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WASHINGTON D.C. Investors Land $194M for Construction of D.C. office Tower by Randyl Drummer Who says office buildings can't get funded and built in this economic environment? Credit markets may be mostly frozen, but streamlets of financing -- in...

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) Wealthy U.S. consumers report that owning a vacation home is the item they most desire, and taking exotic vacations is their most sought-after luxury experience, according to a Luxury Institute survey of U.S. consumers with average household income of $332,000 and average net-worth of $3.3 million. The study was developed with Resonance Consultancy Ltd.

LOS ANGELES, CA (MARKET WIRE) Oakwood Worldwide, the leading, global temporary housing provider, helps take the hassle out of locating temporary housing for displaced homeowners affected by the fires throughout California. Oakwood Worldwide is helping families find furnished apartments and homes with immediate occupancy, giving them a home-away-from-home feel along with expert assistance in working through the payment and reservation details with their insurance companies.

In this week's issue: CalPERS housing program loses $3.1 billion. Thomas Properties Group presses courts for needed $100 million from Lehman Bros. Non-performing matured loans boosting CMBS, CDO delinquencies. Rivals Cushman & Wakefield, CBRE thinking...

In this week's issue: We give you the latest properties Under Contract in: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. Under Contract Cornerstone Growth & Income REIT...

In this week's issue: Macerich lines up $380 million in financings. Boston Properties secures $375 million. Plus we give you new property finance deals and a valuable leads list of retail lenders on recent acquisitions and loans maturing in the next...

Macon, Ga.-based Security Bank Corp. is applying for as much as $66 million in U.S. Treasury stock investment, under the government's Capital Purchase Program designed to buttress bank balance sheets. (SBKC)

DOVER, NH (MARKET WIRE) Christine Skidds is one of the approximately 17,000 people diagnosed with primary brain cancer in the US each year (another 100,000 are diagnosed with secondary brain cancer). In her online journal (www.caringbridge.org/visit/christineskidds), Christine writes about living with cancer. She explains, "I used to be worried about not being pretty enough, skinny enough, not having a big enough house... but I have become closer to God... I now wake up and think to myself: You're living, not dying."

Prime Retail, the parent company of the Prime Outlets portfolio of outlet shopping centers, announced Thursday that 20 outlet merchants have signed leases at the developer's latest creation: Prime Outlets - Grand Prairie outlet center.

Brown-Forman Corp. Thursday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.2875 per share on Class A and Class B common stock, a 5.7 percent increase over the previous quarter’s dividend of $0.272. (BFB)