April 1, 2010

Cover Story

Political Hot Potato

Apr 12, 2010 4:33 PM, By Ben Johnson, NREI contributor

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are propping up the multifamily mortgage market, but pressure is mounting for reform....

Features

Investors Rope Apartment Deals

Apr 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Denise Kalette

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

Apr 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Jane Adler

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

Apr 13, 2010 10:20 AM, By Sibley Fleming, NREI managing editor

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

Apr 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Jane Adler

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

Apr 1, 2010 12:00 PM

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

Apr 1, 2010 12:00 PM, Matt Valley

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

Apr 1, 2010 12:00 PM, Denise Kalette

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

Apr 1, 2010 12:00 PM, Sibley Fleming

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

Apr 1, 2010 12:00 PM, Denise Kalette

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

Apr 1, 2010 12:00 PM, Sibley Fleming

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

Apr 1, 2010 12:00 PM

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

Apr 1, 2010 12:00 PM

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...