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Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services named T. Reed Hudson to the position of associate vice president investments. Hudson has been with Marcus & Millichap since 2004 and specializes in retail investment sales; he has closed more than...

This week in the Retail Roundup, CoStar reports on expansions or new concepts at Al Copeland Investments and RedBrick Pizza; new retail developments in TX, PA, MO, OH, IL and NJ; acquisition, merger, loan or sale activity at Macerich and Circuit City...

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Jannock Properties Limited (TSX VENTURE: JPL.UN) today reported net earnings for the Third Quarter of 2008 of $436,000 ($0.01 per share) compared with a net loss of $13,000 ($0.00 per share) for the Third Quarter of 2007. The earnings in the Third Quarter were mainly due to income tax recoveries of $432,000 that were received during the period.

These days, everything has a knock-on effect. Earlier in the week, an analyst report on the potential default of a couple of commercial-mortgage deals caused a big hit to the corresponding credit market. That, in turn, has caused a selloff in the stocks of REITs.

The Dow charged upward of 500 points Monday afternoon but wound up closing at 8,443.39, a 396.97 point or 4.93 percent gain.

Oregon Institute of technology and Mt. Hood Community College have agreed to a dual enrollment agreement.

Fidelity Southern Corp. will get $48.2 million from the Treasury Department as part of the U.S. Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program, which seeks to add liquidity to the credit markets. (LION) (UCBI) (SNV) (STI)

MINOT, ND (MARKET WIRE) Investors Real Estate Trust (NASDAQ: IRET) (NASDAQ: IRETP) has scheduled a conference call for Friday, December 12, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. Central Standard Time, to discuss the Company's second quarter fiscal year 2009 financial and operating results.

Hawaiian Dredging Co. has been awarded a $16.6 million contract for work on the Kapolei interchange on the H-1 Freeway.

The government’s decision to potentially absorb hundreds of billions of dollars of losses on loans and other assets languishing on Citigroup’s books is a sign that trouble at the nation's largest banks is becoming wider and deeper than regulators initially assumed. (C) (GM) (F)