NREI Current Issue
September Issue
Cover Story
Hotel M&A Funeral?
Something odd happened on the way to the funeral for hotel deal making this year at least a few investors refused to attend. Yes, many banks and other...
Features
Women Take the C-Suite
Across the spectrum of commercial real estate, women are tasting power as chief executives, chief financial officers, company presidents and brokers as...
Ventas CEO Rescued REIT
When a board member of the Louisville, Ky.-based health care REIT Ventas phoned Debra Cafaro nearly 10 years ago and asked for her help, Ventas was essentially...
Powerhouse Negotiator Tackles Details
When Jodi Pulice, founder and president of New York-based JRT Realty Group, handled the $369 million sale of the iconic Seagram Building on Park Avenue...
Dressing Up Old Seattle
For decades, Seattle's South Lake Union section was known for the remnants of its industrial past an old sawmill, an early Boeing airplane plant, a Ford...
Why Not All Investors Are California Dreamin'
Movie star Cary Grant once remarked that a luxurious castle on the California coast was a great place to spend the Depression. In a similar vein, investors...
Sale-Leaseback Quandary
Struggling to find capital as the credit markets tighten and the U.S. economy slows, corporations are increasingly exploring sale-leaseback deals to finance...
Lift for Landlords
An essential pricing tool in the hotel, airline and rental car industries for years, revenue management software has yet to gain widespread acceptance...
Volatility at Home, Opportunity Abroad
When the nation's largest pension fund has emerging markets on its radar screen, the investment world takes notice. During a daylong meeting in August,...
Developments
Are You Covered?
Insurance experts are learning that green building is fraught with risks to owners and their service providers. Casualty liability underwriters worry...
Chain Store Closures: 3,681 and Counting
As the summer winds down, store closures are piling up. Through mid-July of this year, chain store closures tallied 3,681 compared with 4,603 for all...
Revolving Door at Grubb & Ellis
When Scott Peters announced his resignation as CEO at Grubb & Ellis Co. in July, the sudden departure was the latest chapter in a long saga of management...
World Trade Center Rebuilding Lags
Seven years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 obliterated more than 13 million sq. ft. of prime Manhattan office space, ambitious plans for rebuilding...
Can Sam Zell Maintain the Midas Touch?
Sam Zell doesn't like the role of office building landlord any better now that his newest acquisition, the Tribune Co. media conglomerate, is the prime...
Names in the News
Names in the News
Bruce Ford has joined Transwestern as executive vice president. He is based in the Atlanta office and will be responsible for the firm's business development...
Deals and Projects
Deals & Projects
Arciterra, a Phoenix-based real estate development and investment firm, has acquired Olathe Pointe in Olathe, Kan. for $29.4 million from Maefield Development...
Deals & Projects
Coral Gables has acquired a Class-A office building for $42.25 million from Falcon Real Estate Investment Co. on behalf of its client, Strategic Real...
In Progress: Douglas Park
DEVELOPER: Newcastle Partners Inc. and RREEF Alternative Investments LOCATION: Long Beach, Calif. SIZE: Four million sq. ft. of commercial, office, industrial,...
Columns
Has the U.S. Labor Market Reached a Tipping Point?
If future historians were to write a book about the state of commercial real estate in this election year of 2008, a fitting title might be, The Great...
No Place Like London
For years, fast-growing markets such as Shanghai and Istanbul were the best answer to most international investment questions. Now, as various parts of...
Bond Market Signals More Defaults Ahead
When the Federal Reserve Board met on Aug. 5 to set monetary policy, with the exception of a lone dissenting member, all voted to keep the Fed funds rate...
Unions Draw Ire of Hotel Owners
Will the proposed Employee Free Choice Act destroy the hotel industry's profitability by driving up workers' wages, as some owners argue? Or will it level...
Trouble Lurks Under the Surface
The waters of the commercial property markets appear calm, but is more trouble lurking beneath the surface? Whether you are a lender or a borrower, the...
William Shopoff: Unlisted REIT will focus on distressed land, debt
In the aftermath of the housing meltdown, a number of developers are looking to rid themselves of land that they had accumulated in anticipation of building...
Hotel REITs sell assets, strengthen portfolios
While hotel buyers are seizing the opportunity to acquire assets at a discount amid a softening U.S. economy, some high-profile REITs have become net...
Enron effect lingers over synthetic leases
Once a formidable competitor to sale-leaseback transactions, synthetic leases have all but vanished from the playing field years after the Enron scandal...
Overseas investing is fraught with obstacles
Pension systems in the U.S. face a host of issues when investing their billions of dollars in overseas real estate, and one key is understanding the difference...
