Griffin-American Healthcare Acquires Trio of Medical Office Buildings
PALM BEACH, FL—The demand for medical office buildings in the Southeast remains strong. Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II —formerly known as Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II—just snapped up a trio of medical office buildings across three Southeastern states for $25.1 million.

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.

SL Capital Arranges $100 Million Financing on Non-Performing Note Portfolio
MIAMI, FL-- - SL Capital LLC , a full-service commercial mortgage banking firm, is pleased to announce the close of a $100 million financing transaction.The transaction is a diverse non-performing note ...

Aussies set to 'shake up' Silicon Valley with StartupHouse
Office space, incubator program and more than a couch to crash on are on offer.

New Liquidity For Private REITs Is A Real Drag
So-called non-traded REITs represent a rapidly growing income producing niche among alternative investments.

Costly London Loses Allure for Commercial Property Investors
London, Europe’s most active commercial property market since the start of the global financial crisis, is losing some of its allure as high prices and prospects of a U.K. recession deter investors.

7 Office Space Traps to Avoid
You just closed a small financing round, hired some new team members and are looking to move into a new office space. Here are seven things to avoid when signing up for your new digs. You just closed a small financing round, hired some new team members, and are looking to move into a new office space. After finding the perfect spot and locking down a two-page letter of intent, the landlord sends ...

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

Commercial property tax plans stir opposition in Iowa
Iowa can't whack 40 percent from commercial property values for tax purposes without cuts in city and county services or mammoth tax shifts, local government officials say.