Industrial park to award bid for spec building
SOUTH POINT — A contract is expected to be awarded by the end of next week on the latest spec building to go under construction at The Point industrial park.

Florida Commercial Real Estate Hiring the Right Real Estate Agent
Putting up your own business in Florida has never been an easy venture. Aside from checking out various locations that will maximize your business potential, you need to take care of all the permits, licenses, legalities, business operations and so on to ensure a smooth run.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

‘Office creeper’ arrested in New Jersey
Upper Dublin police breath sigh of relief

Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Acquires Spokane Integrated Medical Plaza for $33 Million
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II (formerly known as Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II) announced today that it has acquired Spokane Integrated Medical Plaza ...

TowneBank Announces Cash Dividend on Preferred Stock
SUFFOLK, Va. -- Hampton Roads based TowneBank announced today that its Board of Directors on January 25, 2012 declared a quarterly cash dividend of $2.00 per preferred share on its 8% Non-Cumulative Convertible ...