Potlatch to convert to real estate investment trust (KXLY-TV Spokane)

Potlatch to convert to real estate investment trust (KXLY-TV Spokane)
A timber and paper products company based in Spokane, says it's converting into a real estate investment trust. The board of directors of Potlatch Corporation approved the change, effective next January first.

ING Clarion Real Estate Income Fund 'IIA' Declares Monthly Dividend for October (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Board of Directors of the ING Clarion Real Estate Income Fund , which trades on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol 'IIA', today declared a monthly dividend of $0.115 per share for the month of October 2005.

Real Estate trend: Flat-rate option gains popularity (Springfield Business Journal)
The Springfield real estate industry has seen an influx of new agencies in the last few years, led by the so-called discount or fee-based brokerages that offer flat rate closing costs.

Real estate notes (Sun-Sentinel)
>Miami-based Adler Group Inc., a commercial real estate company, has launched the Florida Retail Land Bank, an investment fund that will purchase prime retail land throughout Florida. The Land Bank may invest as much as $60 million over the next three years.