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Grubb & Ellis, a commercial real estate company, conducted a study into the country's top 10 best office markets for real estate investors. Grubb & Ellis annually measures 52 office, industrial, retail and apartment markets against a number of set criteria that are vital to evaluate the performance of real estate investments. In their annual study, the Chicago-based real estate company selected 10 U.S. office markets that are expected to ...
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11 hours ago ago from Oklahoma per Square Foot
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1 day ago ago from NOI Strategies News Alert
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17 hours ago ago from WalletPop
Headlines in the mainstream media are often notorious for getting it wrong. But in the case of the recent Wall Street Journal story about how renting is the "new American Dream," the questionable premise could be suggesting that the real estate market is finally approaching a bottom. First, some historical backstory. On Aug. 13, 1979, BusinessWeek ran the now infamous headline "The Death of Equities," proclaiming that "The masses long ago ...
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Existing users please login User Name: Password: Remember me on this computer Home / Markets / Industries / Real Estate Monday, December 14, 2009 Citigroup Reshuffles REIT Ratings  By Simon Kennedy MarketWatch Pulse  LONDON -- Citigroup reshuffled its ...
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