CoStar’s Retail News Roundup: Feb. 7-13, 2010

This week in the Retail Roundup, CoStar reports on expansions or new concepts at Casual Male, Coach, Subway and Chick-fil-A; closings, cutbacks, bankruptcy, default, receivership or foreclosure news at Disney Store, Movie Gallery, Car Dealerships, Walking...

Hill Country Galleria Sold at Bankruptcy Auction for $75M

Chicago-based REIT Management & Research is the new owner of Hill Country Galleria, a 1.28 million-square-foot mixed-use lifestyle center located in Bee Cave, TX (a suburb of Austin) that filed bankruptcy in May of last year. The investment company won...

Lease Up/Lease Down (Jan. 31 – Feb. 6): Exploring Possibilities: Ford Adding 1,200 Jobs in Chicago

CoStar compiles news of corporate expansions, relocations, extensions, closures, layoffs, lease cancellations and mergers in the weekly Lease Up/Lease Down news report, a concise read keeping you updated on major corporate moves affecting commercial...

Optimism Trumps Gloom at MBA Real Estate Finance Conference in Glitter City

More than 2,000 commercial and multifamily real estate professionals attended the Mortgage Bankers Association's four-day Commercial Real Estate Finance/Multifamily Housing Conference, which wraps up Thursday in Las Vegas. Despite a recession and...

Forecasted Growth in Retail Franchise Stores May Fuel Demand

Where will demand for retail real estate come from in 2010? One area increasingly viewed as a potential source is franchise operators. Pricewaterhouse Coopers forecasts that approximately 11,100 new franchised retail stores are expected to open across...

Connecticut, Starwood Hit Bump

Connecticut pulled off a coup when Starwood Hotels agreed to relocate its headquarters there. But now there are questions being raised over how the state sealed the deal.

Mortgage Bankers Sell Building at a Loss

The Mortgage Bankers Association sold its 10-story headquarters building in Washington, D.C., for $41.3 million, well below the $79 million it paid in 2007.

Home Builders See Daylight

Fewer write-downs and cancellations along with improved order rates are putting some lift into the depressed home construction market.

UPDATE 1-Private equity bids for KDG – sources

LONDON/FRANKFURT, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A trio of private equity firms, Advent, BC Partners and Carlyle, are set to submit bids for German cable provider Kabel Deutschland , four people familiar with the matter said.

UPDATE 1-Nuclear giant Areva buys solar company Ausra

* Areva to buy privately held solar thermal company Ausra

CompliancEX: The Regulatory Landscape for Private Equity

The first possible regulatory change is the registration of private equity fund advisers.

Political Calculations: Some Unemployment Snarkiness

The good news about the latest news on unemployment in the U.S.? The last time the total change in the number of people being counted as being employed during the current recession was at the current level, just in November 2009, ...