Silicon Valley commercial real estate market will continue to sizzle, report says.

Silicon Valley commercial real estate market will continue to sizzle, report says.
What's more, the tech employment and expansion boom that has gobbled up office and research space at a dazzling pace the last couple of years is showing few signs of slowing down, the report released by commercial real estate firm Colliers …
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Looming Sequestration Expected to be a Villain to Commercial Real Estate
Because the federal government is omnipresent–as an office tenant, as a builder of roads, bridges, military facilities, prisons and even offices–the revenue that the federal government contributes to the commercial real estate economy will be missed.
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Variant Buys 3709 Unit Babcock & Brown Portfolio Through Receivership Sale
BUSINESS WIRE)–Variant Commercial Real Estate, L.L.C. (Variant), a private real estate investment company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a portfolio consisting of 14 multifamily properties it bought from court-appointed receivership.
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Special Report: The music banker's big score

Special Report: The music banker's huge score
In one lawsuit brought by an Omidvar client, a California court found that one of the financier's companies had charged illegally high rates on loans smaller than $ 5,000. By comparison, Advanced Royalty Tracking, which competes with Omidvar, says it …
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Bankruptcy plagues one of area's largest landlords
Most are single-family homes or duplexes, but the portfolio includes some apartment buildings (the 100-unit Chelsea Square complex in Mansfield may be the largest) and some commercial property. Assets of the three rental companies include 163 … The …
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