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Real estate investors team up to buy North San Jose office space (BizJournals) - Opportunistic real estate investor JER Partners has teamed with newly formed real estate firm Lane Partners LLC of Menlo Park to acquire nearly 300,000 square feet of mostly empty office and R&D space in the heart of North San Jose's Golden Triangle.

Wells Real Estate launching new $3.4B REIT (BizJournals) - Atlanta real estate investor Leo F. Wells III, who has raised billions in recent years, is once again dipping into the money well.

DBJ hires Buchholz to tackle real estate beat (BizJournals) - Veteran reporter and freelance journalist Jan Buchholz has joined the Denver Business Journal to cover real estate, development and related industries.

Real estate developer Dunham injured in crash (Sioux City Journal) - A Siouxland real estate developer was airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital after he and a passenger on his motorcycle were rear-ended by a van Thursday near Larchwood, Iowa.

New real estate portal for UAE (AME Info) - Keynet Information Technology has launched an online real estate portal, Real24.ae. The site improves access to online real estate data and resources and aims to centralise all UAE property offers to one location.

New name for NZ’s biggest real estate website (Scoop.co.nz) - New Zealand’s biggest and most popular real estate site is being transformed.

Real estate group claims national title (Canberra Times) - After almost 50 years and several guises, the Independent Property Group can lay claim to being the country's leading real estate agency.

National Real Estate Magazine Enforces Its Trademarks (Real Estate News) - Homes & Land Affiliates, LLC has received a favorable settlement in a trademark infringement lawsuit brought against Florida real estate brokerage

Foreigners, OFWs prop up real estate sector (Sun Star) - Real estate in Davao City is at a its best performance this year compared to previous years, this according to brokers. Brokers credit the city's flourishing of the real estate industry to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and foreigners who marry Filipinas, particulary Dabawenyas.

Malaysia eyes Mideast funds for real estate (Business Day) - Malaysia is seeking to attract more investment from Middle Eastern countries by approving an Islamic currency swap and the world's first publicly traded real-estate investment trust that complies with Muslim law.