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....
Port traffic opens window to the world of logistics
Writing about high-cube warehouse distribution centers is no doubt less glamorous than chasing angles on gleaming new office skyscrapers or planned upscale...
Flood Damage Haunts Reporter
Six months after Hurricane Katrina's storm surge caused the levees separating Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans to breach and flood 80% of the city,...
Two Exclusive Studies Yield Intriguing Results
Readers who enjoy poring over research have hit the jackpot. This issue features two exclusive studies: our second-annual borrower trends survey conducted...
Is any property sector truly recession-proof?
The only guarantees in a real estate editor's world are death, taxes, and constant change in the property markets from which no commercial real estate...
Technology Gains Bittersweet for Evolving Real Estate Industry
If we were to add a sixth trend to our cover story this month, Forecast 2006, undoubtedly it would spotlight technological change and its impact on the...
