Over the course of 2006, the local retail landscape saw plenty of action. The market bagged a Bass Pro Outdoor World; local grocer H-E-B continued to roll out its Plus! store format to offer shoppers more than just groceries; and retailers like Lowe’s, Home Depot, Target and JCPenney staked their claim to more sites around San Antonio.

Retirement Residences Real Estate Investment Trust Announces 2006 Distribution Tax Allocation 
Retirement Residences Real Estate Investment Trust (’Retirement REIT’) today advised the allocation for income tax purposes of the distributions paid in 2006 is as follows:

Des Moines Register - Central Iowa’s commercial real estate market attracted a near-record amount of investment last year, with $370 million in sales. That was $10 million off the record set in 2005. “It was another banner year,” said Tim Sharpe, who leads investment
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Real estate Internet coffeehouse opens in Austin
Austin Business Journal - One Austin company is hoping there’s no better beverage to consume when shopping for a house than a hot cup of joe. Avalar Real Estate Associates , located at 9225 W. Parmer Lane in Austin, recently opened, with the goal of providing customers plenty
Source: austin.bizjournals.com

Real estate investors find solid gains overseas
Christian Science Monitor - NEW YORK - As most folks know, real estate is all about location. And for real estate investors, that location increasingly does not bear a United States ZIP code. Lately, foreign real estate investment trusts, or REITs, have been looking especially
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Pro Step Marketing, a real estate-focused marketing strategy, design and implementation firm, worked with Jim Spring, a Myrtle Beach real estate agent, to develop a marketing strategy that would increase online traffic and leads for his company.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Missouri Real Estate Scheme Is Money Pit 
Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s Commissioner of Securities, Matt Kitzi, issued a Cease and Desist Order against a Springfield, Mo., couple for their alleged violations of Missouri securities laws in connection with a questionable real estate investment scheme.
Source: www.infozine.com