'Office creeper' caught
Authorities have captured the elusive, so-called 'office creeper." Gerald Broadwater was arrested Thursday morning in Newark, N.J., by U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive task force, said Tpr. Christopher Kay, N.J. State Police. Broadwater, 61, posed as an employee to steal laptop computers, money and valuables from office buildings in at least five states, officials said. Broadwater often posed as ...

Commercial office vacancy 'stabilizing'
A study of Lexingtonā€™s commercial office space availability has found for the first time in r

County offers MSP office space
Troopers will move from Corunna Avenue site this month

Lawmaker: Shine light on who is managing state buildings
SPRINGFIELD ā€” A suburban lawmaker cited felon William Celliniā€™s business ā€œempireā€ Thursday in pressing to end decades of state-sanctioned secrecy surrounding how much Celliniā€™s family makes managing government office buildings.Driven by stories in the Chicago Sun-Times, state Sen. Susan Garrett (D-Lake Forest) called on the state Procurement Policy Board to pursue legislation that for the first ...

ā€˜Office creeperā€™ arrested in New Jersey
Upper Dublin police breath sigh of relief

Corporate Real Estate Executives Saw Pay Increases in 2011; Anticipate Additional Jump in 2012 as Development and ...
ATLANTA, Feb.Ā 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- An overwhelming majority ā€“ 83 percent ā€“ of those who manage corporate real estate (CRE) portfolios saw increases in their base salary in 2011, according to a global ...

Don't rush into REITs
You'd think that investors would be leery of companies that own and manage commercial real estate. Vacancy rates remain elevated in office buildings and shopping centers. Except for apartment buildings, rents really haven't grown at all in four years. And given the possibility that the global economy may retrench yet again, things could still get worse before they get better.