American Real Estate Partners, L.P. today announced that it had entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Portside Growth and Opportunity Fund, an investment fund managed by Ramius Capital Group, LLC , and an investment fund managed by Highbridge Capital Management, LLC to sell an aggregate of $200 million of Variable Rate Senior Convertible Notes due 2013 in a private placement pursuant …

Fishkind, Gordon headline real estate conference 
Economist Dr. Henry Fishkind and Doug Kinson of CoStar Group. Dr. Fishkind gave a forecast for the real estate market for northeast Florida during his presentation.

Japan stocks lower in afternoon; real estate, exporters fall back 
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Asian stocks traded on weaker note Friday, with Japanese stocks reversing earlier gains as investors booked profits on recent advancers such as property group Mitsubishi Estate while export-related shares Toyota Motor Corp. were lower amid a lack of support from foreign buyers over the extended holiday weekend.

Despite slowdown, future bright for south Lee real estate market, expert says 
The small purple splotches on a large map of Bonita Springs and Estero displayed on a screen inside a room full of real estate agents and developers Thursday night represented the last vacant pieces of land left in the area. And those spread-out splotches were what local real estate researcher Mike Timmerman pointed to as he described what makes the future of the real estate market in south Lee …

Crystal River Capital to Present at credit Suisse Global Real Estate Conference 
Crystal River Capital, Inc. announced today that Clifford Lai, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will make a presentation at the credit Suisse Global Real Estate Conference in New York City.

Local Real Estate Mogul Accused Of Fondling Child 
A South Florida real estate tycoon spent a night behind bars after a young boy accused him of fondling him in New York City.