Subject: REITS -general (REITS)

January 28, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) -- Mark Mutkoski, Deutsche Banc Alex Brown's senior lodging analyst, checked into MeriStar Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:MMH) and apparently liked what he saw as he upgraded the stock this morning to "strong buy" from "buy."With headquarters ...

January 27, 2000 CHICAGO – Banyan Strategic Realty Trust's (NASDAQ:BSRTS) proposed sale of the Sarasota Commerce Center has been called off.The REIT last month had reached an agreement to sell the 81,250-square-foot office building to an unnamed German investor for ...

January 25, 2000 IRVING, Texas – Rising interest rates have prompted FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. (NYSE: FCH) to cancel a proposed $200 million senior note offering.FelCor was planning to use proceeds of the note offering to fund a share buyback ...

January 24, 2000ROCKVILLE, Md. – Hearings have been set for April 25 and 26 on the proposed disclosure statements filed in the bankruptcy case of Criimi Mae Inc. (NYSE:CMM) and its affiliates, Criimi Mae Holdings II and Criimi Mae Management ...

January 24, 2000OAK BROOK, Ill. – CenterPoint Properties Trust (NYSE:CNT) and a venture between the California Public Employees Retirement System and Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) have formed an investment fund to buy industrial properties in the Midwest.The venture between CalPERS ...

Gotham Partners is apparently driving the two to discuss a merger or some combination of assets.

December 23, 1999 In a statement issued today, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts enthusiastically quoted former Vanguard Group portfolio manager John Neff, who anticipates solid REIT performances "when the market shakes off its high-tech stupor."Neff included REITs ...

December 21, 1999 (NewsTraders.com) -- Real estate investment trusts, laggards in the stock market during 1999, appear to be picking up steam as the year draws to a close, aided by a choice strategic alliance, the weighty hand of Warren ...

December 21, 1999 ANN ARBOR – Captec Net Lease Realty Inc. (NASDAQ: CRRR) is consolidating its operations and will give up its REIT status. It is also slashing its quarterly dividend to 11 cents/share from 38 cents/share.The REIT will merge ...

December 17, 1999 WASHINGTON – REITs can now generate income from a wider variety of activities, thanks to a bill that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. The law also reduces the share of taxable income, to 90 ...