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By Mark Heschmeyer March 14, 2012   The volume of CMBS conduit loans liquidated in February retreated sharply, falling 43% from January’s reading. In fact, the February reading was the lowest total since November 2010, according to Trepp LLC. 

At $893 million, liquidations were [...]

Additional Money Raisings from: Vornado Realty, Select Income REIT, RAIT Financial, Public Storage, Kimco, KBS and others   By Mark Heschmeyer March 14, 2012   Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers in Hartford, CT, had a final closing of Cornerstone Real Estate Fund VIII (CREF VIII) [...]

Morgan Stanley will be going to market with Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2012-C4 transaction, a $1.1 billion transaction collateralized by 38 fixed-rate commercial mortgage loans that are secured by 77 properties across 22 U.S. States and Mexico. 

The top five loans represent 39.5% of the pool and the top 10 loans represent 62.7%. 

The [...]

Deutsch Bank Securities priced the second new multiborrower CMBS deal this week. Pricing for that offering has yet to be publicly announced. 

The primary assets of the Deutsch Bank’s COMM 2012-LC4 Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates are 43 loans secured by 67 commercial properties having an aggregate principal balance of approximately $941.3 million as of the [...]