TIAA-CREF gets accused of working with unethical land speculators to buy farmland on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, reports the New York Times. Barry Sternlicht says President Obamas policies are partly to blame for the terrorist attacks in Paris, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg and Fortune look in-depth at the Marriott/Starwood deal. These are among todays must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.
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