Real estate veteran Joe Helm dies in car crash (BizJournals)

Real estate veteran Joe Helm dies in car crash (BizJournals)
Joseph Helm Jr., a veteran commercial real estate broker and president of The Helm Co., died Sunday night in a single car crash on River Road.

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.

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.