Global Office Real Estate Values Resilient Despite Economic Uncertainty

Global Office Real Estate Values Resilient Despite Economic Uncertainty
“Considering the degree of uncertainty and caution permeating the global economy through the end of 2012, the performance of commercial real estate assets has been resilient. Fundamentals in absorption, occupancies and rents have seen gradual …
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Silicon Valley commercial real estate market to continue surge
… up in the coming year, according to a new report. The surge in expansion and hiring by technology companies seen in the past couple of years will continue to drive the market, according to a report from the commercial real estate firm Colliers …
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Commercial real estate bargains are dwindling
Even though a building in the Village of Ponderosa recently sold at less than half its assessed value, the time might have passed for shoppers to find real bargains in the Greater Des Moines commercial real estate market. "We passed the low-water mark …
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Commercial real estate developers remain optimistic through uncertain times

Commercial real estate developers remain optimistic through uncertain times
Developers in California remain upbeat about the future of the multi-family and industrial real estate sectors — and cautiously optimistic about commercial office markets — according to the latest Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California …
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Radius Commercial Real Estate Promotes Brad Frohling to Partner
Frohling joins co-founders Steve Brown, Steve Golis and Bob Tuler and recently named partner Paul Gamberdella at the helm of Santa Barbara's premiere commercial real estate brokerage firm. Frohling was recruited by Radius in early 2002 just a few …
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Bel Air approves loan for new cookie bakery on Main Street

Bel Air approves loan for new cookie bakery on Main Street
The loan is the first approved under a new small business revolving loan fund the town government set up in the past year, using $ 75,000 in town funds and a $ 50,000 state community legacy grant. The revolving loan fund is designed to provide low cost …
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Fifth Third tops charts for loan, deposit growth
Fifth Third CEO Kevin Kabat said in a conference call last month to discuss fourth-quarter earnings that Fifth Third's efforts to focus on loan growth have paid off. It has hired several lenders, particularly to handle business loans. Its commercial …
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FirstMerit profits jump by 25 percent last quarter as commercial loans soar
FirstMerit Corp. today said fourth-quarter profits soared by 25 percent, thanks in part to a 65 percent jump in commercial loan production for the fourth quarter. The Akron bank also cited declining loan losses and shrinking expenses. The bank earned …
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Factoring Loan Alternative Now Offered from Lenders Commercial Finance
Designed to help entrepreneurs overcome the limitations of traditional business loans, LCF loan programs can solve a number of business challenges – building out or acquiring the inventory needed to book and fill new orders, meeting outstanding …
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