Ten to Watch 2011
NREI Names Ten to Watch for 2011
The recession is not quite flashing in the rear-view mirror, but intrepid executives across the commercial real estate spectrum are charging ahead, creating new companies, forming joint ventures and buying properties — and not just at distressed prices....
MASTER STRATEGIST
Things didn't go according to Andrew Mathias' original plan for 510 Madison Ave., a sleek, 30-story Manhattan office tower under development by Harry...
Profiles
Merrill Gardens' Bill Pettit Champions Seniors Housing Partnership Model
Bill Pettit, president and COO of seniors housing owner and operator Merrill Gardens, has proven to be prophetic. In January, he said the Seattle company's...
Marc Nemer Wants to Change the Non-traded REIT Game
If Marc Nemer has his way, 2011 will be the year the non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) industry is changed forever. As the president of Phoenix-based...
TriBridge Residential's Tompkins Emphasizes Trust and Returns
When Michael Tompkins, managing partner at Atlanta-based TriBridge Residential LLC, visits a banker to line up funding for a new multifamily project,...
Mathrani Steers General Growth Following Massive Bankruptcy
In the world of retail real estate, few executives are watched as closely as Sandeep Mathrani, the chief executive officer of Chicago-based General Growth...
Wise Decisions, Timing Pay Off for Private Equity Fund
When Christopher Merrill was starting his own private equity real estate fund in Chicago about five years ago, he was fortunate enough to make wise choices....
Credit Crisis Spawns Opportunity for Madison International
Ronald Dickerman founded Madison International Realty in 1996 with a simple premise to bring liquidity to the commercial real estate market. Madison International...
Insignia Founder Farkas Bursts Back to Prominence with Island Capital
Beth Mattson-Teig
Andrew Farkas doesn't have a crystal ball. Yet the real estate magnate has uncanny timing when it comes to commercial real estate investment decisions.
Four Companies Make a Bold Move to Found Cassidy Turley
Mark Burkhart knew that creating a national real estate services firm during the depths of one of the worst economic recessions in U.S. history was a...
CanCan Takes a Chance as it Rolls into Biloxi's Gaming World
Casino developers have to be discouraged. Las Vegas is overbuilt, Atlantic City's economy is a basketcase and voters in emerging markets like Chicago...
