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Financing Agreement Set for WTC

The Port Authority, New York City and New York state all agreed to pay as much as $1.7 billion to finance construction of two of the towers – but Silverstein will not receive any profits until the public monies are repaid.

Barnhart Balfour Beatty Tapped to Build $104M UC Riverside Student Housing Complex

There haven’t been too many hiccups in the student housing market during the recession.

IPD: Real Estate Slump Receding

The Investment Property Databank’s U.S. Quarterly Property Index shows that commercial real estate markets have emerged from a two and a half year slump.

BuildingIQ Enters U.S. Energy Management Market

A new energy cost solution is emerging, thanks to the Australian government.

Sustainable Building Gains Ground in CRE

Is building green the path to greater profits? That’s the question developers continue to ask themselves when evaluating whether to go after Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification. Increasingly, the answer is yes.

Lab Supplies Provider Picks Fresno Area for New 500,000-SF West Coast Distribution Center

The company’s new facility will be operational in 2012.

Rattner Joins Konover South as VP, Acquisitions

Throughout his career, Rattner has sourced and developed nearly four million square feet of retail and mixed-use projects and in 2008 founded Blue Sky Holdings, a private real estate investment advisory firm focusing on retail and multi-family acquisitions.

Marcus & Millichap Names Firoozabadi VP Investments

Firoozabadi most recently served as associate vice president investments. He received the designation in 2008.

Q&A: Stadium Cost Overruns

Construction attorney Barry LePatner looks at this timely subject.

Pontius To Lead Marcus & Millichap’s Leased Properties Group; Haddigan Retires

Another big move at Marcus & Millichap as Alan Pontius takes on Bernard Haddigan’s retail role.