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Seaport Markets Offer a (Relative) Bastion of Warehouse Stability in Economic Storm

by on December 2, 2010

Warehouse assets oriented near the nation’s largest seaports didn’t experience drop offs in demand as quickly or fall as deeply during the recession and have also rebounded more quickly than metro markets as a whole, according to a recent analysis by…

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Retailers Likely to Close More U.S. Stores After Over-Expanding: Analysis

by on February 4, 2010

Feb. 4 (Bloomberg Multimedia) — Retailers are likely to close more U.S. stores to cut costs in the months ahead after expanding during the recession, an analysis shows. Click here for a Bloomberg Multimedia interactive visual analysis of retail store numbers. # # -0- Feb/04/2010 10:15 GMT

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Movie Gallery Files Bankruptcy, Closing 800+ Stores

February 2, 2010

Late Tuesday night, the country’s second largest movie rental chain, Movie Gallery, brought to fruition circulating rumors that it would file Chapter 11. Like most retailers, Movie Gallery was hit hard from lack of consumer demand during the recession…

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Cash-laden trusts lift commercial real estate (The Globe and Mail)

January 19, 2010

Well-financed real estate investment trusts that hoarded cash during the recession are lifting the commercial property sector out of one of its worst slumps in a decade.

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