Projects responding to needs for new services (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
The concrete hardly has time to cure on one hospital-building project before the foundation is being poured for another. . Last summer, Bon Secours Richmond moved its Heart Institute into new medical-office space at Reynolds Crossing in western Henrico County. In October, VCU Health System opened a 15-floor Critical Care Hospital with mostly single-patient rooms on the congested downtown medical ...

Mercator Minerals Ships First Copper Concentrates at Its Mineral Park Mine (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Mercator Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has commenced shipping copper concentrates from its newly expanded Mineral Park Mine in Arizona, less than two years from completion of its December 29, 2006 Technical Report.

Commercial property-the next domino to drop (Calcutta News)
2009 is expected to be a bad year for US commercial real estate.

Grubb & Ellis Predicts a Challenging 2009 for Commercial Real Estate as Economy Weathers Recession (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Grubb & Ellis Company , a leading real estate services and investment firm, today released its 2009 Global Real Estate Forecast, which indicates that 2009 will be a challenging year for commercial real estate with the economy starting the year 13 months into what may become the longest recession since the 1930s.

PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Downgrades Triton CMBS (Nasdaq)
UK commercial property values have declined significantly since the transaction closed, while the securitised portions of the loans do not amortise, resulting in increased balloon repayment risk.

Commercial real estate's 2008 ride was bumpy (Daily Press)
After a year of "examining," the local market is projected to take a hit from the slow economy in 2009. The region's commercial real estate market had some ups and downs in 2008.

UPI NewsTrack Business (UPI)
U.S. markets lower Monday ... In global crisis, money stays home ... Swedes may help resolve Ukraine's gas bill ... Commercial properties face bursting bubble ... News from United Press International.

Tower REIT revalues 3 properties (Business Times (Malaysia))
TOWER Real Estate Investment Trust has revalued three properties under its stable namely Menara HLA, HP Towers and Menara ING. The revaluation exercise conducted by GLM REIT Management Sdn Bhd, manager of Tower REIT, was to ascertain the current market values of the three buildings.

U.S. commercial property in a downward spiral (International Herald Tribune)
With job cuts rampant and businesses retrenching, more empty office space is expected from New York to Chicago to Los Angeles in the coming year.

REAL ESTATE (Business Standard India)
The recession has thrown open the gates for a new real estate service – serviced office space providers. These firms offer ready-to-use office space, which can be used from day one. Companies seeking office space need not bind themselves to long term leases or invest in office infrastructure.