The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the value of Forest City Ratner Cos. investment is worth half of what the company has put in. The developer's statement is linked on the jump.
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Here's what we missed when we were enjoying the International Council of Shopping Centers' national convention today . . .
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Moderator Chase B. Welles of Shopping Center Group, Atlanta
The final part of our summary of the outlook session at the Hilton from today’s International Council of Shopping Centers' national conference.
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Clark, N.J., supermarket industry consultant Matthew Casey and M&T Bank’s Michael Weinstockon the ICSC second-day outlook panel
Part III of QuidnuncRE's take on this morning's International Council of Shopping Centers' conference overview of retail markets focuses on size and space.
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ICSC Market Overview Panelists Aaron Fleishaker, of Fairway Markets, left, and
Thomas Caputo of Equity One Inc.
In Part II of our look at this morning's International Council of Shopping Centers' plenary overview of retail markets, we get a deeper dive into supermarket real estate.
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This morning, the International Council of Shopping Centers kicked off Day Two of its national conference and deal-making gathering at the Hilton and Sheraton hotels with an overview of the prospects for 2014 and beyond. Here in Part I, you'll learn why the outlook is all about density.
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Toll Bros., the luxury homes builder, announces earnings.
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Stories on the "guarantee fees" being charged to lenders that could trickle down to borrowers; an opinion piece on myths of the housing market; and a bunch of New York Post articles on the state of the market(s).
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Activity on Sixth Avenue, an Internet sale for $19 million in Midtown South, and office space tightens nationally.
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Stephen L. Green of SL Green Realty Corp. opens his firm's investors meeting saying that we should put aside our worries about the new mayor liberal agenda. "I think we may be overreacting," said the 33-year-old REIT's chairman. Includes links to new leasing deals announced by the firm this morning, too.
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In its new equities report, BlackRock Inc. takes real estate as a portfolio given presence. But is the firm worried about the Fed?
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Two buildings approved for construction by the FDR Drive add to the Upper East Side development mix, and add to the NY courts' dockets.
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Catching up with two stories Crain's New York Business posted overnight: on L+M Development's affordable housing work, and spiraling insurance costs for the New York School Construction Authority.
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... and important stories and items you may have missed over the weekend. Monday's news will include major development stories about Harlem, Gowanus and Queens. Updated for the Monday Wall Street Journal "What's the Deal?" take on the Bratton appointment and a new Kushner investment in a building-services provider web tool.
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