If the deficit-shrinking plan promoted at the summit by Canada actually comes to pass, the most advanced of the G20 would cut their budget deficits in half by 2013.

Five years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still reeling from the devastation wrought by the disaster, but a massive federal project aims to make a major contribution to the recovery.

One-fifth of the CMBS loans scheduled to mature during the second half of 2010 are in special servicing, according to a mid-year analysis by Fitch Ratings.

A $269 million sale-leaseback deal is about to give Realty Income Corp. a taste of the winemaking business–at least from the real estate investment perspective.

Colliers International unveils a seniors housing specialty group.

For the second time this week, a big institutional investor snaps up a prime office property in Washington, D.C.

Memo from Fannie Mae to those considering “strategic default” on a residential mortgage: don’t do it

Buying an entire company is a good way to expand a portfolio in one fell swoop and Ventas Inc. is about to do just that. The Chicago-headquartered healthcare REIT has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lillibridge Healthcare Services Inc., also based in Chicago, in a transaction valued at $300 million to $400 million.

TIAA-CREF closed Wednesday on the $180 million acquisition of Washington, D.C.’s venerable Evening Star building.

By: Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor 
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has wasted precious little time snapping up properties following its December 2009 initial public offering. The Bethesda, Md.-based REIT has just plunked down $90 million for the ritzy Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. Pebblebrook bought the 416-key property from a partnership spearheaded by The Chartres Lodging [...]