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Is Portland's Building Boom Worth the Downtown Clog?
While the commercial real-estate market is recovering from the tech bust, some wonder if a flurry of construction could be too much for the City of Roses, where residents aren't used to disruptions. More »
Ricketts Raises Stakes For Tanner & Haley Assets
Preeminent Global made a cash offer of $108 million for the destination club's portfolio of high-end properties from around the world. More »
Colony Capital Closes Acquisition Of Massive Xanadu Mall Project
Struggling Mills Corp. agrees to pay $175 million to have Colony take over the New Jersey shopping and entertainment center, which is expected to cost up to $2.3 billion to complete. More »
Kansas City Retailers Push Big Projects
Developers think the city has room for a lot more shopping centers, boxy discount stores and glitzy restaurants, even as others warn their plans could test shoppers' spending limits. More »
What Blackstone Bet Means For Real-Estate Investors
With its bold move to buy Equity Office Properties in the largest real-estate deal in history, Blackstone is betting that commercial real-estate prices haven't gotten out of hand, despite a big run-up in recent years. More »
Blackstone Reaches Pact to Buy Largest Office-Building Owner
The company's real-estate arm made a $20 billion agreement to acquire Equity Office Properties Trust. It would be the biggest such transaction ever and would join a wave of new takeovers. More »
Home Builders, Developers See Light at the End of the Tunnel
Confidence in the U.S. housing market improved for a second straight month in November, an industry trade group says. More »
GOP Losses May Slow Market For Office Space in Washington
Republicans aren't the only casualties of last week's election: there may be a real-estate gridlock if spending programs get hung up in power struggles between the administration and the new Democratic-controlled Congress. More »
Affordable Housing Draws New Residents to Boise
People are flocking to the region anchored by Idaho's capital city, lured in part by the modern-day equivalent of the gold that brought settlers in the 1800s -- homes prices that generally fall below pricey West Coast markets. More »
D.R. Horton's Net Slides Amid Housing Slump
The home builder's profit fell, although not as much as Wall Street expected. The company said the real-estate market remains 'challenging' and offered no outlook. More »