Real estate investments to avoid
Investors are racing into REITs that promise higher yields than equity REITs. But be forewarned, the higher yields of these other types of real estate vehicles come with very real risks.Mortgage REITsIf ...

UK Commercial Property Trust unveils big plans for Shrewsbury
UK Commercial Property Trust (UKCPT) has unveiled plans for a £150m redevelopment of Shrewsbury town centre, Shropshire, combining its three shopping centres into a single, combined centre called New Riverside....

UK Commercial Property maintains dividend
UK Commercial Property Trust. the largest UK focused commercial property trust, has kept its fourth quarter dividend in line with last year.

New Liquidity For Private REITs Is A Real Drag
So-called non-traded REITs represent a rapidly growing income producing niche among alternative investments.

Commercial Property Transfers
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Equity Trust Co., 740 S. 37th St., 40211, $18,000. Heritage Properties to Intrepid Commercial Properties, 204 E. Market St., 40202, $2,700,000. HSBC Mortgage Services Inc.

Commercial office vacancy 'stabilizing'
A study of Lexington’s commercial office space availability has found for the first time in r

Rise in office space take-up focuses on prime locations
Take-up of office space in Dublin rose by 25% during 2011, reaching twice the levels achieved in 2009.

Edmond needs more big speculative office buildings, developer says
Edmond needs additional large office buildings with flex space into which growing companies can grow, built on a speculative basis, according to the commercial manager for Edmond development firm Turner

COPT sells 5 White Marsh office buildings
Corporate Office Properties Trust, of Columbia, announced it sold five buildings in the White Marsh area for $19.2 million. The buildings contain approximately 163,000 square feet of space and were 83.2 percent leased as of Dec. 31, 2011. The properties are at 7930 Honeygo Blvd; 8133 Perry Hall Blvd.; 7923 Honeygo Blvd.; 8114 Sandpiper Circle; and [...]

Bank of America to sell some office space
The bank has so far identified three office buildings it will sell, in N.Y. and N.C. It also has substantial real estate holdings in Southern California. In a move to shed nonessential assets, Bank of America will sell and lease back some of its administrative office space.