Gazette.Net: Marylands office space market shows signs of renewed life for 2012
After a fairly dismal 2011 for Maryland’s office space market, real estate experts said 2012 is shaping up as a chance to rebound, due in part to federal budget developments that will allow government military contractors to move into empty buildings that sent vacancy rates soaring in some areas last year.

Company Profile for Whitestone REIT
Whitestone REIT is a fully integrated real estate company that owns, operates and re-develops Community Centered PropertiesTM, which are visibly located properties in established or developing culturally diverse neighborhoods.

Commercial property tax plans stir opposition in Iowa
Iowa can't whack 40 percent from commercial property values for tax purposes without cuts in city and county services or mammoth tax shifts, local government officials say.

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 [...]

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 ...

Industrial park planned for Everett’s Associated Sand & Gravel site
The old Associated Sand & Gravel site in Everett near Paine Field will be home to a 25-acre industrial park.

CoStar Group to Report Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2011 Financial Results on February 22, 2012
WASHINGTON -- CoStar Group, Inc. , commercial real estate's leading provider of information and analytic services, will announce financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year of 2011 following ...