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April 1, 2010
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Political Hot Potato
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are propping up the multifamily mortgage market, but pressure is mounting for reform....
Features
Investors Rope Apartment Deals
For two years, the Dallas apartment market for investment sales was as dry as the bones of a longhorn on the Texas desert. But broker Will Balthrope knew...
Opportunity for the Aegis
Arecession can be the best time to grab market share. That's the strategy at Aegis Living, a seniors housing owner and operator with 35 properties and...
Real Estate Distress Is Big Business for Brokerage
Some of the largest brokerage houses in the country — Cushman & Wakefield, Colliers International and CB Richard Ellis — have spent the past two years mining their in-house expertise to build asset recovery groups. ...
Healthy Appetite for Acquisitions
Armed with a $1 billion war chest, Ventas Inc. is seeking new acquisitions. The giant health care REIT has seniors housing in its sights, along with medical...
Research
TOP 25 BROKERAGES
This ranking is based on responses to NREI's Top Brokerage survey, which was conducted via e-mail in February and March 2010. Brokers were asked to provide...
Developments
Major Headwinds for CMBS Hotel Loans
A recovery in the U.S. economy couldn't come fast enough for many hotel owners struggling to make their monthly mortgage payments. The delinquency rate...
Gauging Earthquake Risk
The earthquakes that struck Haiti and Chile in recent months toppling offices, apartments, hospitals and homes, and killing more than 230,000 people have...
CMBS Losses Deepen
Properties backed by CMBS loans that have undergone an appraisal reduction may be a financial fortune cookie for investors. Ordering an updated appraisal...
Health Care Reform Fires Up Investors
With health care reform enacted, developers and commercial real estate investors are responding to the new demand for medical office space, which could...
Q&A
Frank Duemmler: Kayne Anderson finds student housing opportunities in off-market transactions
As the supply of student housing tightens and demand grows, the sector is drawing astute investors. In December 2007, Kayne Anderson Real Estate Partners...
People and Projects
DEALS & PROJECTS
Holliday Fenoglio Fowler has completed the sale of The Palatine, a 262-unit, Class-A high-rise apartment building in Arlington, Va., through a foreclosure...
NAMES IN THE NEWS
Thomas Owens has been promoted to executive vice president of Hines in the firm's Houston office. He will assume the responsibility of chief risk officer...
Columns
How Political Rhetoric Stung U.S. Travel Industry
To say that the hotel industry, which is notorious for boom and bust cycles, has hit another rough patch is a gross understatement. Just ask Roger Dow,...
End Of TALF Signals Stability
Three components for a sustained commercial real estate recovery went into motion in recent weeks, giving rise to optimism. More debt financing, further...
The Pitfalls of Sales Comparisons
It's no secret that commercial real estate sales volume is down. Sales transactions of U.S. commercial real estate valued at $5 million or more totaled...
Uneven seniors housing recovery takes shape
Is the seniors housing market stabilizing? The latest data offers conflicting signals as occupancies continue to decline while rents cling to slightly...
Borrowers and Lenders Need To Get Real to Heal
The FDIC recently announced that it will auction off about $1 billion in residential and commercial real estate. Sadly, the reaction was predictable. Among the banks and borrowers the refrain was all too common: “We can’t sell those assets....
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Photo Galleries
Hudson Yards Development
Check out images for Coach's new global headquarters, which will anchor the initial tower of the Eastern Rail Yards site within the 26-acre mixed-use Hudson Yards Development on Manhattan's far West Side.
Outstanding Women in Commercial Real Estate
From housing low-income families in Southern California to closing some of Manhattan's largest office leases, women leaders are using commercial real estate as a platform to reshape communities while they drive investor returns.
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Videos
2012 MBA CREF/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo Video Blogs
Check out the Vlogs from the 2012 MBA CREF/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo from JLL...
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