Top of the List General Contractors

This week, the Kansas City Business Journal ranks the areas top general contractors based on 2012 local billings. See the top 5 >> For the full list, subscribers can take a look at the print edition of the Kansas City Business Journal. The list also includes 2011 local billings, number of employees, areas of specialty, top local executives, and a re-ranking based on revenue. (Subscribers, click ...

Council bill seeks OPA transparency

Philadelphia City Council introduced legislation to increase the transparency of Office of Property Assessment (OPA), City Paper reported. Council members were not satisfied after the OPA posted certain information on its website about how it arrived at assessments. The bill comes a day after a coalition of civic groups released the latest analysis criticizing the assessments as inaccurate and ...

STXNEWS LATAM-BofA recommends Brazil property shares on uncertain policy

Fri May 24, 2013 8:52am EDT Investors ought to maintain exposure to Brazilian shares that help them hedge against policy uncertainty and inflation or pay high dividends, analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Friday. A basket of so-called defensive stocks in sectors such as utilities and commercial property has outperformed the benchmark Bovespa stock index by 14.5 percent, despite ...

Gramercy Property Trust Secures $14.5 Million Senior Mortgage Financing with Northwestern Mutual

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gramercy Property Trust Inc. ( ) announced today it has closed a $14.5 million senior mortgage financing with Northwestern Mutual Real Estate Investments, LLC. The 3.28% five-year, fixed-rate loan is secured by the Company's previously acquired 540,000 square foot industrial portfolio located in the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Company ...

National Association of Real Estate Editors Atlanta Conference to Deliver News …

Top industry leaders will generate headline news as they address scores of real estate journalists from across the nation in Atlanta June 5-8 at the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) 47(th) Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference. NAREE University sessions at the conference will offer journalism workshops focusing on topics ranging from digital and social media to radio ...