NEW YORK CITY-At NYCREW’s “Global Trends in the 2012 Real Estate Capital Markets” meeting on Wednesday, Dennis Yeskey, founder of Yeskey Real Estate Consulting & Investments, said that the Volcker Rule and other Dodd-Frank regulations would be the biggest issues of 2012.

NEW YORK CITY-In a complex series of events, Studley’s senior managing director Greg Taubin tells GlobeSt.com about the firm’s six-party off-market leasing transaction—and how the rights management organization achieved “significant” cost-savings Downtown.

NEW YORK CITY-More than half of GlobeSt.com readers said the economy would show little or no improvement in 2012. But industry leaders from Cushman & Wakefield, Real Capital Analytics and Cassidy Turley tell GlobeSt.com’s Jacqueline Hlavenka not to give up hope.

NEW YORK CITY-In response to a letter from the New York Civil Liberties Union, the city and property owner Brookfield removed the fences surrounding the 33,000-square-foot park.

NEW YORK CITY-For its 2012 company strategy, the national retail and office owner is putting its chips on Greenpoint, Brooklyn; Corona, Queens; and Eltingville on Staten Island.

NEW YORK CITY-Rafael Cestero, the new president and CEO of the Community Preservation Corp., talks with GlobeSt.com’s Jacqueline Hlavenka about the state of affordable housing across the five boroughs—and why more capital is needed.

NEW YORK CITY-Manhattan’s largest office REIT has kicked off the new year with its first major buy in the Plaza District. The deal involved cross-border collaborations between Italy and the United States.

NEW YORK CITY-The company acquired the remaining 50% stake in the class A downtown building from Rose Associates. Bill Rudin tells GlobeSt.com’s Jacqueline Hlavenka that deal was based on a change in Rose’s company strategy.