How to Maximize Revenues in a Tight Condo Market
Developers are struggling to profit from condominiums in today's market for a variety of reasons, none of which can be easily brushed aside. ...
Empowering Women
This year Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, won the Nobel Peace Prize for lifting millions of poor people primarily women out of poverty. ...
Outsourcing to Win
Outsourcing is increasingly touted by Corporate America as the golden ticket to increased profitability. ...
Bankers as Brokers?
Two efforts by banks to create a bigger footprint in real estate have met strong resistance, but the fight is far from over. If banks are successful, they'll be competing with brokerage, management, and development firms....
Private Capital, the Great Equalizer
Many seasoned players who share a track record for creating value find themselves in need of a capital infusion to grow their businesses...
Saving on Title Insurance
commercial real estate developers, investors, and lenders are increasingly forming partially or wholly owned title insurance agencies to service their own real estate acquisition, disposition, and refinancing activity....
Property Insurers Put to the Test
The hurricanes of the 2004 and 2005 seasons inflicted massive damage on real estate along the Gulf Coast. There are still hundreds of pending commercial...
The X-Factor in Hiring
In the May issue of NREI, we profiled a handful of this spring's crop of newly minted commercial real estate MBA grads. The upshot? In this increasingly...
Holdover Tenants Dealt a Legal Blow
In a landmark case, a New York State trial judge recently ruled that a tenant who remained in commercial space after its lease expired is liable not only...
Large Law Firms Pose Risk as Anchor Tenants
It's no secret that major law firms are attractive anchor tenants for Class-A office properties. What too often is a secret is how to gauge the level...
