The market is slowly recuperating. Over the next 12 to 18 months, the road, even with its bumps, will continue to improve. But, to trot out the old saw, the recovery (such as it is), won't raise all of the boats equally.

SYDNEY-The Sydney firm has shed 26 of its 27 US assets in a strategy launched by Eastdil earlier this year.

LONDON-Annual retail investment volumes of retail property are expected to rise as high as $180 billion by 2020, a 30 to 50% uptick. Cross-border activity is expected to account for half of this.

KOBLENZ, GERMANY—It's a sign of the times that the 1-million-square-foot industrial asset, in a local distribution hub, is fully leased to Amazon.com. And GlobeSt.com got the pricing exclusive.

NEW YORK CITY-Elected officials are coming to a meeting of minds on the Cliff. But it's not enough.

NEWARK-Dave Twardock has set his retirement plan in place. PMCC does the same with succession planning as David Durning takes the reins.

LONDON-By taking a minority cut in trophy assets, Madison International provides an exit strategy for antsy investors. The firm is applying the same strategy in Europe, but on a cautious basis.

NEW YORK CITY-The joint venture with Mexican developer GFa Grupo Inmobiliario intends to develop as much as 18 million square feet in a nation Thor's Joseph Sitt calls "the new Brazil.