NEW YORK CITY-The private equity giant says the fund will provide ‘urgently needed debt capital to the commercial real estate industry as it begins its recovery.’

MELVILLE, NY-The quick-service Italian food chain, with more than 1,000 locations worldwide, cites a decline in mall traffic among its financial woes.

NEW YORK CITY-Corigin CEO Freedman tells GlobeSt.com there’s a market for financing to get stalled, smaller projects back on track for completion.

NEW YORK CITY-NYSE Euronext says it’s weighing the counter-offer; Deutsche Boerse is standing by its $9.5-billion bid to merge the two exchanges.

BOSTON- HFF’s local operation arranged the fixed-rate loan for the two office/R&D buildings in Waltham, MA, highlighting this week’s wrap-up of deals.

Blackstone, Colony Capital and other deep-pocketed players are taking down massive portfolio deals. For individual investors, these provide both guidelines and examples of what not to do.

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that "The rich are different from you and me," to which Ernest Hemingway sarcastically responded, "Yes, they have more money."…

NEW YORK CITY-The private equity giant is paying around $100 million for the $116-million mortgage on the 22-story office property, according to Bloomberg.