Tuesday 01.06.2009

• Citizens Bancshares lined up for TARP funds [Atlanta]
• Transwestern adds nearly 900,000 s.f. to management portfolio [Austin]
• Austin office vacancy hits 19% [Austin]
• TxDOT scraps Trans-Texas Corridor [Austin]
• Johns Hopkins’ Brain Sciences Institute taking space at East Baltimore biopark [Baltimore]
• Jim Walter Homes shutters Alabama offices [Birmingham]
• Colonial Properties exec Andress resigns [Birmingham]
• GVA Worldwide elects president [Boston]
• Realtor works mobile home park deal [Buffalo]
• Nordstrom Rack to open at Rookwood Pavilion [Cincinnati]
• PNC gets big piece of $15B in bailout investments [Columbus]
• Better Business Bureau unveils grading system [Columbus]
• Glimcher sells Kansas mall [Columbus]
• Macy’s may be out of revamped Kingsdale [Columbus]
• OSHA: American Airlines must reimburse sick time for pilots [Dallas]
• The Allen Group moves to Dallas [Dallas]
• Koll Development Co. to go by KDC [Dallas]
• TxDOT scraps Trans-Texas Corridor [Dallas]
• Colo. securities commissioner sues money-market fund [Denver]
• TxDOT scraps Trans-Texas Corridor [Houston]
• Hammonds wins $1.4M Army contract [Houston]
• Great Mall of the Great Plains sells for $20.5 million [Kansas City]
• ProTech renews lease with Highwoods Properties [Memphis]
• CVS Pharmacy to open in Franklin [Milwaukee]
• York negotiates 2 deals worth $4M [Orlando]
• Report: Economic recovery a year away [Orlando]
• Honolulu office market remains stable [Honolulu]
• Dow Chemical taking legal action in failed Kuwaiti venture [Philadelphia]
• Fuel consumption, December traffic down at Alaska Airlines [Portland]
• Vidacare hires director of international operations [San Antonio]
• Real estate icon Hal Ellis dies [San Francisco]
• UCSF wins $7.5M grant to address health worker shortage [San Francisco]
• Fuel consumption, December traffic down at Alaska Airlines [Seattle]
• OSHA: American Airlines must reimburse sick time for pilots [St. Louis]
• Better Business Bureau launches rating system with letter grades [Tampa Bay]
• Reduced publishing schedule for Media General’s Hernando Today [Tampa Bay]
• Washington Property secures tenants for Golden Triangle complex [Washington, D.C.]
• St. Elizabeths could lose historic status [Washington, D.C.]
• Versar wins Walter Reed contract [Washington, D.C.]
• Coast Guard renews lease in Buzzard Point [Washington, D.C.]
• Loudoun Tech Center sells for $18.5M [Washington, D.C.]
• Northern Virginia jobless rate rising [Washington, D.C.]

Monday 01.05.2009

• Rotterdam Corporate Park lands 2 new tenants [Albany]
• New Yorkers' confidence goes from “worse” to “bad” [Albany]
• Pecoraro Cos. adds real estate division [Albany]
• Construction spending falls, but ahead of analyst projections [Atlanta]
• Report: Tough times for Austin CRE in ‘09 [Austin]
• Construction spending falls, but ahead of analyst projections [Austin]
• Construction spending falls, but ahead of analyst projections [Baltimore]
• More commercial vacancy seen for Boston [Boston]
• Tyler Technologies inks $3.7M deal [Dallas]
• Greystar acquires JPI Management Services [Dallas]
• Mathews Nichols joins Allie Beth Allman [Dallas]
• Cleveland law firm Tucker Ellis & West opens Denver office [Denver]
• Construction spending falls, but ahead of analyst projections [Houston]
• Report: Mayors to meet about NFL stadium [Los Angeles]
• Construction spending falls, but ahead of analyst projections [Louisville]
• Education Realty cuts dividend, secures $222M credit line [Memphis]
• Mach One tentatively agrees to buy firm [Milwaukee]
• New hotel near Mitchell airport opens [Milwaukee]
• Orlando group plans Austin project [Orlando]
• US Airways joins lawsuit against FAA [Phoenix]
• Construction spending falls, but ahead of analyst projections [Phoenix]
• Real Estate Roundup: Fournier Group moves to Kaplan Building penthouse [Portland]
• Construction spending falls, but ahead of analyst projections [Portland]
• Report: Tough commercial real estate market will linger [Sacramento]
• REIT taps new head of development and construction [San Antonio]
• Venture-backed IPOs last year hit 30-year low [San Francisco]
• Shaq's home back on market [South Florida]
• Bulk buyer snags 60 units at Marina Blue [South Florida]
• Economy to dominate ’09 Missouri General Assembly session [St. Louis]
• Triad's Crisco named N.C. commerce sec'y [Greensboro/Winston-Salem]
• Construction spending falls but tops analyst projections [Raleigh/Durham]
• Report: Doran settles dispute over Dinkydome development [Minneapolis / St. Paul]
• Construction spending falls, but ahead of analyst projections [Washington, D.C.]
• Construction spending falls, but ahead of analyst projections [Wichita]

From the January 2, 2009 print editions

• Commercial real estate prognosis: Tough year looms for landlords and developers [Albuquerque]
• Q & A: What to expect in 2009: Industry leaders offer in-depth analysis on the next year in commercial real estate [Atlanta]
• CRE investment will be down across the board: Investment Forecast [Atlanta]
• Industrial Real Estate Notes: Some deals will get done, but outlook is bleak: Industrial Forecast [Atlanta]
• Big Deal: First Data Corp. move provides year-end bump [Atlanta]
• Submarket Spotlight: Slowdown apparent in I-20 West corridor [Atlanta]
• Architecture Forecast: Inside perspective on what is going to happen with the Atlanta architecture market in 2009 [Atlanta]
• Tenants the big winners in the office arena: Office Forecast [Atlanta]
• Birmingham Economic Forecast: Commercial Real Estate [Birmingham]
• Big warehouse leases nosedive in ’08: Deals in 250,000-sq-ft range decline by 70% [Dallas]
• Aguirre Roden’s HQ quest ends at Search Plaza [Dallas]
• Economic troubles shelve some real estate decisions [Denver]
• Proposed downtown office buildings off to mixed starts [Houston]
• Economic Forecast: Real Estate: Jacksonville real estate is in for a rough 2009 [Jacksonville]
• 2008: The year that wasn’t in commercial real estate [Louisville]
• Bayshore a hot spot for offices: Town Center concept ideal for workers, employers say [Milwaukee]
• Bielinski sells part of Grandview Plaza in Waukesha [Milwaukee]
• Real Estate: Phoenix Life leaves rare space available in historic city building [Philadelphia]
• Building up to a standstill: Liberty Property's decision to stall Advanta building is a sign of the times [Philadelphia]
• Brokers hustle for tenants [Philadelphia]
• Jani-King Southwest tidies more than 10 million square feet of office space daily [Phoenix]
• Outlook 2009: Commercial real estate: Construction has slowed to a crawl, vacancy rates are on the rise [Sacramento]
• Commercial real estate: Soft market for offices looks to benefit tenants [San Francisco]
• Buyers, tenants stand to gain amid turmoil: Review/preview: Real estate [San Jose]
• Top broker leaves firm after a decade in Tampa [Tampa Bay]
• Westshore Boulevard projects hammer bank: Between August 2004 and July 2005, the price per acre for property increased from $282,000 to $2.4 million [Tampa Bay]
• 10 To Watch: Mark DeWeese: Home security [Greensboro/Winston-Salem]
• 10 To Watch: Dennis ‘Denny’ Slagle: King of the road [Greensboro/Winston-Salem]
• Teleflex may grow in Triangle as it shifts focus [Raleigh/Durham]
• 'Bypass' could smooth traffic at RDU's terminals [Raleigh/Durham]
• Industry Forecast: Commercial Real Estate: Commercial real estate development stalls, retreats [Washington, D.C.]