NEW YORK CITY-The US will remain a dominant world power and New York City will remain its business center… and, all those businesses need office space, says Stuart Saft, a partner at Holland & Knight.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-The Orange County chapter of the Building Industry Association of California says this demographic group will drive homebuilding trends and reinvigorate the market.

MINNEAPOLIS-The local firm succeeds in boosting occupancy with IRET Properties' Edina, MN medical office building. More projects are in the works.

INDIANAPOLIS—The commercial broker plans to start its new valuation service in their offices across the country.

WASHINGTON, DC- Fannie Mae recently priced its fifth Multifamily DUS REMIC for the year, totaling $1.02 billion.

NEW YORK CITY-The darling among commercial real estate food groups has a healthy outlook, but that still depends on just one thing . . .

NEW YORK CITY-An affiliate of the Blackstone Group, Blackstone Mortgage Trust could raise up to $659 million in a stock sale intended to finance acquisition of a loan portfolio.

NEW YORK CITY-The sale of a combined 23 million shares of Equity Residential and AvalonBay occurs about a month after the end of a lockup period following Lehman’s sale of Archstone to the two REITs.

SAN DIEGO-In an UPDATE to an earlier story, the innovative diverging diamond interchange reduces commercial properties’ impact on public roads, Wes Guckert of the Traffic Group tells GlobeSt.com.

LAS VEGAS-At ICSC, Greg Wasson, CEO and president of the firm, said that the retail channels are blurring, and Walgreens is up for the challenge.

LAS VEGAS-In an update to an earlier story, ICSC panelists and attendees say retailers are evolving and embracing new ways to attract customers and improve operational efficiency.

COLUMBUS, OH—The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System is looking to make the investments through various avenues including both debt and equity.

WASHINGTON, DC-The capital markets have been good to REITs in the last few years.

CHICAGO—In this UPDATE to Tuesday’s story, Marc A. Boorstein of MJ Partners explains why investors should consider self-storage real estate on par with other sectors.

Rent growth at class B and C apartment properties quickened during the first quarter. But with fewer investors and lenders vying for those properties, appreciation lagged cash flow.

WASHINGTON, DC-The GSE is putting these securities on the market to comply with an FHFA directive to reduce its non-agency portfolio, Kimberly Johnson, Fannie Mae Senior Vice President of Multifamily Capital Markets, tells GlobeSt.com's Erika Morphy.

NEW YORK CITY-The flagship Saks Fifth Avenue store alone is believed to be worth more than $1 billion, the New York Post reported Tuesday.

COLUMBUS, OH-In this UPDATE to Tuesday’s story, Glimcher Realty Trust’s CEO Michael Glimcher tells GlobeSt.com’s John Salustri why reports of the death of the mall concept are greatly exaggerated.

TAMPA-Sharon Bragg, vice president, Tampa Agency Leasing for Jones Lang LaSalle may not have planned to enter commercial real estate, but find a positive attitude works wonders in negotiations.

LAS VEGAS-GlobeSt.com’s Natalie Dolce talks with ICSC attendees, including JLL’s southwest market director Peter Belisle, about what he sees as a the new opportunity for landlords to generate excitement.