Read more commercial real estate stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25046/commercial-real-estate.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:22:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71531/post-for-sarko-son-sparks-howls-of-protest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's not every day that a 23-year-old law student is tapped to manage the largest office park in Europe, but when you are Jean Sarkozy, anything's possible. The son of the French president, who already has a local government post, has the ruling party's official backing to run La Défense,...http://www.newser.com/story/71531/post-for-sarko-son-sparks-howls-of-protest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 4:32:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68204/commercial-real-estate-may-set-off-2nd-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJust as the economy starts to recover, a second mortgage disaster may be looming. The commercial real estate sector is tanking, with many properties unable to generate enough cash to make mortgage payments. Lo and behold, those commercial mortgages have been sewn into securities—comparable to the packages of home...http://www.newser.com/story/68204/commercial-real-estate-may-set-off-2nd-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 7:27:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59399/big-losses-loom-at-small-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSmall and midsize banks across America could face $100 billion in losses from commercial real-estate loans next year, shrinking their capital in most cases to scary lows. The Wall Street Journal conducted worst-case-scenario stress tests on 900 banks and found crises looming far beyond Wall Street. Small and midsize banks...http://www.newser.com/story/59399/big-losses-loom-at-small-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 20:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54882/foreclosed-boston-landmark-auctioned-off-for-half-price.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew England’s tallest building has a new owner today, the Boston Herald reports—and the John Hancock Tower proved a steal, going at foreclosure auction for about half what it sold for in 2006. A pair of firms bid $660.6 million for the 60-story building in Boston’s Back Bay;...http://www.newser.com/story/54882/foreclosed-boston-landmark-auctioned-off-for-half-price.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 12:43:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54398/commercial-real-estate-crisis-may-rival-90s-disaster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCommercial real-estate borrowers are defaulting on their loans at an ever-faster pace, and experts now believe the crisis could match or exceed the early-1990s slump, the Wall Street Journal reports. That catastrophe killed off 1,000 banks and savings institutions, with lenders taking $48.5 billion in charges. This time,...http://www.newser.com/story/54398/commercial-real-estate-crisis-may-rival-90s-disaster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Mar 2009 11:00:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49869/credit-freeze-hits-high-fliers-of-commercial-real-estate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the commercial real estate market was hot, the sky seemed to be the limit, and increasingly complicated financing arrangements were common. Now the combination of economic crisis and credit freeze has exposed the market's precarious underpinnings, which resemble the pitfalls that brought the residential real estate sector to its...http://www.newser.com/story/49869/credit-freeze-hits-high-fliers-of-commercial-real-estate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Feb 2009 11:20:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48141/real-estate-pioneer-crow-dead-at-94.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVisionary real-estate developer Trammell Crow, who pioneered strategies that helped him become one of the world’s largest landlords, has died, the Dallas Morning News reports. He was 94 and suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Crow, who helped popularize the concept of building on spec—erecting structures before they were leased—often...http://www.newser.com/story/48141/real-estate-pioneer-crow-dead-at-94.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Jan 2009 17:41:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46000/as-bills-loom-developers-cry-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDevelopers worried about the health of the commercial real estate market want a piece of the bailout action, the Wall Street Journal reports. They say $530 billion in commercial mortgages will be up for refinancing in the next 3 years, but credit “simply is not available.” Without government help, trade...http://www.newser.com/story/46000/as-bills-loom-developers-cry-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Dec 2008 9:40:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44696/cash-poor-nyt-seeks-225m-deal-for-building.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFacing declining profits and tight credit, the New York Times is looking to raise $225 million by borrowing against the 58% share the company holds in its new Renzo Piano-designed skyscraper in Times Square, the paper reports. The Times hopes to either take out a mortgage on the 52-story building...http://www.newser.com/story/44696/cash-poor-nyt-seeks-225m-deal-for-building.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Dec 2008 8:16:37 CST