South Bay commercial real estate market heats up
Silicon Valley developers are racing to erect office and R&D buildings to meet a fresh surge of expansions by tech companies that's turning the region into a commercial real estate boomtown.

Developer proposes industrial park, hotel on Ridge Pike
LIMERICK — The township board of supervisors recently heard a developer’s plans to build an industrial park and possibly a hotel along Ridge Pike.

Sam Zell "Comes Clean" for Penton's National Real Estate Investor (nreionline.com)
NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In an interview in the February 2012 issue of National Real Estate Investor, Sam Zell, chairman of Equity Group Investments, stated that the commercial real estate ...

Buildings built after 2005 'can withstand' magnitude 8 quakes
THE Cebu City Office of the Building Official (OBO) admitted that some buildings in the city are vulnerable to strong earthquakes. Acting Building Official Josefa Ylanan pointed out that even in Japan, where advance technology is used in construction projects, some buildings are still not stable enough to withstand strong earthquakes.

House panel backs hefty cut in commercial property taxes
A House committee approved a bill Wednesday night that would slash commercial property taxes by 40 percent over eight years while providing hundreds of millions of dollars in state money to "backfill" lost property tax revenue to school districts, cities

Landlords using carrots to lure office tenants
Landlords are offering free rent and "generous" renovation allowances to lure tenants into empty office buildings in Richmond, where the vacancy rate is three times higher than Metro Vancouver's.

City office space demand 'rises'
Demand for office space rose sharply in Scotland's two largest cities last year, according to a study.

House panel OKs 40% cut in commercial property taxes
An Iowa House committee approved a bill Wednesday night that would slash commercial property taxes by 40 percent over eight years, while providing hundreds of millions of dollars in state money to backfill lost property tax revenues to school districts, cities and counties.