April 1, 2006

Departments

Global Money Thinks Local

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Geoff Lewis

The conventional wisdom about real estate is that it is a local business. Rents and market conditions vary from city to city (and between submarkets within...

Developments

Beijing Goes for Gold

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Bennett Voyles

The 2008 Olympics may be three years away, but right now the odds seem good that Beijing will set records in at least one event: the property value high-dive....

NATION'S LARGEST OPEN-AIR RETAIL PLAYER EXPANDS

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM

At 100% occupancy, Chesterfield Commons in St. Louis, the nation's largest open-air retail center with 1.9 million sq. ft., is making plans to expand...

Ripe for Retail

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Christine Perez

Things don't always work out as planned. In the mid-1980s, Ross Perot Jr. began work on AllianceTexas, a 2,000-acre commercial park surrounding the world's...

Columns

Port traffic opens window to the world of logistics

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM

Writing about high-cube warehouse distribution centers is no doubt less glamorous than chasing angles on gleaming new office skyscrapers or planned upscale...

Big Supply, Tight Spreads

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

A wave of commercial mortgage-backed securities hit the market in early March, following a dearth of issuance in January and February. Despite the volume,...

Hard Truth of a Softer U.S. Housing Market

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Anthony Downs

The balance sheets of U.S. households look vastly different today than five years ago. Rising home prices and falling stock prices have greatly changed...

Large Law Firms Pose Risk as Anchor Tenants

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Andre Lerman

It's no secret that major law firms are attractive anchor tenants for Class-A office properties. What too often is a secret is how to gauge the level...

Features

Rising Tide of Imports

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, by Matt Hudgins

America's appetite for consumer goods mostly from China is straining the nation's logistics networks and fueling demand for new warehouse distribution...

Full-Service Giants Bulk Up

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Parke M. Chapman

Within the past two decades, the nation's largest real estate brokerages have formed a variety of new service lines that include asset management, appraisal,...

Immigration Reform Is A Delicate Issue

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Elizabeth Feigin Befus

When President Bush urged Congress in his State of the Union address in January to approve comprehensive immigration reform legislation, he moved this...

Articles

NATIONAL REAL ESTATE Investor

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM

Dear Sibley Fleming, First, thank you for your work. I was particularly impressed with your coverage on New Orleans and Joe Canizaro [NREI March issue:...

CORRECTIONS:

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM

In the March article Ten to Watch, Grubb & Ellis CEO Mark Rose's age should have been listed as 42. Also, Cushman & Wakefield CEO Bruce Mosler's age should...

Q & A

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Jarred Schenke

When Cousins Properties named Larry Gellerstedt as president of its office/multifamily division last June, the decision was initially a surprise to many...

Green Grumblings

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Matt Hudgins

A new green building proposal in Washington, D.C., has many developers on edge. While green ordinances are nothing new, D.C.'s Bill 16-515, if enacted,...

In Progress: Exchange Palace

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM

PROJECT TEAM: Tippin Corp. and Newmark Knight Frank LOCATION: Budapest, Hungary SIZE: 500,000 sq. ft. COMPLETION: 2009 BUZZ: Tippin, a Toronto-based development...

Mills' Woes Mount

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Matt Hudgins

Financial troubles keep mounting for one of the world's most ambitious mall developers. Less than a week after warning that it may make material adjustments...

DEALS & PROJECTS

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM

Overton Moore has broken ground on the 44-acre Pacific Gateway Business Center in Seal Beach, Calif. The industrial project is one of the largest new...

NAMES IN THE NEWS

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM

Michael O'Donovan has joined Younan Properties as controller. He will be responsible for accounting and financing activities that will support the Woodland...

A Double-Barreled Recovery

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Parke M. Chapman

Remember that so-called disconnect between commercial property values and fundamentals? If 2005 was any indication, it may soon be forgotten. Sales transactions...

Private Equity's Buying Binge

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

Real estate private equity funds are on a frantic hunt for inefficiency. Bursting with cash and acutely aware that a storied 13-year real estate run is...

The Nissan Effect

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Laura Ellis

Nashville's commercial real estate market is riding high on Nissan North America's November announcement that it will relocate its headquarters from Gardena,...

Leaving Their Comfort Zone

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

Enticed by commercial real estate's healthy returns over the past several years, institutional investors continue to plow increasing sums of capital into...

Squeezing Profits Out of Shopping Centers

Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Beth Mattson-Teig

As owners continue to pay incredibly high prices for retail properties, asset managers are under more pressure than ever to boost cash flow. Huge demand...