This really isn’t a blog about energy efficiency. It’s more a rant against the apparent need of government to insinuate itself into the workings of the private sector.

NEW YORK CITY-In the wake of Arthur Mirante’s move to Avison Young, GlobeSt.com’s content director John Salustri chats with Bruce Mosler to discuss the legacy and next steps.

NEW YORK CITY-The switch signals a break from Mirante’s longtime C&W home where he parlayed revenues to $1 billion.

HOUSTON-Locally based Weingarten Realty Investors is getting rid of its wholly owned industrial sites, some 52 assets located in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. J.P. Morgan Securities is advisor.

If you’ve been following GlobeSt.com in recent days (and why would you not?) you’ve been hearing a lot about bifurcated markets, this one of the major takeaways of our recent RealShare Real Estate 2012 in Los Angeles.

HOUSTON—The agreement gives the Houston-based firm a 30-country reach while it provides stateside services to BNP Paribas Real Estate clients.

CANNES, FRANCE--Unifying the currency was only half of the job,said MIPIM keynoter Joschka Fischer, former minister of foreign affairs for Germany.

CANNES, FRANCE--In an exclusive interview, Howard Michaels of the New York City-based Carlton Group tells John Salustri that European lenders are ready to do business on distress.