WASHINGTON, DC-It is good news the Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates low, but a general economic decline is beginning to worry the commercial real estate industry.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA-Many investors might have feared REIT valuations were too high, accounting for their rush to the exit this week, SNL Financial’s Keven Lindemann tells GlobeSt.com.

WASHINGTON, DC-Washington Real Estate Industrial Trust is selling all of its local industrial holdings for $350 million. The timing is interesting for the asset class, which, as CBRE’s Kevin Thorpe tells GlobeSt.com, is entering a new stage.

WASHINGTON, DC-The Atlanta-based company continues to expand its footprint here after its acquisition of the Madison hotel earlier this year and the opening of a new office.

Bank failures are starting to plateau, but at an uncomfortably high level. What’s it all mean?

WASHINGTON, DC-Not surprisingly S&P has followed its Friday night downgrade of US debt with a similar move for mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

ALEXANDRIA, VA-Like office, competition can be intense for quality retail in the DC area, H&R Retail principal Michael Gorsage tells GlobeSt.com.

WASHINGTON, DC-First Potomac is going to wait the two years Greyhound still has on its lease before it decides when and in what phases it will build offices there, CIO Nick Smith tells GlobeSt.com.