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

Hagan welcomes supporters, not reporters (The News & Observer)
U.S. Sen.-elect Kay Hagan will, like other new members of Congress, hold an open house for members of the public in her temporary office space Tuesday. But the press is not invited.

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.

Four Dallas-area industrial buildings sold (Dallas Morning News)
Investor RREEF has sold four Dallas-area industrial buildings to a local partnership. The buildings in Carrollton and Richardson contain almost 250,000 square feet.

Investors in UK commercial property will lose as much as 20% this year, according to the pricing of property ... (eFinancial News)
Investors in UK commercial property will lose as much as 20% this year, according to the pricing of property derivatives, suggesting that a recovery for the asset class is much further off than expected.

Office Demand Is Down, and So Are the Deals (New York Times)
By most accounts, the commercial property market reached its pinnacle in early 2007 with the Blackstone Group ’s acquisition of Equity Office Properties Trust and its prized cache of more than 500 office buildings.

EuroMetropola: Office buildings – an advantageous investment (Nine O'Clock)
In the real estate market, the acquisition of office buildings and mixed projects, meaning offices and shopping spaces, are the safest long term investments, according to the consultants from “EuroMetropola” cited by Agerpres.

BURSA MALAYSIA SCOREBOARD: JAN 05 (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
BURSA MALAYSIA SCOREBOARD: JAN 05 . UP DOWN UNCHANGED TRADED CONSUMER 42 10 13 65 INDUSTRIALS 93 14 23 130 CONSTRUCTION 24 6 6 36 TRADING/SERVICES 91 22 21 134 TECHNOLOGY 11 3 2 16 FINANCE 32 4 6 42 HOTELS 4 0 0 4 PROPERTIES 56 14 5 75 PLANTATIONS 35 2 3 40 MINING 1 0 0 1 REITS 7 2 1 10 LOAN STOCK 5 1 2 8 P4CONDITION 0 0 0 0 SECOND BOARD 72 24 26 122 CLOSED/FUND 1 0 0 1 ETF 1 1 0 2 ...

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.