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Deutsche Bank is reportedly marketing the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Resort with a selling price north of $2 billion. A Seeking Alpha piece argues that student housing REITs should outperform in 2014. Forbes looks at the burgeoning same-day delivery grocery war that’s emerging between Amazon, Google and Walmart. After failing to crack the America’s grocery market, Tesco is giving the U.S.

Rich Thompson

As consumer demand and manufacturing output increases, industrial real estate investors are seeing huge potential for increased returns. This could spell new real estate decisions and strategies for owners and occupiers alike.

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Google made a limited number of its Google Glass products available to the general public for the first time, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts wants in.

Kevin Costner's latest sports flick, Draft Day, suggests that the front office is where the real action happens

Pension fund CalPERS is on the hunt for new money managers and held an event at a Sacramento hotel searching for them. CBL & Associates is planning to sell about one-fourth of its current portfolio. Multifamily rents are rising beyond the point of affordability in many U.S. cities. Pittsburgh is tabbed as a good market for long-term investment in real estate according to London property firm Grosvenor Group. And a group of Walgreen Co. shareholders are urging the drugstore giant to relocate its corporate headquarters to Europe.

Fed chief says current rules don't address all threats and more measures might be needed.

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. is renovating its high-wattage building in Times Square as it leverages its growing New York City presence to attract more corporate clients and recruit more high-tech talent.

U.S. CMBS defaults dropped for the fourth straight year, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings. The Miami Herald profiles the family behind Turnberry Associates, the firm that owns the Aventura Mall and Fontainebleau Miami. Struggles at Family Dollar and other chains have analysts wondering whether dollar stores can only thrive in down economies. DSW is launching a new format called Yellow Box.

The sales will take place over a two- to three-year period and are meant to help improve CBL's NOI results.

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On April 29, EPA will honor the stars of Energy Star—and the commercial real estate industry will be well represented by a large number of companies that have achieved phenomenal results in improving energy efficiency across their portfolios.

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Lending is on the rise for jumbo loans below the $1 million mark, boosted by the housing rebound and increased competition among banks

It's the economy, stupid

Some Wall Street investors have put money into trailer parks in search of juicy yields. A new study by the RAND Corp. estimates that without an extension of a federal backstop for terrorism insurance, taxpayers could be faced with as much as $7 billion in losses should another large-scale attack take place. An analysis of the San Francisco rental market shows that eviction rates are high near “Google Bus” stops. New York downtown retail landmark J&R Music is shutting its doors after 43 years. Dollar stores are suddenly facing hard times.

La Quinta’s shares rise after debuting on the market. Sears is still culling Kmart stores from its portfolio. Marketwatch looks at how real estate ETFs continue to outperform. Chik-fil-A is eyeing aggressive expansion plans, including conquering New York City. The next generation of India’s malls will be larger than their predecessors.