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Entries from September 2009

In Spain, Moving Up the Hill

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Bob and Donna Lieb decided to build a home in the forested hills above them in Begur, Spain.


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Credit Suisse Buys Boston Property

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Credit Suisse has acquired Independence Wharf, a well-known waterfront office building in Boston, for $106 million.

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Wall Street Wizardry Reworks Mortgages

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

A new wave of repackaged mortgage investments, “re-remics,” are emerging as banks and insurers seek to make soured securities look better.

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Property Values: What You Get for … $1.3 Million

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

A four-bedroom house on a golf course in Palm Springs, Calif., and homes in Lumberville, Pa., and Tarpley, Tex.


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TALF Doubts

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

To see why a key government program aimed at resuscitating the securitized commercial-property debt market is off to a slow start, one need only look at the financing of a Manhattan office tower.

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Real-Estate Slump Upends Property Funds

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

In the wake of the steep drop in values in European property markets, investors are reassessing their relationships with property-fund managers and other asset managers.

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Empire Strikes Back in Casino Battle

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Empire Resorts, which has been trying to develop a casino near New York City, was looking into the financial abyss last June. Today the company’s prospects are looking rosier.

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Starwood Raises Extended Stay Stakes

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

A Starwood-led group offered to pay $3.5 billion for the first mortgage of Extended Stay, setting the stage for a bankruptcy battle.

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Proposed Supermarket Divides Bronx Community

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

When a developer proposed transforming the Kingsbridge Armory into a shopping mall with a new supermarket, an existing, smaller supermarket chain felt threatened.


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A Green Amenity, Above It All

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Some office buildings in New York are landscaping the roof, and offering access to all the employees in the building.


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