WASHINGTON, DC-MeriStar Hospitality Operating Partnership LP plans to increase the amount currently being offered and extend the timeframe for solicitation of consents from holders of its 9% senior notes due 2008 and 9-1/8% senior notes due 2011.

COLUMBIA, MD-Corporate Office Properties Trust will discuss its earnings in the second quarter of this year up to the market close on Wednesday, July 25 in an upcoming conference call to be held on the following day.

NEW YORK CITY-When asked what the real estate market will look like in the third quarter this year, James Emden, an executive managing director with Insignia/ESG, says to expect more of the same.

NEW YORK CITY-When asked what the real estate market will look like in the third quarter this year, James Emden, an executive managing director with Insignia/ESG, says to expect more of the same.

NEW YORK CITY-The Federal Reserve, as expected, cut interest rates by another quarter of a percentage point. Cushman & Wakefield's Tim Welch tells GlobeSt.com it will likely not have a significant impact on real estate investing.

NEW YORK CITY-The famous Hotel Delmonico built in 1929 at Park Avenue and 59th Street is now on the block. Sonneblick-Goldman Co.'s International Lodging and Leisure Group has been tapped to sell the hotel.

NEW YORK CITY-Brad Mendelson, executive managing director at Insignia/ESG, tells GlobeSt.com there are a number of obstacles to transforming vacant movie theater properties into other retail-use spaces.

NEW YORK CITY-Brad Mendelson, executive managing director at Insignia/ESG, tells GlobeSt.com there are a number of obstacles to successfully transforming vacant movie theater properties into other retail-use spaces.