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Port of Los Angeles Enjoys Record-Breaking April Container Volumes, Jump 14.5% Over Last Year

Port of Los Angeles Enjoys Record-Breaking April Container Volumes, Jump 14.5% Over Last Year

According to the Port of Los Angeles, imports increased by 16.7 percent, from 312,359 Twenty-Foot Equivalent (TEU) containers in April 2011 to 364,555 TEUs this April. Exports increased 11.5 percent, from 167,448 TEUs in April 2011 to 186,838 TEUs in April 2012. Read More

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Global Cross Border Real Estate Capital Flows Decline in Q1, Down 21% Over Last Year

Global Cross Border Real Estate Capital Flows Decline in Q1, Down 21% Over Last Year

According to a new report by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), global direct commer... Read More

 
NAR Reports U.S. Commercial Real Estate Recovery Hindered by Tight Lending

NAR Reports U.S. Commercial Real Estate Recovery Hindered by Tight Lending

Based on the National Association of Realtors' (NAR) annual Commercial Real... Read More

 
CNL REIT Buys Four Senior Housing Properties for $79.8 Million

CNL REIT Buys Four Senior Housing Properties for $79.8 Million

(Orlando, FL) -- This week CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., a real estate in... Read More

 
U.S. Annual Construction Spend Rate at $808 Billion in March

U.S. Annual Construction Spend Rate at $808 Billion in March

According to the Department of Commerce, U.S. construction spending during ... Read More

 
Port of Los Angeles Makes Plans to Stay Top Ranked U.S. Port Over Next 5 Years

Port of Los Angeles Makes Plans to Stay Top Ranked U.S. Port Over Next 5 Years

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission this week unanimously adopted a five-year... Read More

 
NorthWest Value Partners to Buy 12 Prime Ontario Medical Office Buildings for $87.3 Million

NorthWest Value Partners to Buy 12 Prime Ontario Medical Office Buildings for $87.3 Million

Privately held NorthWest Value Partners Inc. announced it is preparing to b... Read More

 
U.S. Architecture Billings Index Continues Upward Trend, Driven by Commercial Projects

U.S. Architecture Billings Index Continues Upward Trend, Driven by Commercial Projects

According to the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the commercial sec... Read More

 
Simon Partners With Toronto REIT on Planned 500,000-SF Retail Outlet Center

Simon Partners With Toronto REIT on Planned 500,000-SF Retail Outlet Center

Simon Property Group, the largest shopping center developer in the U.S. and... Read More

 
Commercial, Multifamily Loan Originations in U.S. Spike 55% in 2011, Reach Over $184 Billion

Commercial, Multifamily Loan Originations in U.S. Spike 55% in 2011, Reach Over $184 Billion

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) 2011 Commercial Real ... Read More

 
U.S. Commercial Markets Not Feeling Effects of Increased Employment Hiring Yet, Mainly Backfilling Shadow Inventory

U.S. Commercial Markets Not Feeling Effects of Increased Employment Hiring Yet, Mainly Backfilling Shadow Inventory

According to the latest analysis from CBRE Econometric Advisors (CBRE-EA), ... Read More

 
U.S. Borrowers Falling Behind on Commercial Real Estate Loans

U.S. Borrowers Falling Behind on Commercial Real Estate Loans

It's not a pretty picture. Numerous borrowers who took out commercial real ... Read More

 
Manhattan Trophy Buildings Boosting Office Rents Citywide

Manhattan Trophy Buildings Boosting Office Rents Citywide

According to Jones Lang LaSalle's Spring 2012 Skyline Review for New York, ... Read More

 
 Wells Fargo Top Commercial, Multifamily Mortgage Originator in 2011

Wells Fargo Top Commercial, Multifamily Mortgage Originator in 2011

According to a set of listings data released this week by the Mortgage Bank... Read More

 
U.S. Construction Annual Spend Rate at $809 Billion in February

U.S. Construction Annual Spend Rate at $809 Billion in February

According to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, construc... Read More

 
Urban Land Institute Projects Broad Economic, Real Estate Improvements in U.S.

Urban Land Institute Projects Broad Economic, Real Estate Improvements in U.S.

(Washington, DC) -- A new Urban Land Institute survey of 38 leading U.S. re... Read More

 

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