News Reporter, Winnipeg (Canada) Free Press (1953 to 1955).

*Former Radio Desk News Reporter, British United Press, Montreal and Ottawa (1952 to 1953).

Current publisher, DONE DEALS, daily real estate blog.

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Alex Finkelstein Archives

Macquarie Launches $1.2 Billion IPO as REITs Line Up in Mexico to Sell Stock

Macquarie Group Ltd. (MQG), Australia's biggest investment bank. Macquarie has beaten the real estate investment herd by launching... Read More »
December 31, 2012 8:30 AM

Manhattan Condo Recapitalization Valued at $1.05 Billion

Cleveland, OH-based Forest City Enterprises has completed new financing for its 76-story, 898-unit luxury condominium community in... Read More »
December 28, 2012 9:30 AM

Chinese Buyers Boosting California's Housing Market

Cash-loaded Chinese are flooding California's high-end home markets and U.S. brokers are in heaven over that situation. Many of th... Read More »
December 27, 2012 11:25 AM

House Prices and Property Demand Rising in Israel

Better than expected economic growth is fueling a rise in house prices and stronger property demand in Israel these days. Despite... Read More »
December 27, 2012 8:30 AM

Frankfurt's Patrizia Contracts to Buy London's Tamar Capital Group in Estimated Multi-Million-Dollar Deal

It's a deal that will make Frankfurt-based Patrizia Immobilien AG (FRA: P1Z) one of the biggest commercial real estate operators i... Read More »
December 26, 2012 11:27 AM

Japan's Mori Breaks Lull, Plans $1.2 Billion of New Real Estate Investments

After four years of sitting on the sidelines, Japanese billionaire Akira Mori announced his Tokyo-based Mori Trust Co. plans to st... Read More »
December 26, 2012 11:20 AM

Turkey's Housing Sales Dip, But Country Still Stable

Turkey real estate sales dropped by 2.35% in the third quarter compared to the previous period, but the news wasn't all that bad.... Read More »
December 26, 2012 8:30 AM

$1.6 Billion Redevelopment Planned at London's South Bank Sector

Quatari Diar and Canary Wharf Group Plc, whose London history dates to the 1500s, are joint-venturing a $1.6 billion (one billion ... Read More »
December 24, 2012 9:00 AM

Moscow's Commercial Market is Hot, Says Cushman & Wakefield Report

Moscow - a hot commercial real estate market? Who would have thought it? But yes, Cushman & Wakefield research states that is a f... Read More »
December 21, 2012 9:00 AM

Mexico Property Markets Get Half Billion Dollar Investment Pledge From Thor Urbana Capital

New York City-based Thor Urbana Capital sees nothing but gold ahead in Mexican real estate. The developer announced it will inves... Read More »
December 21, 2012 8:30 AM

Average Parking Spot Sale in Hong Kong Rises to $82,600

Talk about innovative niches. Slowed by the government's 2010 extra tax on residential sales, investors in Hong Kong real estate h... Read More »
December 19, 2012 8:30 AM

South Florida's Exclusive Fisher Island in the Courts Again

Even Alfred Hitchcock couldn't concoct the scenario that has been enveloping the exclusive 216-acre Fisher Island in South Florida... Read More »
December 18, 2012 8:30 AM

'Mobile Millionaires' Pick Singapore as World's Safest Permanent Residence

Singapore, that mystical island country-city combination off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula in southeast asia, once again... Read More »
December 17, 2012 9:45 AM

Zell Joint Venture Contracts to Buy Archstone for $16 Billion

The biggest residential real estate deal in the U.S. in five years is expected to go down early in 2013. That is when Chicago ent... Read More »
December 14, 2012 11:45 AM

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Genting Group Beats Back Preservationists Over Miami Herald Site Use for Proposed Miami Mega-Project, Yet Backs Off Pursuit of Gambling License

It was like the good old days at Miami City Hall recently. Finger-jabbing, near-insane shrieking and rough corridor jostling. That... Read More »
December 13, 2012 8:30 AM

China Loaning Miami's Lennar $1.7 Billion for New San Francisco Housing Projects

It was bound to happen, sooner or later. China is bankrolling two major housing developments in San Francisco. A total 20,500 new ... Read More »
December 12, 2012 2:41 PM

Global Real Estate Investors Pick Safe Havens of U.S., Asia and Western Europe

International real estate investors these days are putting their money where they feel it won't vanish overnight - in the U.S., A... Read More »
December 12, 2012 9:00 AM

Germany's Biggest Retailer Selling Division for $1.4 Billion

Dusseldorf-based Metro AG, Germany's biggest retailer, has contracted with Groupe Auchan SA of Croix, France, to sell its 426 Real... Read More »
December 11, 2012 12:44 PM

Canadians Top Global Buyers of U.S. Residences; Chinese Ranked Second

Who is helping the U.S. for-sale housing market recover these days? A good many Americans, of course. But to get a more balanced... Read More »
December 11, 2012 8:00 AM

Montenegro Touted as the Next Global Property Hotspot

Montenegro, a comparative dot on the Adriatic Sea in Southeastern Europe, is being touted by the World Travel & Tourism Council a... Read More »
December 10, 2012 9:30 AM

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