Dicey Hotel Market Creates Opportunity for Savvy Investors
With so much bad economic news dampening lodging demand, it's easy to understand why a hotel owner, operator or lender might want to go straight to his...
Times Square Is at the Center of the Green Building Movement
The dramatic transformation of Times Square from a seedy district infamous for porn shops and massage parlors into a thriving retail and entertainment...
Bears Outnumber Bulls at Vegas Retail Convention
Once the darling of the real estate investment community, the shopping center industry is feeling the heat due to a rash of store closures, retail bankruptcies...
Got Free Gas? Hoteliers Respond to Economic Woes with Incentives
With the discretionary dollars of working Americans under attack, the biggest issue facing the hospitality industry in the short term increasingly appears...
Tax Rebates: Psychological Boost or Momentous Force?
Perhaps it is just a drop in the bucket, but the tax rebates that the U.S. Treasury will send out to more than 130 million American families and individuals...
Now That the Shock is Over, Where Do We Go From Here?
Stay in the game until 2010 and protect your assets. That's the message Tom Wratten, the retired founder and CEO of Principal Commercial Acceptance, is...
Was Fed's Dramatic Rate Cut Best Call for the Long Haul?
Just as we were putting this issue to bed, news broke that the Federal Reserve had extinguished a fire in the global stock markets by lowering its federal...
Which Wild Cards in 2008 Will Impact Real Estate?
Announcements of write-downs tied to mortgage-related debt at some of the nation's top financial institutions continue to roll off the newswires like...
It's Time to Take Off the Old Blinders
In June 2001, I wrote a column arguing that the commercial real estate industry was in denial about the weak state of the economy and its potential debilitating...
The First Phase of the Credit Storm Is Over, But Expect More Turbulence
While optimists are confident that the current credit crunch is merely a blip, pessimists are convinced that the subprime mortgage contagion can only...
