Square Feet

Commercial Real Estate Blog

This blog is one of the best real estate blogs out there. Add this blog to My Feeds.

The Cleveland Fed Justifying Its Existence

Mar 3, 2010 8:35am

….this was actually put out by the Cleveland Fed on March 1, 2010. I wouldn’t believe it unless I saw it. [via ZeroHedge] ...

$46B in CMBS Balances Now Delinquent

Mar 3, 2010 7:36am

RealPoint’s February report is out and things continue to get worse on the CMBS front. Not only is the oustanding CMBS loan amount huge, but the rate of growth is staggering. The amount of distressed 90+ day loans rose 28% in one month. In January 2010, the delinquent unpaid balance for...

LeFrak and Flexner on CNBC

Mar 3, 2010 7:22am

Tom Flexner, head at Citi Global Property and LeFrak of the LeFrak Organization on CNBC. Lots of capital sitting on the sidelines, and LeFrak is trying to figure out how to deploy it. Flexner’s answer: reduce your return requirements. ...

Golden State Portfolio Hits The Market

Mar 2, 2010 2:04pm

Back in December, CBRE won the pony show to sell off a 7 million square feet portfolio of our property. It’s officially hit the market and just in time for IOU’s. ...

San Jose Update

Mar 1, 2010 8:04am

The Redevelopment Agency has issued its monthly report and while activity at downtown San Jose condos seems to be improving, sales continue to be extremely slow: 360 Residences – 0/213 Units Closed Escrow (but they are getting a Subway on the ground floor!) Axis – 86/329U Closed Escrow City Heights – 95/124 Units...

Dimon: California Larger Risk Than Greece

Feb 28, 2010 8:50pm

Jamie Dimon, the chief of JP Morgan Chase has indicated that California poses a larger risk than Greece. Mr Dimon told investors at the Wall Street bank’s annual meeting that “there could be contagion” if a state the size of California, the biggest of the United States, had problems making debt...

Bloom Energy

Feb 24, 2010 12:14pm

In case anybody missed it on 60 minutes… Sunnyvale-based Bloom Energy… Watch CBS News Videos Online ...

Moodys’ Commercial Property Price Index Increases 4.1% In December

Feb 22, 2010 10:40pm

Moody’s CPPI registered another gain for December. The index rose by 4.1% in December, following a 1% increase in November, marking the second consecutive month of increases. Despite transaction volumes up dramatically over previous lows, and prices beginning to rise, Moody’s remains cautious on the future, citing in its report that...