Peter Grant

1 month ago | wsj.com | Peter Grant

​Two years later, the city’s biggest office tower stands more than half empty. U.S. Bank, the largest tenant whose parent company’s name is on the building, pulled most of its employees out last year after more than a century in the city. The 42-story tower was recently put up for sale. The building affectionately known as Big Pink because of its pink-hued Spanish granite and pink glazed glass has an asking price of about $70 million, according to brokers.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Peter Grant

​Two years later, the city’s biggest office tower stands more than half empty. U.S. Bank, the largest tenant whose parent company’s name is on the building, pulled most of its employees out last year after more than a century in the city. The 42-story tower was recently put up for sale. The building affectionately known as Big Pink because of its pink-hued Spanish granite and pink glazed glass has an asking price of about $70 million, according to brokers.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Peter Grant

1 day agoSources contradict Trump narrative about Qatar offering plane as ‘gift’CNN — The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747 that could be used as Air Force One by President Donald Trump, four sources familiar with the discussions told CNN.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Peter Grant

The once-premier building is now over half empty, reflecting how the Oregon city’s downtown is struggling with crime and other quality-of-life issuesAfter Digital Trends moved out of the U.S. Bancorp Tower in Portland, Ore., the technology publisher didn’t hold back about why it left.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Peter Grant

Brookfield Asset Management raised $5.9 billion in the first quarter, lifting the fund’s total to $16 billionBrookfield Asset Management raised nearly $6 billion for its new real-estate fund in the first quarter, one of the largest-ever quarterly fundraising hauls and a sign of growing investor appetite for distressed commercial property.