Government-Owned Building Headed to Online Auction Block
Old-school marketing savvy and new-school technology will work in tandem to maximize the sale price of a government-owned asset. ...
GE Capital Real Estate Names Head of Asian Business
Francois Trausch has been promoted to CEO of Asia-Pacific for GE Capital Real Estate International and will be based in Tokyo. ...
How Should We Interpret the March Jobs Report?
The March employment report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics may have fallen somewhat short of Wall Street’s expectations, but the 162,000 gain in nonfarm payrolls provides indisputable evidence that the economy is on the mend. ...
CMBS Delinquencies Contribute to Rising Number of Bank Failures
The delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed securities lose sharply in March to more than 7%, according to New York-based data and analytics firm Trepp LLC. ...
Medical Office Investors Mobilize as Health Reform Becomes Law
With health care reform now law, developers and commercial real estate investors are responding to the new demand for medical office space, which could reach 60 million sq. ft., by some estimates. ...
Borrowers and Lenders Need To Get Real to Heal
The FDIC recently announced that it will auction off about $1 billion in residential and commercial real estate. Sadly, the reaction was predictable. Among the banks and borrowers the refrain was all too common: “We can’t sell those assets....
John B. Levy: Lenders Find Right Mix for Current Market
While not even on the menu six months ago, the market for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) has become a front-burner entrée as lenders finally have all the ingredients for making new loans. ...
Health Care Reform: Boon for Commercial Real Estate?
As President Obama signed health care reform into law Tuesday, the medical industry gained something greater than the prospect of adding 32 million Americans to the ranks of the insured — it gained a sense of certainty....
London Property Valuations
The repricing of commercial property that continues around the globe has already occurred in London. ...
Lodging Industry Takes Pulse of Recovery at Hunter Conference in Atlanta
ATLANTA — The state of the hospitality industry in the Southeast goes under the microscope starting today as the 22nd annual Hunter Hotel Investment Conference kicks off at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis downtown....
The Art of Loan Restructuring
As if the economy and the tight credit markets were not enough, real estate developers are faced with a new challenge. Banks are informing developers at loan maturity that their cash-flowing, debt-servicing properties are now substandard based on current appraisals. ...
America's Other Maturities Dilemma
This column is about relationships between commercial real estate and money. Under current recession conditions, the outlook for commercial properties will be greatly influenced by the amount of federal funds used to stimulate business and consumer spending and bolster jobs....
REIT Stocks Jump as Investors Bet on Recovery
Despite poor commercial real estate fundamentals, retail and apartment real estate investment trusts (REITs) are enjoying a powerful resurgence. ...
For Pension Funds, Crisis Spawns Search for a New Metric
In the span of only 12 months, U.S. pension funds, one of the largest institutional investors in commercial real estate, have adopted an entirely new mindset ...
Why Supply-Constrained Markets Hold So Many Advantages
Structural constraints on the delivery of new supply in a given market reduce an owner’s competition for tenants, which may lead to higher occupancy, higher rent levels, stronger rent growth and higher capital values over time. ...
Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers Increases Footprint in Europe
Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC has completed its acquisition of London-based Protego Real Estate Investors LLP, Protego Real Estate Investors Finance LLP and their subsidiaries in a move that increases the organization’s depth and breadth in the European market....
Uneven Seniors Housing Recovery Taking Shape, Says NIC
Is the seniors housing market stabilizing? The latest data offers conflicting signals as occupancies continue to decline but rents cling to slightly positive gains, ...
New Fund Targeting Smaller Core-Plus Properties
A new investment fund based in Dallas is looking to fill a void in buying properties that may be too large for individual investors and too small for institutional players....
General Growth’s Reorganization Plan Seen as a Rebuke to Simon
Any hopes that Simon Property Group executives had that they could force a quick resolution to the General Growth saga have been doused now that the Chicago-based REIT has shown it is not going to be pushed over without a fight. ...
Economist: Washington’s Fixes Have Become the Problem
Uncertainties over taxes and access to credit are driving U.S. businesses to hoard cash rather than lead the economy into recovery by spending and hiring, according to a prominent real estate researcher....
Trepp Moves Beyond CMBS, Purchases Foresight Analytics
In a deal finalized late Tuesday, Trepp announced that it had acquired research firm Oakland, Calif.-based Foresight Analytics. ...
Global Commercial Property Sales Surge 85% In Fourth Quarter, Says RCA
A new report on global commercial property sales $10 million and above shows that quarterly transaction volume has surged for the first time in two years, a clear indication that the market is recovering from a deep recession....
NAR Sees Gloomy 2010, Better News in 2011
According to new research from the National Association of Realtors, the U.S. commercial real estate recovery looks set to be on hold until at least early 2011....
CityCenter Raises the Stakes in Vegas
MGM Mirage CEO Jim Murren called CityCenter’s opening a “game changer.” So did Bill McBeath, the president and CEO of Aria and Vdara. Rick Fedrizzi, the founder and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council, called it “transformative.” ...
GGP Merger Would Make Simon A Force to Reckon With For Tenants and Lenders
As it’s becoming increasingly clear that Simon Property Group Inc. and General Growth Properties Inc. are engaging in the early stages of merger negotiations...
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