No federal bailouts for commercial real estate developers (Seattle Times)
The federal government should refuse the latest group with a request for a federal bailout — commercial real-estate developers. The federal infusion of money to shore up financial institutions was reasonable because the potential domino effect of failure threatened international banking system. The U.S. Treasury cannot heal every economic ill, and it needs to draw the line well short of ...

DGAP-News: alstria office REIT-AG: Main Shareholder Appoints New Trustee (Financial.de)
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Education Realty Trust's board cuts dividend (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Education Realty Trust of Memphis on Monday slashed in half the dividend it will pay to shareholders.

Real Estate (Mondaq)
Many public companies, including REITs, are facing unprecedented liquidity and capital resource constraints. The continuing market turmoil has resulted in substantially increased market volatility, which in turn has nearly shut down traditional methods of raising capital.

Report: Tough commercial real estate market will linger (BizJournals)
Grubb & Ellis Co. on Monday released its 2009 global forecast that predicts a troublesome year for commercial real estate in the U.S., including Greater Sacramento.

More empty office space bodes poorly for banks (Pioneer Press)
Vacancy rates in office buildings exceed 10 percent in virtually every major city in the country and are rising rapidly, a sign of economic distress that could lead to yet another wave of problems for troubled lenders.

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

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.

High office building vacancies may mean trouble for banks (New London Day)
Vacancy rates in office buildings exceed 10 percent in virtually every major city in the country and are rising rapidly, a sign of economic distress

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.