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While commercial real estate values have not rebounded in the first six months of the year, the fear that 2010 was a disaster waiting to happen has subsided as liquidity has started flowing back into the market, according to new reports out this past week from PIMCO and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The pair of reports suggest that, for [...]

U.S. commercial property prices rose 1.7 percent in April but were down 41.1 percent from their October 2007 peak, according to the Moody’s/REAL All Property Type Aggregate Index released on Monday.

The increase comes on the heels of two consecutive months of price declines, according to the index, which measures the change in actual transaction [...]

Commercial real estate investors reveal both frustration and disappointment at the lack of quality buying opportunities that many expected would have materialized by now, according to the second quarter 2010 findings of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Korpacz Real Estate Investor Survey®, released today. The report notes that the unknown speed and strength of the economic recovery has many [...]

The Florida apartment market saw its largest one-year decline in value since index inception, dropping value of 29.9 percent, according to the Moody’s/REAL National All Property Type Aggregate Index from Real Estate Analytics LLC.
Despite its weak performance, Florida apartment index has fared better than its respective index in the South region.
Three of property types – [...]

Ground broken for LWR vets memorial

LAKEWOOD RANCH — The symbolic first spade of earth was turned Wednesday at San Marco Plaza for the proposed Veterans Memorial Park.
Organizers hope to dedicate the completed park on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
George Johnston, commander of Braden River Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 12055, welcomed the launch of the new [...]

Tag technology coming to cell phones at Lakewood Ranch – Technology
magine a technology that would allow anyone using a web-enabled cell phone equipped with a camera to scan Microsoft Tags on buildings, businesses or even people, to tap into an instant information source.
When the cell phone scans a Microsoft Tag — a sort of [...]

By Richard Dymond, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.Jun. 11–LAKEWOOD RANCH — A Summerfield couple who are shooting their own independent romantic comedy in and around Lakewood Ranch are looking for 100 extras to populate Main Street on Saturday.”There's no compensation, but it's perfect for the person who has always wanted to be in a movie or [...]

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