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November 1, 2006
Cover Story
The TIPPING POINT
From Manhattan's stunning Hearst Building to the energy saving Tower Building in suburban Washington, D.C., so-called green building have become de rigueur for trend-surfing tenants and the developers who cater to them....
Features
Mall REITs Lose Their Stride
The stunning run of regional mall real estate investment trusts has finally shown signs of tiring. ...
Retailers Rush to Wall Street
Since Audrey Hepburn frolicked in the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, the upscale jeweler has had only one Manhattan location. That is about to change....
Condo Craze Fades
developers, hoping to keep up with the high demand, converted apartment projects to condos. But the frenzy has cooled considerably, and now numerous projects are being converted back into apartments or canceled altogether....
Wall Street Rides CDO Wave
Property owners and operators have been tapping Wall Street and private real estate investment funds in ever increasing numbers to finance unstabilized or outside the box deals...
Arena-Led Urban Revivals
When the 18,000-seat Sprint Center opens in Kansas City next year, local officials hope that the arena will give downtown an economic jolt. After all, other large cities have used arena-led redevelopment campaigns to revive blighted districts....
It Takes A Transit Village
Cities that once resisted mixed-use projects are now clamoring for the modern mosaic known as the transit-oriented development (TOD), both as a tool for economic growth and a weapon to combat sprawl and congestion...
McKesson's M&A Playbook Pushes the Ball Forward
McKesson's new weapon is commonly referred to as the M&A playbook. It's essentially a roadmap that covers everything under the real estate umbrella of an M&A deal...
Developments
Industrial's Big Niche
Dramatic import growth is having a profound effect on industrial warehouse/distribution space, leading to bigger and bigger boxes. A decade ago, 300,000 sq. ft. was the definition of a large warehouse today it's upwards of 1 million sq. ft. ...
Biloxi Developers Roll the Dice
A city hammered by Hurricane Katrina is feeling the effects of a casino-led real estate boom. In the wake of the devastating storm that roared throughlegislation has been passed that allows Mississippi-licensed gaming operators to build casinos within 800 feet of the shore...
Is Mills Corp. Grinding to a Halt?
The retirement of Larry Siegel as CEO of Mills Corp. helps pave the way for a sale of the company, but terms of his departure may exasperate investors...
Trouble Ahead for Office Market?
Office investors have had plenty of reason to celebrate of late. Soaring construction costs have kept new supply in check while effective rents in the third quarter shot up by 2.3%, the biggest hike in six years, reports real estate data firm Reis...
Q & A
Countrywide Commercial Real Estate Finance Managing Director Warren de Haan, 34, intimately knows how to size-up hotel properties and borrowers....
Names In The News
NAMES IN THE NEWS
Jerry Porter has been named chairman of the board at Manhattan-based tenant advisory firm CRESA Partners. Porter was formerly a vice chairman at the firm...
Deals And Projects
DEALS & PROJECTS
Babson Capital Management has closed a $265 million U.S. commercial real estate mezzanine fund. The fund was seeded with $265 million of institutional investor commitments...
In Progress: Perkins Rowe
Perkins Rowe will include retail, restaurants, entertainment, office and residential components. To date, 75% of the 260,000 sq. ft. of retail space and 51% of the 70,000 sq. ft. of office has been leased....
Columns
Green Building Developers Follow in Federal Government's Footsteps
Taking their cue from the public sector, private developers are embracing sustainability by building environmentally friendly, cost-efficient and aesthetically pleasing facilities...
Regal Restoration
The regal Dexter Horton building was built in 1924 to pay tribute to one of Seattle's founding fathers and later house his noteworthy banking company, SeaFirst...
Lenders Brace for Change
The changes facing the industry, and the pace of those changes, are dizzying and are making it harder than ever for industry leaders to keep their businesses tuned to transformations within the market....
Living With Sarbanes-Oxley
Since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was signed into law in 2002, publicly traded companies, including REITs, have had to adjust to tougher reporting requirements....
Outsourcing to Win
Outsourcing is increasingly touted by Corporate America as the golden ticket to increased profitability. ...
AFFORDABLE UNITS ON TAP FOR SILICON VALLEY
Finding a moderately priced apartment in Silicon Valley is about to get easier. A quartet of San Jose multifamily properties, which recently fetched $74.6 million, will be converted into much-needed affordable housing units...
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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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