Roland Li

The top six fastest growing real estate companies mirrored the state of development around the world. As the U.S. and Europe languish, recovering from a glut of pre-recession overdevelopment, Asia, India and the Middle East have seen a construction boom

Robert Duffy of SOM is leading the design of Cornell's new campus at Roosevelt Island, which aims to be one of the most sustainable in the country.

W.J. Deutsch & Sons, Ltd. has worked with a variety of foreign companies in the past three decades, growing with the globalization of drinks.

U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates fell to a new record low of 3.89 percent in the week ending Jan. 12, according to Freddie Mac.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg will announce a revived effort to redevelop the long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx during his State of the City speech on Thursday, Crain's reported.

Stocks of major U.S. homebuilders rose on Wednesday after Lennar Corp. reported a 20 percent increase in home orders in the fourth quarter.

MetLife Inc. has purchased EnV, a 249-unit luxury rental tower in Chicago, the insurance company announced on Wednesday.

U.S. mortgage applications increased 4.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ending Jan. 6, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

Michael Williams, CEO of mortgage giant Fannie Mae, is resigning, the company announced on Tuesday.

Shares of silver mining companies rose on Tuesday as the price of the metal jumped, outperforming the rest of the market.

The federal government will soon begin selling government-owned foreclosed properties in bulk to investors as rentals, in a new effort to dispose of its growing portfolio of distressed properties.

The U.S. office market improved in 2011 to highest leasing level in four years, according to real estate brokerage Cushman & Wakefield.

Eighteen coastal states have varying degrees of protection against hurricanes, according to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety.

Freddie Mac, the large federally controlled mortgage guarantor, announced that it would allow unemployed borrowers to delay mortgage payments for up to 12 months under a new plan.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new plan to sell the Jacob Javits Center and build the largest convention center in the country at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens is an urban upheaval on a scale that evokes the legacy of Robert Moses, the parks commissioner who shaped the city in wide swaths in the middle of the last century.

15 Central Park West's Unit #28D has sold for $21 million, according to city records, representing the very top of the Manhattan real estate market.

Canadian mining company Claude Resources Inc.'s proposed acquisition of St. Eugene Mining Corporation Limited will be voted on at a St. Eugene shareholder's meeting on Jan. 17. , the companies announced on Friday.

The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA–CREF), the large pension fund manager and institutional investor, has purchased a retail condo in Manhattan's 225 West 83rd Street for $44.73 million, according to city records.

The estate of Lehman Brothers is battling Bank of America and Barclays in court over the sale of Archstone, the large multifamily housing landlord that real estate mogul Sam Zell's Equity Residential is seeking to buy.

U.S. apartment vacancies dropped to 5.2 percent in the fourth quarter, a 10-year low, as more Americans chose renting over buying, according to real estate research firm Reis.

Two South African gold mining companies have reported workers deaths.

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. reported sales of 178,131 cars in December, up 0.4 percent from 177,488 cars from a year ago. Sales beat forecasts by analysts polled by Bloomberg, who had predicted an average 1 percent drop in sales.

The average U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate dropped to 3.91 percent, matching an all time low, in the week ending on Dec. 5, according to Freddie Mac.

The Federal Reserve released a report on Wednesday that called for changes to foreclosure processing and an expanded role for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to bolster the still-struggling U.S. housing market.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan for a 3.8 million square foot convention center at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, N.Y. was met with approval from one local non-profit planning group, while the local community board said it awaited more details on the project.

U.S. mortgage applications fell 3.7 percent in the week ending Dec. 30, compared to the week ending Dec. 16, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

The U.S. office market improved in 2011, but continued growth in 2012 is expected to be slow, according to two separate reports released on Tuesday.

54 Canal Street, the former site of Jarmulowsky Bank in Manhattan, has sold for $36 million, according to city records.

With the proliferation of cheap and fast video streaming, passionate fans, and eager corporate sponsors, electronic sports may be poised to become a standard ingredient in the global entertainment mix -- although the budding industry still faces a few challenges.