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Sales of existing homes fell in March, according to an industry report released Thursday, but analysts say the housing market is showing signs of stabilization.
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When Richard Dugas, the president and CEO of Pulte Homes Inc. recently talked about his company’s $3.1 billion purchase of rival Centex Corp., he added fuel to the fire for a possible wave of consolidation in the battered homebuilding sector.
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Cushman & Wakefield announced the completion of the sale of Uniondale Shopping Center, a 60,807-square-foot retail building located at 1121 Jerusalem Avenue in Uniondale, N.Y.
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The green movement continues. Following on the heels of new environmental sustainability programs at the Empire State Building and Sears Tower, the National Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Penguins and the Sports & Exhibition Authority picked Earth Day to announce their goal of working toward LEED Gold Certification at the new $321 million Consol Energy Center, which is slated to be the first NHL arean to receive the Gold stamp from the U.S. Green Building Council.

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Macklowe Properties’ financial troubles continue to chip away at the firm’s New York City office portfolio. A month after having to sell off a major Manhattan tower, the company has just lost the 525,000-square-foot office building at 1330 Avenue of the Americas in a foreclosure auction. Montreal-based mortgage lender Otera Capital, which held a $130 million mezzanine loan on the property, placed a $100,000 bid and walked away from the auction as the new owner.
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