Less than one month after Forest City Enterprises announced it will reposition or divest its land holdings and refocus on apartments, office and retail developments in its core markets, Cousins Properties Inc., said it too plans to drop land from its mix of assets — and will take a $126 million charge to do so. The Atlanta-based REIT’s commercial land holdings include 475 acres, with 326 acres in Georgia, 66 in Texas, 56 in Florida and smaller…

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5 things Obama needs to win Florida (and Republicans must avoid) Sun-Sentinel (blog) The president's budget, released last week, called for spending more on Everglades restoration and at the Kennedy Space Center. And the campaign has opened 11 field offices – including Broward, Palm Beach and Orange county locations – organized 200 … and more

Property Magazine Florida Commercial Real Estate Market Looks Good for Recovery Property Magazine In Florida, the commercial real estate market shows growth and is apparently headed towards recovery. Economists commenting on commercial real estate predict that the economic recession will be left behind in 2012. Commercial markets in the state of …

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100 Power Leaders- Commercial Real Estate : Brokers/Lenders South Florida Business Journal We've included these leaders not only because they are captains of industry, but also notable for their efforts to help make South Florida a better place to live, work and play. If I thought it would be easier this year to determine who would be … and more

CBRE: Florida Commercial Real Estate Is Slated To Expand Mortgageorb … Group Inc. According to the report, “immense progress” has been made to shore up Florida's commercial real estate markets, and as a result, the “anticipated flood of distressed properties did not dramatically affect the Florida markets in 2011.

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Tax cut for small businesses could lead to breaks for big ones Orlando Sentinel The property taxes paid by businesses on equipment such as computers, machinery and other items collectively known as “tangible personal property .” Specifically, the Republican governor wants to allow tens of thousands of small firms across Florida to … and more

FLORIDA COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET ON TRACK FOR RECOVERY RealEstateRama (press release) by CB Richard Ellis Miami, FL – February 10, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The industry's leading commercial real estate professionals believe it is safe to say that as we head into 2012, the worst of the economic turmoil is behind us and Florida's …

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Southwest Florida banks add property The News-Press Real estate owned by Preferred Community Bank increased to about $3.4 million in the fourth quarter from $2.9 million the previous quarter. O'Neil said the owned property and the property tied to non-accruing debt is all commercial property .

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Romney rivals have a lot of ground to make up in Fla.

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Romney rivals have a lot of ground to make up in Fla. – Boston.com