Beverly Hills Commercial Real Estate

Hard sell for school board
Wake County taxpayers have been paying more than $20,000 a month to maintain three vacant Raleigh office buildings that school officials have had limited success in trying to sell.

Lawmaker: Shine light on who is managing state buildings
SPRINGFIELD — A suburban lawmaker cited felon William Cellini’s business “empire” Thursday in pressing to end decades of state-sanctioned secrecy surrounding how much Cellini’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 ...

First Drips Of Liquidity Felt In Non-Traded REITs
So-called non-traded REITs (NTRs) represent a rapidly growing income producing niche among “alternative” investments. In its nascent history, the NTR industry has raised some $80 billion, largely from individual investors. This compares with $430 billion for the entire REIT industry, traded and non-traded.

Miami Commercial Real Estate Investments Aspects To Consider Prior To Any Acquisition
Miami commercial real estate is one of the top options being made by investors from all around the world as demonstrated by the heavy influx of numerous companies who have decided to place their resources within the fabulous region in South Florida that offer an outstanding range of various commercial real estate property options.

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.

Corporate Real Estate Execs See Compensation Increase by 5%
WASHINGTON, DC-An overwhelming majority of commercial real estate executive respondents—83%—in a survey to be released this week report that their base salary compensation rose 5% in 2011. This compares to a year earlier when 64% reported an increase in base salary in 2010. The survey, conducted by CoreNet Global and FPL Associates, focused specifically on the demand side—that is, executives at ...

Town of Ulster considers additional office space
TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. — The Town Board is reviewing findings that the town needs another 20,000 square feet of municipal office space, but it’s unclear if there is enough area to consolidate offices on the Town Hall property.

Don't Overlook REITs
by Amy Fontinelle Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are a relatively small investment category; there were just 123 equity REITs in the FTSE NAREIT index, which comprises all the REITs traded on the NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges in the fourth quarter of 2011. However, even though the REIT investment universe is small, it contains many ...