WSJ.com: Commercial Real Estate 
  • Qataris Continue London Buying Spree
  • Barwa said it will buy Park House development in London's fashionable West End district for $369 million, as Qatari investors continue to snap up prime real estate in the city. more >>

  • Dallas Condo Project: Exception to the Slump
  • Developers will start construction later this month on a long-planned luxury high-rise condominium in Dallas, an unusual example of new development for a sector that was battered by the housing bust. more >>

  • Apartment Leases, Rentals Pick Up
  • Some of the nation's largest apartment-building landlords are reporting that rent declines have stopped and some are even boasting modest increases. more >>

  • St. Joe's Gulf Presence Not a Plus
  • Prominent Florida Panhandle landowner St. Joe has seen its stock pummeled on concern that the oil spill could cut into its tourism business. more >>

  • Open for Business: Turkey
  • Turkey is becoming increasingly attractive for international investors as it continues to open markets and adapt its laws to European norms in its bid to join the EU. more >>

  • Good Timing for BP Sales?
  • BP has put 114 gasoline stations and convenience-store properties on the block in 22 states. Potential buyers may think they have the advantage on pricing. more >>

  • Builders Return to Florida
  • Home builders are welcoming what they see as a returning market in Central Florida by snatching up cheap land and beginning construction on smaller, less expensive subdivisions. more >>

  • Tishman Saves D.C. Properties
  • A partnership led by Tishman succeeded at keeping ownership of a group of Washington, D.C., office buildings by putting in $700 million in new capital, fending off Brookfield Properties. more >>

  • Vornado to Get Stake in LNR
  • Cerberus Capital Management has found a way to possibly salvage its investment in real-estate company LNR Property. But it will have to share ownership with an old adversary—Vornado Realty Trust. more >>

  • Hotel Deals Pick Up
  • Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's flurry of buying illustrates that hotel sales are beginning to revive after a two-year drought. more >>

  • M.D.C. and W.B. Homes Team Up
  • M.D.C. Holdings recently cut a deal with W.B. Homes to co-develop a prime land parcel north of Philadelphia, an alliance between a public company and a private operator that could become a model for future deals. more >>

  • Property Investors Eye Spain
  • While Spain's financial problems have shaken up Europe, some investors are hoping savings banks could begin to dispose of property faster as part of their furious efforts to restructure. more >>

  • In Developers' Sights: London's Earls Court
  • Developers this month will submit plans to revamp London exhibition center Olympia, a prelude to demolishing the Earls Court Exhibition Center after the capital hosts the Olympic Games in 2012. more >>

  • Hong Kong Auction Beats Forecasts
  • A prime residential site in Hong Kong's Kowloon peninsula went to Sun Hung Kai Properties. The $1.4 billion winning bid was above market expectations. more >>

  • Miami Snaps Up Busted Condos
  • Miami Beach Community Development Corp. recently bought the 35-unit Neptune Beach, stepping up competition with private parties for bargain-priced deals. more >>

  • Oil Spill Delivers Recovery Setback
  • The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is imperiling billions of dollars of commercial real-estate investments with potentially grave repercussions for developers, lenders and investors. more >>

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