Westlaw Business Currents - The Legal Lens on Business News http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/ (c) Thomson Reuters/West. No Claim to Orig. U.S. Govt. Works. All Rights Reserved. en-us Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:45:55 EDT Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:45:55 EDT westlawbusiness-currents@thomsonreuters.com (Westlaw Business Currents Editorial Staff) Propco-opco structures are a lot like the movie Goodfellas: Both bring together gaming with refrigerated storage, and both are fraught with conflict... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100629_0018.aspx?src=RSSWed, 30 Jun 2010 03:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100629_0018.aspx?src=RSS The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac gravy train is slowing down, under the weight of delisting, conservatorship, and changes in their access to capital. Commercial real estate developers and REITs may find themselves hurting... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100624_0028.aspx?src=RSSFri, 25 Jun 2010 03:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100624_0028.aspx?src=RSS CMBS tranches and special servicers make this round of real estate restructuring into a whole different ballgame from anything seen before. And, geez, is it complicated... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100615_0021.aspx?src=RSSThu, 17 Jun 2010 02:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100615_0021.aspx?src=RSS Merger and acquisition activity involving REITs has fallen off sharply from its peak in late 2007 when the availability of debt financing dried up... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100615_0026.aspx?src=RSSTue, 15 Jun 2010 18:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100615_0026.aspx?src=RSS Commercial real estate is still under water, but one sector is doing surprisingly well: data centers. The owners of data centers, often REITs, are... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100608_0019.aspx?src=RSSFri, 11 Jun 2010 01:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100608_0019.aspx?src=RSS The Azrieli Group raised less than it wanted in the first phase of its initial public offering, saying that the aftermath of Israel's interception of a floatilla that killed nine activists sapped demand in the IPO...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100602_0001.aspx?src=RSSTue, 1 Jun 2010 12:46:10 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100602_0001.aspx?src=RSS Loan buybacks are stepping up, and not just by borrowers deleveraging on the cheap. The result of continuing low secondary market prices for some loans, this debt is up for grabs… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/05/20100527_0033.aspx?src=RSSMon, 31 May 2010 02:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/05/20100527_0033.aspx?src=RSS