Sternlicht Hedges Bets as Buying Tops Renting: Mortgages

Sternlicht Hedges Bets as Buying Tops Renting: Mortgages
Barry Sternlicht, the Starwood Capital Group LLC founder who got his start buying distressed apartments in the early 1990s during the savings-and-loan crisis, is hedging his bets on apartments as a recovering homebuying market limits rent and occupancy …
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China Bankrolling Chavez's Re-Election Bid With Oil Loans
In a sign of how China wins twice from lending to Venezuela, much of the construction is being done by Chinese companies. Flores's apartment is one of 5,360 units being built on a plot of land two miles outside the state capital in Barinas by Citic …
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Mesa forgives interest on loan for senior apartment complex
21, 2012 09:08 AM The Republic | azcentral.com. Mesa is forgiving nearly half a million dollars worth of interest on an ancient loan that helped establish one of Arizona's premier senior apartment complexes. The City Council made that unanimous choice …
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Round-up: Drawbridge buys building, Samsung leases

Round-up: Drawbridge buys building, Samsung leases
Jason Steinberg and Brian Walker with Equitable Commercial Realty represented the landlord, and Diana Holford and Ryan Bohls with Jones Lang LaSalle represented the tenant. Performance Tuning leased 5,831 square feet at Stonebridge II, 9606 N.
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Column: Commercial real estate didn't fall as hard
Everyone has talked extensively about the recession and the impact on residential and commercial real estate. The residential market's problems are well documented and the resulting impact on the economy was devastating. The commercial side of the …
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Houlihan Lokey Continues Expansion of Real Estate Investment Banking …
In this new role, Mr. Zrihen will focus on continuing to build Houlihan Lokey's Real Estate investment banking group and advising clients in the commercial real estate sector on their corporate finance, M&A and other capital markets needs. “Clients …
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NorthStar Realty Finance Announces Public Offering of million of its new …
About NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. is a finance REIT that originates, buys and manages portfolios of commercial real estate debt, commercial real estate securities and net lease properties. In addition, NorthStar …
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