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May 1, 2005
Developments
Finally, An Uptick in Office Rents
Office landlords got some welcome relief in the first quarter, when average rents nationally rose by 0.7% to hit $20.25 per sq. ft., up from $20.11 per...
When is Eminent Domain Eminently Unfair?
Developers counting on city governments to use eminent domain to clear urban renewal sites are watching to see if the U.S. Supreme Court favors property...
All Aboard in Denver
Colorado developers are eagerly awaiting a $4.7 billion rail expansion that will close the gap between suburban Denver and the city. Nearly 120 miles...
California Sells Off Surplus Land
The State of California has a plan: sell some state-owned properties in order to help pay off the state's $47 billion of general obligation debt. The...
A Sellers' Conundrum
In December, SL Green sold One Park Avenue for $318 million, fetching $84.5 million on a Manhattan property it held for just 39 months. Four months later,...
Q & A
When the shopping center industry began to consolidate in the early 1990s, the market for third-party property management suddenly became more competitive...
$730.2 MILLION IN LENDING FACILITATED IN MANHATTAN BY SINGER & BASSUK
Since December, financial intermediary and mortgage broker Singer & Bassuk Organization (SBO) facilitated over $730 million in funding for eight Manhattan...
SECTOR WATCH
Hotels InterContinental sells $728 million hotel portfolio The Florida-based Plasencia Group and its affiliate, Regent Street, completed the largest portfolio...
CORUS BANK CLOSES $120 MILLION LOAN FOR PANORAMA TOWER II
Sasson Hallier Properties LLC received funding in late April for the construction of Panorama Tower II, a luxury high-rise condominium in Las Vegas. The...
NAMES IN THE NEWS
WILLIAM H. WINN has been appointed president of Passco, where he formerly held the position of COO and senior vice president. A member of Passco since...
Columns
CMBS Issuance in U.S. Breaks Another Record
Staggering volume, higher Treasury yields and bad news from Ford Motor Co. and General Motors didn't cause the wheels to fall off the commercial mortgage...
Is this the year of Goldilocks in commercial real estate?
Economists refer to a Goldilocks economy as one that is neither too hot, nor too cold. Bob Bach, national director of market analysis for Grubb & Ellis,...
Why office property values are sustainable
Historically low interest rates and an abundance of investment capital drove commercial real estate prices to record levels in 2004 and have kept activity...
Beware of Volatile Housing Prices
The continued surge in housing prices has fueled a debate over whether they have reached unsustainable levels. Whether prices can continue to rise not...
Why owners of triple-net leased properties bear an unfair burden
Owners of triple-net-leased properties too often conclude that they have no reason to appeal their property tax assessments, since the property taxes...
Five Misconceptions of 1031 Exchanges
There are still some deep-rooted misconceptions about Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, even though tax-deferred exchanges are prevalent in the real estate community today...
REIT option for federal workers on the menu?
An important legislative issue for the commercial real estate industry, one that could affect literally millions of small real estate investors, was the...
Features
Urban Magic
As it expanded in Chicago during the 1990s, Starbucks stuck to a proven strategy: building outlets where there were plenty of BMWs and young professionals....
Mega-Mall Ambitions, Super-Size Headaches
Four years ago, Arlington, Va.-based Mills Corp. was fitting a proposed discount megamall in New Jersey's Meadowlands for a casket. The REIT began working...
NREI's Top 40: The Biggest Lenders and Intermediaries
The following rankings are based on responses to NREI's Top Lender Survey questionnaire and reflect total dollars financed or arranged in commercial real...
Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate Continues to Rise
Foreign investment in U.S. commercial real estate continues to grow by leaps and bounds, but fierce competition has boosted the price of admission and...
Strategies
Why Condo Hotels Are a Hot Concept
From Boston to Los Angeles, developers are busy converting existing hotels to one of the hottest concepts in the lodging and real estate industries today...
Frothy Market Boosts Volume
Commercial lending volume for direct lenders and financial intermediaries soared to new heights in 2004, but industry veterans caution that the prospect...
Area Review
Atlanta's Mixed-Use Message
Drive down Interstate 85 into the heart of Atlanta and rising over the freeway you'll see not only the largest construction site in the Southeast, but...
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Photo Galleries
Hudson Yards Development
Check out images for Coach's new global headquarters, which will anchor the initial tower of the Eastern Rail Yards site within the 26-acre mixed-use Hudson Yards Development on Manhattan's far West Side.
Outstanding Women in Commercial Real Estate
From housing low-income families in Southern California to closing some of Manhattan's largest office leases, women leaders are using commercial real estate as a platform to reshape communities while they drive investor returns.
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Videos
2012 MBA CREF/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo Video Blogs
Check out the Vlogs from the 2012 MBA CREF/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo from JLL...
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