Subject: International (INTL)

May 24, 2000 CHICAGO – Financier Sam Zell's Equity Group has formed a venture to buy, develop and operate industrial properties in Mexico.The venture, Corporate Properties of the Americas, was formed by Equity International Properties Ltd. and Development Co. of ...

May 24, 2000 KyodoTOKYO – Japan's four major real estate companies reported massive losses in the fiscal year ending March 2000, forcing two of them into the red, according to unconsolidated earnings reports. The four companies – Mitsui Fudosan Co., ...

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May 18, 2000 HONG KONG (AP) – The central government here signed a contract with Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. this week for the construction of a high-technology industrial park. The construction cost for the "Cyberport," a large-scale development that will ...

May 18, 2000 NEW YORK – As part of its plans for North American expansion, OnSite Access Inc., a building-centric integrated communications provider, has appointed an 18-year veteran of Canada's communications industry as president & general manager of OnSite Access-Canada, ...

The big-name accounting firm has been recently rated by Fitch IBCA as a primary servicer, and word is that the firm is moving on the securitization of U.S. and Canadian assets in two separate U.S.-denominated deals.

Merrill Lynch has launched a $258 million conduit transaction backed by Canadian mortgages. It's the third such deal by the underwriter.

An investment group involving DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners, Westbrook Partners, Credit Suisse First Boston and Mitsui Fudosan are tapping the securitization market to fund their purchase of 13 office buildings in Japan.

April 17, 2000 SEOUL, Korea – Colony Capital Inc., Sonnenblick-Goldman Co. and Hanmi Technology Investment Corp. have formed Horizon Capital Advisors, a Korean asset management company As previously reported by Commercial Real Estate Direct, Horizon Capital will manage a $270 ...

Word has it that Deutsche Bank could be well on its way to raising $750 million for an investment fund to take advantage of opportunities in Europe and Asia. The fund would be headed by David Brush, who headed Bankers ...