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		<title>Nikkei study: Tokyo hotels rebound</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article in the Nikkei this morning: July occupancy for major Tokyo hotels improved 0.4 percentage points (ppt) year on year (yoy) to 72.7%, the first turn to positive figures in 32 months.  It appears that inbound travelers from Asia who had put off plans to Japan due to swine flu have returned. The Osaka major [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=342&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>and the winner is&#8230;Itochu!! or not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clearly the market is excited about concrete progression into JREIT M&#38;A territory as it has been a LONG time coming.   <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=335&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Swine flu slows inbound tourism for May</title>
		<link>http://eastedge.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/inbound-tourism-continues-to-struggle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[altogether disappointing at 34% down for May<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=322&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>more J-REIT activity to come</title>
		<link>http://eastedge.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/more-j-reit-activity-to-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems more and more of the big players including Mitsubishi Estate are looking to extend their reach into the JREIT zone to profit from the value of their (perceived) credit worthiness and bank-loved brands. There are a few specific deals that must happen because the JREIT advisor`s owner (= `sponsor`) has gone bust: 8973 Joint [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=312&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First JREIT buyout deal getting formalized</title>
		<link>http://eastedge.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/first-jreit-buyout-deal-getting-formalized/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nikkei announced Daiwa Securities is taking over 100% the Davinci Select reit advisor and buying 13% of its managed JREIT DA Office Investment Corp (8976) at 190K/share. Daiwa plans to use its strong credit to work through refinancing issues and the synergies created to grow related income streams. This will take some pressure off DaVinci, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=311&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>J-REIT restructuring to begin soon</title>
		<link>http://eastedge.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/j-reit-restructuring-to-begin-soon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The J-REIT related debt refinancing issue, a big portion scheduled for September term-end debt issues, is now being addressed openly by the government and major players of the real estate arena in the form of a J-REIT support fund. Original Yomiuri report here (Japanese, includes restructuring support note). We will see in the coming weeks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=256&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time to move into the J-REIT Market is NOW</title>
		<link>http://eastedge.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/time-to-move-into-the-j-reit-market-is-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 10:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[from Seeking Alpha, click link for entire article: Japan&#8217;s J-REIT Market to Get a $10.5 Billion Bailout `While talking about it since March, the Japanese government (specifically, the Financial Services Agency and the Land Ministry) appears to be in the final stages of pumping over $10 billion into the J-REIT market and removing impediments to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=252&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discounted Condominium Stock Disappearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 01:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What was a few months ago a promising opportunity &#8211; buying up completed unsold condominium buildings and portions of buildings on the cheap from distressed sources and then moving them to the public at `outlet` sale prices &#8211; has suddenly seen a burst in asset bidders. It seems that the defunct developers that have now [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=249&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Investor Sentiment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest JREI investor sentiment survey findings were just reported, opinions gathered in April so a fairly fresh view to the market.   Summary: Expected cap rates have gone up 50-100bp over the last survey 6 months ago and still 20-30bp higher than current market cap rates&#8230;  although I don`t believe there are enough transactions happening [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=246&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hospitality Views</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 08:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some interesting views, toward the US side, on hospitality investment from various investors on Hospitality Net here. Colliers is saying the investment cycle is at a historical bottom and I would like to be on the positive note too but with de-leveraging just starting and a few years of falling fundamentals ahead of us I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=242&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JREITs may see support</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Financial Times recently focused on continued distress in the Japan real estate market, which we in the industry increasingly feel while developers go defunct daily and debt is still difficult to find. However, recently regulators have begun intervention in the JREIT market by directing asset managers to remember their fiduciary duty and not sell [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=200&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Correction in Japan land values continues</title>
		<link>http://eastedge.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/correction-in-japan-land-values-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most recent survey of Japan land prices for 4th quarter 2008 in the &#8220;Land Price LOOK Report&#8220;, issued Feb 24th by the Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) shows how how far things have turned downward for the last half of 2008 after a flat start to correction during the first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=195&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EastEdge Granted Real Estate Trust Beneficiary Interests Brokerage License</title>
		<link>http://eastedge.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/eastedge-granted-real-estate-trust-beneficiary-interests-brokerage-license/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are honored to be have been granted a transaction license for brokerage of real estate trust beneficiary interests under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law, Category 2 Financial Products, regulated by the Financial Services Agency and issued by the Kanto Finance Bureau as an extension of our Financial Products License #1712 and effective as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=193&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creed Office REIT Mgmt taken over by Ichigo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creed Office REIT (TSE ticker #8983), after receiving a business improvement order from the FSA on Friday of last week regarding managing conflicts of interests and appraisal processes, announced yesterday (announced in Japanese only for some reason) that its shareholders had agreed to sell 100% of the REIT management company, Creed Investment Trust Management, to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=191&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Theme for 2009 = Survival and Opportunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They keyword spoken by many fund managers at the ULI Japan conference looking into 2009 was SURVIVAL. So I think it`s time for us to all get prepared by dancing the TRF survival dance :  `no no cry more` Opportunities will increase moving toward the fiscal year end and as some of these bankrupted and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=187&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese group takes over Pacific Holdings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese are coming!!!   We are now seeing investors from the only major country relatively unaffected by the recent strengthening of the JPY arrive for bargain sales in the real estate equity markets. Pacific Holdings (8902) was up 18% today (Website Here) on the announcement of a financial and management tie-up effectively giving management control [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=181&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>October inbound tourism numbers mixed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan inbound travel took another year-on-year hit for October, 3rd month in a row now at -5.9% compared to October 2007 but year to date figures were still up 4.3% at 300,700 more visitors than 2007 and figures from four countries were at an all-time high. See JNTO report here. Main reasons for the decline [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=178&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Expected Cap Rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JREI just published its most recent investor survey showing expected cap rates as of October 1. There has been some upward movement but surprisingly little compared to the distress discounts expected by many new opportunistic funds coming into the market.   Marunouchi Offices are 4%, Ginza Retail is 4.2%, Quality Central Tokyo Residential is in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=175&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Expectations High, Transactions Still Low</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With another developer down last week and another JREIT taking losses on acquisition cancellation penalties, the Japan real estate markets may be starting down a vicious spiral into perilous waters &#8211; and investors with `dry powder` are watching the situation closely. The sentiment at the Real Estate Investment Japan conference last week was decidedly negative [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=165&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fukuoka developer joins the `sudden death` club</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the major Fukuoka developers went down last week, adding to continued negative industry news. Dix Kuroki announced filing for rehabilitation proceedings last Friday the 14th, with JPY 18.1 Billion (abt USD 172M) in liabilities and 105 employees.   This is another case being similar to Urban Corp and this type of incidence is locally [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eastedge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4601719&amp;post=162&amp;subd=eastedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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