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From Joe Sciolla @ CresaPartners via Citybiz: It’s a case of the incredibly shrinking office, and technology is a prime culprit. Here’s how it works: As technology increases productivity at the workplace, it also leads to a decreasing need for space. Thanks to automation, we need fewer employees, we use less space per employee, and …

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Ronald Pollina, author of “Selling Out a Superpower: Where the U.S. Economy Went Wrong and How We Can Turn It Around,” rates the worst U.S. states for business.

ATLANTA-Salaries are rising in the corporate real estate world. Sixty-four percent of senior level corporate real estate and workplace executives saw a raise in their base salary in 2010. What’s more, 75% say they expect to see another raise this year. So says a global survey from CoreNet Global and FPL Associates. via GlobeSt.com – …

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It’s easier than ever to showcase listings in photos and video with the 2011 class of digital cameras.

From Market Oracle: As in the United States, the Chinese real-estate market is plagued by overconstruction, and not just in megacities like Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen. Brand-new ghost towns have sprung up all across China in recent years, the most famous of which is perhaps Kangbashi in Ordos, Inner Mongolia. That city’s housing capacity can …

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From CoStar: If conditions in commercial real estate have indeed hit bottom, then an increased amount of distressed assets could hit the market this year — and values could also begin to tick up. That is the general consensus of industry professionals that CoStar Group interviewed for their outlooks on distressed investing in 2011. Contributing …

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