Commercial real estate's challenges are apparent in downtown Cleveland corridorTo see the turmoil in commercial real estate, you don't have to look much further than East Ninth Street and Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland. This corridor is the local face of a national problem -- one that is troubling in Cleveland but more severe in overbuilt markets like Las Vegas and Miami and battered cities such as Detroit. Across the country, a wave of office buildings, shopping ...Wanted: Ill. farmland to lease for natural gas explorationA Louisiana energy company has sent a team of workers to Edwards County, Ill., to lease hundreds of acres of farmland for a natural gas exploration project. The company is targeting a gas-bearing shale formation known as the New Albany Shale Group that lies about 5,000 feet beneath the surface.\"We first noticed the company doing research in the county assessor's office about three weeks ago and ...BDO Leasing income drops in 2009Listed BDO Leasing and Finance, Inc.'s net income dropped by almost a fifth or P66 billion to P300 million last year due to asset depreciation and a more conservative allowance for bad loans.Babcock pays price as floors lie empty in Chifley TowerTHE surviving operational arm of the failed Babcock & Brown investment group is understood to be paying as much as $15 million a year to lease nine empty floors in the premium office block Chifley Tower at 2 Chifley Square.Manappuram raises Rs.245 crore from qualified institutional placementThrissur: Manappuram General Finance and Leasing Ltd. has raised Rs.245 crore from a group of domestic and international investors by way of qualified institutional placement (QIP).Gunfire at Clairemont apartment leasing officeA shooting suspect is in jail Thursday, accused of opening fire at a Clairemont apartment complex.Post office move, Lowell Inn expansion come on heels of ramp's openingShovels won't be digging until spring, but it seems everything else is lined up to get the new Post Office project rolling.Marshall: North Middlesex district made mistake on building leaseTOWNSEND -- School district officials say they decided to continue leasing the Peter Fitzpatrick Elementary School building from the town of Pepperell last summer because selectmen warned them the district could otherwise lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in state grants.225 Grand in Jersey City to start leasing in AprilReena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal225 Grand in Jersey City is set to start leasing units next monthWork on 225 Grand in Jersey City's massive Liberty Harbor North development is wrapping up.The 348-unit apartment building, which has 1,500 square feet of...Postal service plans sale of downtown officeThe U.S. Postal Service, which has been working to cut costs nationwide as mail volumes and revenues fall, plans to sell its branch on Penniman in downtown Plymouth while keeping a presence in the city.
