Hot Properties for Jan. 5 (Charleston Regional Business Journal)
Each Monday, Hot Properties highlights recently sold or leased properties in the Charleston region. Submissions should be sent to dailyjournal@charlestonbusiness.com .

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.

Proposed downtown office buildings off to mixed starts (BizJournals)
THEN Date: March 14, 2008 Headline: ‘Downtown office towers jump off starting block in tandem’

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.

U.S. Private Equity Firms Seek Bargains in Japanese REIT Market (Commercial Property News)
Japanese REITs, which have lost more than 50 percent of their value on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since their peak last year, are increasingly attracting the attention of U.S.-based private equity firms like Oaktree Capital Management, which has launched the first tender offer for a REIT in Japan.

Local inventors could score cash, office space (Rapid City Journal)
A new program will award some lucky inventors some cash and office space to work on their

Commercial properties face bursting bubble (Moldova.org)
Rising vacancy rates in U.S. office buildings are pointing to a possibility that a commercial real estate bubble could burst, industry observes said.Vacancy rates have reached 10 percent and are rising quickly in major U.S. cities, The New York Times reported Monday.The Real Estate Roundtable, a lobbying group in Washington, has asked Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. to include commercial ...

UAE's Nakheel mulls dual stock listing to raise $15b (MENAFN)
UAE's Nakheel mulls dual stock listing to raise $15b