West Valley park becomes shrine to 2 slain boys (The Arizona Republic)
Jesse Ramirez, 7, and Edwin Pellecier, 10, died in the hospital after being beaten to death at a park inside a housing development at 91st Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road.

China PBOC Official: Agencies Discussing Plan For REIT Trial (Nasdaq)
BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China's government agencies are discussing a plan to launch a trial for real estate investment trusts, a senior central bank official said Tuesday.

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.

DJ DGAP-PVR: Publication according to § 26 paragraph. 1 WpHG with the objective of Europe-wide distribution (Financial.de)
alstria office REIT-AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 05.01.2009 Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.

New park could come with nod to noted architect (Portland Tribune)
New designs for a future park on Lakewood Bay will give a nod to the late architect Richard Sundeleaf, if the public approves. Once constructed, Lakefront Park will open views of Lakewood Bay from South State Street. It will also sit adjacent to a unique downtown building, a nonresidential design ...

As Vacant Office Space Grows, So Does Lenders Crisis (The Hendersonville Times-News)
Rising vacancy rates across the country could make it hard for building owners to pay their mortgages.

Turbine on the rise (The Daily News of Newburyport)
NEWBURYPORT and mdash; The 280-foot-high crane arrived in pieces last week, courtesy of about eight tractor-trailers. This week, it's being used in the industrial park to erect an even taller structure, as the massive wind turbine going up at Mark Richey Woodworking begins to take shape. Richey received permission from the city over the summer to build the 600-kilowatt Elecon TurboWinds wind ...

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 ...

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