March 1, 2006

Developments

Orlando Magic

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Stan Luxenberg

In April 2001, Thayer Lodging Group broke ground on its 1,582-room Grand Lakes Resort in Orlando. Since then the project has faced as many rough spots...

THE LATE GREGORY SPEVOK: FINANCIAL INNOVATOR

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM

Gregory Spevok, 46, managing director of real estate capital markets for LaSalle Bank, was killed in a car accident in late January on the Kennedy Expressway...

Q & A

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Matt Hudgins

Shea Properties began developing master-planned communities in the 1980s, but the history of its parent company started a century earlier. Orange County,...

Investor Magnet

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Jarred Schenke

Although Atlanta's apartment vacancy rate of 9.1% by far exceeds the national average of 5.8%, it continues to attract a steady supply of capital. Economists...

In Progress: Ivy Hotel & Residence

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM

PROJECT TEAM: Ivy Tower Minneapolis LLC headed by Jeffrey Laux and Gary Benson LOCATION: Downtown Minneapolis SIZE: 354,560 sq. ft. COMPLETION: 2008 BUZZ:...

M&A Wave

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Dees Stribling

During the first quarter of 2006, hotel mergers and acquisitions are heating up internationally. In the words of hospitality industry observers and musical...

Columns

Flood Damage Haunts Reporter

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Matt Valley

Six months after Hurricane Katrina's storm surge caused the levees separating Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans to breach and flood 80% of the city,...

A Shot Across The Bow

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By John B. Levy

Investors in loans on commercial real estate insurance companies, pension funds and Wall Street firms continued competing for business in January, squeezing...

Making A Strong Case For In-House Research

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Jim Mosby

As empirical data in the property markets takes on heightened importance, research increasingly becomes a point of differentiation among commercial real...

Area Review

Office Condo Capital

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Steve Bergsman

A real healthy employment market typically fuels office development, but in the Phoenix area an entirely new phenomenon has occurred. While general office...

Strategies

Office Building Security Is Getting Quite Smart

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Vanessa Drucker

When coordinated suicide bombings struck London's public transport system last July, closed circuit television (CCTV) footage enabled police to identify...

Articles

Sale of Arden Realty Follows Similar Pattern

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Morris Newman

In a deal that again raises the question of whether Wall Street undervalues some publicly traded REITs, Arden Realty of Los Angeles has joined the growing...

DEALS & PROJECTS

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM

Younan Properties has acquired Norfolk Tower, a 206,680 sq. ft. Class-A highrise in Houston from ING Clarion for approximately $23 million. The 11-story...

NAMES IN THE NEWS

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM

Andre Friedman has been promoted to vice president of Forest City Commercial Real Estate's western division. Previously, Friedman served as director of...

TEN TO WATCH

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM

Visionary leadership comes in many shapes and sizes, and the commercial real estate industry is no exception. With that in mind, NREI's third annual Ten...

REBUILDING CZAR

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Sibley Fleming

Few developers have faced as daunting a task as planning the rebuilding of an entire city. Developer Joe Canizaro, however, has stepped up to the plate...

In Pursuit of the Three C's

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Jennifer Popovec

When Dave Clute started his new job with Cisco Systems' real estate department in San Jose, it didn't take him long to realize that he was facing a huge...

Dispositions Dwindle

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Joe Gose

When Equity Office Properties unloaded $2.7 billion worth of property in non-core markets such as Cleveland, Houston and Philadelphia last year, executives...

Why Assessors Trip Up on Apartment Valuations

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Gilbert D. Davila, Esq.

All too often multifamily property owners are unaware of the errors assessors make in the valuation of their properties. By understanding how these mistakes...

Louisiana Purchase Stuck in Maelstrom

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Matt Hudgins

A plan to bail out property owners in flood-ravaged sections of Louisiana has drawn fire from the White House, but the bill's proponents continue to seek...