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The Commercial Investment Division of the Sarasota Association of Realtors is hosting a meeting on the topic of “Green Building in Commercial Real Estate” on March 16th. The meeting will be held at our board at 3590 S. Tuttle Avenue and goes from 8:30 AM – 10:AM.
Topic: Green Buildings in the Commercial Marketplace
Panelists:

Lynn Nilsen (Instructor: [...]

David Bodamer March 4th, 2010
After a home run in December and a strong January, retailers continued their hot streak with same-store numbers that soared in February. ICSC, Retail Forward, Retail Metrics and RetailSails have all crunched the numbers from the publicly-traded retailers that report same-stores sales and the figures show that the post-holiday shopping [...]

Sarasota Young Realtors networking social tonight, bring a stack of business cards! All professionals, all industries welcome. Commercial, residential, rookies and pros!
5:30pm @ Ceviche downtown Sarasota.

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After the office market peaked in 2007, the bubble deflated slowly through 2008 before the downturn gathered steam after the fall of Lehman Brothers.
Office properties took the brunt of the recession last year, with rents falling at record rates. Effective rents cratered by 8.9% in 2009, the largest decline on record in almost 30 years [...]

Mr. Distress is ready to buy
By Katie Benner, writerMarch 9, 2010: 4:09 AM ET
NEW YORK (Fortune) — Whether it’s steel, textiles, or auto manufacturing, Wilbur Ross has built a lucrative career finding gold in industries left for dead.
He did it first at Rothschild, and since 2000 at his own investment fund, WL Ross & Co. [...]

Luxury home sales may signal resurgence | Section Business Weekly | HeraldTribune.com.

SARASOTA’S PERRONE construction marked its 30th anniversary by building the first home in Spice Bay, a luxury development-to-be on Siesta Key where homes will range from $1 million to $3 million or more.

The 3,700-square-foot home built in the British West Indies style has [...]

Lakewood Ranch’s Web site, www.lakewoodranch.com, was honored with a gold Addy award and Amy award last week.  The awards recognize the “best of the best” in the industry by awarding winners in virtually all forms of advertising. The awards attract more than 60,000 entries and are regarded as one of the largest advertising [...]

The Cleveland Federal Reserve actually put out this video to illustrate how it operates and seemingly justify its existence?

From the Federal Beige Book:
Commercial real estate conditions remained weak or declined further in most Districts, although some Districts noted slight stabilization or modest signs of improvement. Commercial real estate activity weakened in the Richmond, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, and San Francisco Districts, though Dallas noted that leasing fell at a slower rate and San [...]