September 1, 2005

Developments

St. Joe Company: King of the Panhandle

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM, Hortense Leon

When it was called the Panhandle, northwest Florida was considered a sleepy, rural part of the state. Today the area which runs roughly from Pensacola...

THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENT HOUSING

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM

MetroPointe Lofts, a 368-unit, $76 million student housing development located in the heart of Atlanta's university system, is the first private development...

Q & A

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM, Matt Hudgins

Jeff Johnson: What's Driving the Wheeling and Dealing of Equity Office Properties? Some observers are scratching their heads right now over this year's...

In Progress: Social Security Administration Center

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM

DEVELOPER: The Opus Group LOCATION: Birmingham, Ala. COST: $100 million SIZE: 587,000 sq. ft. COMPLETION: Late 2007 BUZZ: The Social Security Administration's...

Trumping the Chicago Market

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM, Henry Springs

Overcoming many redesigns and a sickly office market, the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago is slated to rise between the Wrigley and IBM buildings...

DEALS & PROJECTS

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM

CLAYCO of St. Louis has been selected as general contractor and construction manager for the first phase of the Saint Louis University Health Sciences...

Condo Converters' Surprising Impact

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM, Parke Chapman

The frenzied pace at which developers are converting apartments into condominiums is having a decidedly positive effect on apartment fundamentals in the...

NAMES IN THE NEWS

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM

KEVIN BRADY has joined Lee & Associates as founding principal of the firm's Southfield, Mich., office. Brady will be responsible for office, retail and...

Columns

Crude Awakening: How rising oil prices affect real estate

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM, Matt Valley Editor

Soaring prices at the gasoline pump have me in a perpetual state of sticker shock. As recently as 1998, I was paying 68 cents for a gallon of unleaded...

Condomania: Quality or Quantity?

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM, David Stockman

The Condo Conversion Craze Draws Critics article in August's issue hit the mark on an important trend in today's real estate market. In markets that have...

CMBS Issuance Hovers in the Stratosphere

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM, By John B. Levy

Just when you thought the commercial real estate market should be taking a well-deserved summer breather, volume has exploded again. Total offerings of...

Value-Added Investing Is Gaining Traction

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM, By Clifford Booth and Stephen Kanoff

A growing number of real estate investors are pursuing value-added opportunities, either by repositioning existing assets or undertaking new development....

Features

Vultures Circle Condo Market

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM, Written by Parke M. Chapman

Jack McCabe has a sure-fire way to make a killing in Florida real estate. No, he's not joining the throng of speculators in downtown Miami who are snapping...

Apartment Owners Wary of Tax Reform

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM, By Howard Menell

One of the top priorities of Congress next year will be restructuring the federal tax code, which is a nightmarish prospect for commercial real estate...

Area Review

In This Star-Studded City, Mixed-Use Shines Brightly

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM, By Morris Newman

Anyone seeking evidence of the runaway popularity of mixed-use development in Los Angeles need look no further than the $3 billion extravaganza downtown...

Strategies

ONE OF THE LAST WILDCAT DEVELOPERS

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM, By H. Lee Murphy

Sentimentalists in the commercial real estate industry relish recollections of the old days when risk-taking entrepreneurs reigned over markets with the...