Real Estate Management & Development

Cousins Properties (NYSE: CUZ) is upgraded from Hold to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus with a $9 price target.

Advance Auto Parts Inc (NYSE: AAP) was upgraded by Oppenheimer & Co from "underperform" to "perform." AAP's shares closed at $66.01 yesterday. Shares of Advance Auto Parts have moved up 63.63% year-to-date. Macquarie Capital Markets upgrade Gen-Probe Incorporated (NASDAQ: GPRO) from "...

Xinyuan Real Estate (NYSE: XIN) reports its Q3 diluted EPS at $0.10, versus the consensus of $0.14. XIN reports its Q3 revenue at $107.6 million, versus the estimates of $100.37 million. XIN shares gained 3.23% to $3.20 in after-hours trading. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.

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Cousins Properties Inc. (CUZ), a real estate investment trust (REIT), reported third quarter 2010 FFO (fund from operations) of $0.9 million or 1 cent per share, compared with an FFO loss of $41.9 million or 71 cents in the year-earlier quarter. Fund from operations, a widely used metric to gauge...

Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE: CUZ): Highlights: * Reported FFO before certain charges of $0.10 per diluted share * Completed office and retail leasing totaling 645,000 square feet * Sold two assets for $88 million in proceeds * Eliminated near-term maturities of $122...

Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE: CUZ) announced today that Gregg D. Adzema has been hired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 30, 2010. Mr. Adzema replaces Jim Fleming, who announced his pending retirement from the position earlier this year. Fleming...

ZipRealty, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIPR) is down sharply today, losing more than 13% today. The company is set to report earnings today. Analysts are looking for loss of 6 cents on revenues of $34.90 million. ZipRealty, Inc., a real estate brokerage firm, provides brokerage services to buyers and sellers in...

Citigroup is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Hold rating on Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO); it has a $91.00 price target on the stock, up from $85.00. The Citi analysts cited the company's recent announced earnings, which were in-line with expectations. They...

Forestar Group Inc. (NYSE: FOR) today reported third quarter 2010 net income of approximately $8.9 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, compared with third quarter 2009 net income of $19.5 million, or $0.54 per diluted share outstanding. Third quarter 2010 results include an after-tax gain of $0.28...

Gladstone Commercial Corporation (Nasdaq: GOOD) today reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2010. FFO for the three months ended September 30, 2010 was approximately $4.3 million, or $0.50 per share, a 26.6% increase as compared to the same period one year ago. FFO...

Stocks had a mixed finish on Monday as investors avoided taking chances ahead of this week's Federal Reserve meeting and the mid-term elections. A surprise jump in October manufacturing activities in China and the U.S. gave stocks some initial boost but the rally faded as investors, already...

VORNADO REALTY TRUST (NYSE: VNO) today reported: NET INCOME attributable to common shareholders for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 was $95.2 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, compared to $126.3 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. Net income for...

Gramercy Capital Corp. (NYSE: GKK): THIRD QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS For the quarter, generated funds from operations (“FFO”) of $20.5 million, an increase of $198.7 million from FFO of negative $178.2 million generated in the same quarter of the previous year. On a fully diluted per common share...