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Based on the TickerSpy index of major industry sectors, hotel REITs had the best performance of any group measured, up almost 60%.  At the head of the industry were Diamondrock (DRH) and LaSalle...
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: HST) has completed a secondary offering that raised some needed cash for the company.  The hotel-REIT priced a secondary offering of 66,000,000 shares of...
Duke Realty Corporation (NYSE: DRE) has joined in with other REIT operations in announcing the sale of common stock in order to pay down debt.  The company plans to sell 64 million shares of common...
Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE: AKR) has joined the wave of REIT entities selling stock to raise cash.  The company priced its public secondary offering of 5 million common shares at $11.95 per share....
Equity One, Inc. (NYSE:EQY) joined the ranks of REITs wanting to raise cash to pay down debt.  The REIT priced 6.5 million shares of common stock at $14.30 per share.  This will bring in about...
ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) has successfully raised the cash it was seeking.  And then some.  The warehouse and office park owner and operator REIT had originally planned to sell 115 million shares of...
Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE: KIM) has priced its huge secondary offering of common stock.  The size was a lofty 91,500,000 shares at a price of $7.10 per share.  Shares closed yesterday at $7.49...
Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG) priced a secondary share offering of 15 million shares at $31.50/share.  Simon also made a concurrent offer of approximately $500 million worth of 10-year...
It has been a rough ride for the former high-flying and now road kill REIT sector.  LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST (NYSE: LXP) has been far from immune from all of the carnage that hit Wall Street and Main...
Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) is back at the trough to raise more cash.  The vulture mortgage investment REIT has filed to sell up to $750 million in common and preferred stock.  No...
American Land Lease Inc. (NYSE: ANL) is perhaps one of the more unusual plays seen yet in private equity acquisitions.  Despite a 200% premium, the more odd part of "for how much" is the...
Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc. (NYSE CDR) has filed to sell up to $1 billion in mixed securities via a public offering of securities.  It can sell any combination of common stock, preferred stock,...
Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) has raised cash via a secondary offering.  The mortgage and fixed income investment vehicle, which we have referred to as the first public vulture fund set...
Following billionaires, activist investors, and even opportunists has been a difficult job in recent weeks.  Activists can blame poor management decisions, but they cannot blame management over...
General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP) is getting a lift this morning on what many would  consider bad news.  The REIT has replaced its chief financial officer and suspended its dividend, a day...