Frankfurt office market with solid rental performance at the half-year point

Frankfurt office market with solid rental performance at the half-year point
5 Jul, 2012, Frankfurt

• Rental performance in the Frankfurt office space market at the long-term average in the first half of 2012
• 224,000 sq. m rented by the end of June
• High-end lease prices stable
• Vacancy rates fall

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Blackstone nears $13 billion real estate fund target: sources

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Blackstone nears $13 billion real estate fund target: sources

By Greg Roumeliotis and Ilaina Jonas
NEW YORK | Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:14pm EDT

(Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) has raised more than $12 billion for its latest real estate fund, its biggest yet, putting it within reach of its $13 billion fundraising target, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Top 100 Commingled Real Estate Funds

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Top 100 Commingled Real Estate Funds
Based on filings by SEC-registered advisors as of March 31

Domestic Critics Slow Potential LNG Export Boom

Domestic Critics Slow Potential LNG Export Boom

Published: Wednesday, 20 Jun 2012 | 9:35 AM ET
By: Constance Gustke, | Special to CNBC.com

Heated debate over the impact of liquefied natural gas exports on domestic prices is threatening to derail them at a crucial time for the U.S. industry.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/47279981

Top US Managers of Real Estate Funds

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Top US Managers of Real Estate Funds
Based on gross assets managed by SEC-registered advisors. Figures adjusted for J.P. Morgan and estimated for two nonregistered advisors:
Shorenstein Properties and Westbrook Partners.

Colony holds final close on distressed debt fund

Colony holds final close on distressed debt fund

1 June 2012
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The Los Angeles-based private real estate firm has attracted $1.4 billion in commitments to its commercial real estate debt investment vehicle and related sidecars. The firm is due to launch a successor fund early next year.

http://www.colonyinc.com/articles/news_cdcfII_060412.htm

Manhattan Office Giant on Block

May 29, 2012, 6:17 PM
Manhattan Office Giant on Block

By Eliot Brown

Values of Manhattan office buildings are about to be tested by the investment group that bought Worldwide Plaza for a discount price at the market’s nadir.

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/05/29/manhattan-office-giant-on-block/

CNBC: JPMorgan Fallout 'Could Get a Lot Worse': Whitney

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JPMorgan Fallout 'Could Get a Lot Worse': Whitney
Published: Wednesday, 16 May 2012 | 4:00 PM ET
CNBC.com Senior Writer

The JPMorgan Chase trading controversy comes at an inopportune time both for the bank and the industry as a whole, which needs to rethink the way it does business, analyst Meredith Whitney told CNBC.

CNNMoney: Gas prices: Down and headed lower

CNNMoney

Gas prices: Down and headed lower
By Chris Isidore @CNNMoney May 10, 2012: 2:56 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Just in time for the start of the summer driving season, U.S. drivers are enjoying some relief at the pump, much sooner than past years.

GS Global to invest US$460 mln in Nemaha oil fields

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GS Global to invest US$460 mln in Nemaha oil fields

SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- GS Global said Sunday it has signed a contract to invest up to US$460 million in the development of oil wells in the U.S. state of Oklahoma for the coming nine years.