Hotel Growth Spurt Coming to India
With a population of 1.1 billion, a GDP that's projected to grow about 8% annually until 2020, and a burgeoning middle class, India is on the radar screen of several hotel companies....
Our New Year's Resolution: Expanded News CoverageOur New Year’s Resolutions: Expanded News Coverage
Sticking to our New Year's resolution to arm readers with the best information possible, we're adding three new elements to NREI's news coverage in print and online in 2007....
Big Challenge: Finding a New Catalyst to Drive the Economy
Gauging the future direction of the economy is similar to the football team captain who calls the coin toss. Economists have a 50/50 chance to get it right....
Green Building Developers Follow in Federal Government's Footsteps
Taking their cue from the public sector, private developers are embracing sustainability by building environmentally friendly, cost-efficient and aesthetically pleasing facilities...
Long-term Bond Yield Defies Expectations
As we head into the late innings of '06, economists are now expressing a collective surprise at the rather steep drop in the long-term bond yield in recent months...
Will Developers Spoil the Hotel Party?
The great news for hotel investors, not necessarily developers, is that there doesn't appear to be a building boom on the horizon anytime soon because construction costs are soaring and existing assets are still priced below replacement cost...
Groundbreaking Columnist Calls it a Wrap After 23 Years
When John B. Levy began writing a monthly column for Barron's in 1983, Ronald Reagan was in his first term as U.S. president, Tiger Woods was a 7-year-old...
There's limited room at the inn in New York, and rates are rising
Listed under the definition of supply and demand in any business textbook should be the following words: See New York hotel market. It's a classic case...
Calculated Risk: Land Banking Filters into Sunshine State
The sky-high prices at which shopping centers are trading hands today are leading some private equity players to greener pastures in Florida. Apollo Real...
Will the Fed spark a recession?
Because real estate is such a highly capital-intensive business, the future direction of interest rates is always top of mind with lenders and developers....
