Development Overseas Is Risky Business
I have been so engrossed in overseeing this month's cover story package on international development that the song It's a Small World keeps replaying...
Former Insignia Exec Finds Opportunity Amid a Crisis
Corporate mergers can be truly life altering for executives who find themselves on the outside looking in. John Combs is a perfect example. Combs was...
The Repercussions of Sarbanes-Oxley
Only a few years ago, the mere mention of corporate governance was enough to put anyone to sleep. No hard-charging, cutting-edge corporate executive had...
UCLA Conference Speaker Mixes Insight With Humor
NEW! Click here to view slide show of 2003 UCLA Extension Conference...
IKEA Has Georgia On Its Mind
Atlantic Station, the 138-acre mixed-use project under development at a former brownfield site in Midtown Atlanta, has undergone more twists and turns...
Renovation of Book-Cadillac Hotel to Burnish Detroit's Image
No other major city in America has as big of an image problem as Detroit, which has become an enduring symbol of urban decay. Incredibly, between 1950...
Make Sure the Price is Right for Grocery-Anchored Centers
If you subscribe to Michael Pollack's theory, investors make their money when they buy commercial real estate, not when they sell it. To believe otherwise...
ICSC Not Buying Column On Shopping Center Security
Via E-MailDear Matt, Your Editor's Note, published in May, Terrorism: Protecting Your Mall, implies that in wake of 9-11 shopping center owners have not...
Bearish On Recovery In '03
No, our cover story is not a case of irrational pessimism. Most commercial property sectors are floundering due to extremely weak real estate fundamentals,...
Boning Up on Biotech
Until recently, I was convinced that low-income housing tax credits and synthetic leases would be the most complex subjects that I'd ever have to cover...
