The Wall Street Journal Commercial Real Estate
November 5, 2008 -- 9:30 a.m. EST
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The downturn in the hotel market is making the acquisition of Hilton Hotels look like a big burden for Blackstone. - Photos: Hilton's Hotels
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122583316469798241.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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Developers Diversified Realty's offer to finance part of a property sale is the latest example of seller financing, which is now playing a role in more large deals.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122585565846800303.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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The Los Angeles property market is looking more earthbound, as the global financial crisis is beginning to play itself out in the region's real estate.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122585552642900301.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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In the midst of bad news about the global property market, could British real-estate companies be emerging as stocks to buy?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122582784618897927.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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With a slowing economy and housing woes, some California cities have targeted public-safety budgets that in the past were off-limits to the budget ax.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122540831980086085.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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Westfield Mall, the largest mall in a European city, opens Thursday, but its timing couldn't be worse. Britain's economy is sliding into a recession.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122532222242982013.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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Activist investor William Ackman proposed spinning off the land Target owns under its stores into a separate real estate investment trust.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122532574280582255.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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Wynn Resorts is moving ahead on a $2.3 billion Las Vegas resort at a time when rival casino companies are pulling back on projects.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122532358533882169.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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A high-profile British developer has defaulted on a $365 million loan for prime land it bought in Beverly Hills as part of a plan to build luxury condos.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122532158922982061.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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Many lenders will endure unanticipated struggles in coming years as the souring economy pushes commercial real-estate projects into default on loans.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122523416020977787.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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Grand Investment faces a construction-financing deadline on its multibillion-dollar downtown Los Angeles project, but the New York developer has won a confidence boost in the form of fresh equity from South Korea.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122523261946177761.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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GM wants to unlock its equity in the five Renaissance Center towers it owns in Detroit.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122523360218877781.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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SL Green Realty began the separation process from its ailing commercial-property-finance spinoff, in another sign of the increasingly grim outlook for the group of lenders in that specialized area.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122523380373177801.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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The two board members who took top executive posts at General Growth this week will likely inspire confidence from lenders, say analysts.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122523855916178213.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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Nordstrom opened a store in the Pittsburgh area, joining other high-end retailers that hope to fill a niche despite the downturn in consumer spending.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122489341081768791.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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As mall and shopping-center owners lose tenants in the souring economy, they are at least gaining something else: more advertising space.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122462773702456071.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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Developer Jorge Pérez is scrambling to sell thousands of condos amid a market swoon. Yet he is also buying condos on the cheap, starting with units in his own building.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122462886870956193.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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Gramercy Capital investors will focus on its ability to maintain credit lines from its lenders. A failure to do so could put the company's survival in doubt.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122462949043756279.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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Lehman Brothers paid a European record $2.81 billion for the Coeur Defense office complex in Paris last year. A resale may fetch far less.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122461311765154939.html?mod=djemRealEstate_Commercial
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