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February 1, 2007
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Small Banks, Big Risks
America's 8,000 community and midsize commercial banks which account for the majority of all commercial real estate loan transactions in this country have bulked up on loans to the point that federal regulators are threatening to increase their oversight...
Features
A New Senior Class Takes Up Residence at Colleges
It's not your grandfather's retirement community. A growing number of aging Americans are choosing to spend their senior years developing their minds and bodies at university-affiliated retirement communities....
Biotech Clouds Don't Obscure San Diego's Sunny Future
Nothing in life is perfect, but the suburban office markets of San Diego County have little to complain about at present in spite of the tepid biotech sector, once the crown jewel of the area's economy...
Privatization Wave Hits REITs
When the mother of all privatization deals was announced in November 2006, it rocked Wall Street and the REIT industry. ...
Tokyo Economy Takes Flight
Kazaam! Pow! Boof! After a decade when the game seemed permanently over, someone finally hit the reset button on the Japanese economy, and the Tokyo office market is once again heading up, up, and away....
Reinventing Retail
When Yorktown Shopping Center opened in 1968 in the Chicago suburb of Lombard, the enclosed regional mall spanned 1.3 million sq. ft. and ranked as the largest retail mecca in America....
3D Problem Solvers
After General Motors Corp. opened its 2 million sq. ft. Lansing Grand River vehicle manufacturing plant in 2001, a vice president at the automaker issued a challenge to GM's Worldwide Facilities Group: Improve factors such as cost, speed and safety by 25% on the next big project...
The Art of Land Banking
While an ongoing housing correction has depressed residential land prices by more than 30% in some parts of the country, commercial property values are moving in the opposite direction, say experts...
Wooing Hotel Customers Online
Like consumers of all kinds, guests of Hilton Hotels Corp. are getting in the habit of shopping on the Web. More than 20% of the hotel company's bookings come online....
Developments
Private Equity Targets Seniors Housing
The privatization wave that has hit the multifamily and office sectors is now washing over the seniors housing industry. ...
Eiffel's New Rival
The Eiffel Tower could soon have company in the Parisian stratosphere by an office edifice estimated to cost $1.2 billion. ...
Rebound in Beantown
When Boston's Hancock Center fetched $1.3 billion in December, the trophy sale of New England's tallest office tower brought the year to a fitting close....
Always Low Energy
The greenest retailer in the U.S. is Wal-Mart? Known for its superstores, stringent supply-chain economies and always low prices, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is considered by many the most influential retailer in the world....
Names in the News
NAMES IN THE NEWS
Amy McConnell has joined Sivica Investments as president of retail. McConnell will be responsible for all retail operations, land acquisitions and asset management at the Atlanta-based company....
Deals and Projects
INLAND EMPIRE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT GOES SMALL
One of the few small-scale industrial developments in Southern California's Inland Empire is underway. In January, real estate developer Omni West Group Inc. began constructing a 50,125 sq. ft. industrial complex in Riverside...
In Progress: Town Center
The City of North Las Vegas will have its own town center with the development of the mixed-use project set on a 160-acre site. ...
DEALS & PROJECTS
KBS Realty Advisors has acquired a mixed-use complex in south Florida for $30 million. An unnamed private investor sold the four-story property at 555 Washington Avenue in Miami's posh South Beach neighborhood....
Columns
Hotel Growth Spurt Coming to India
With a population of 1.1 billion, a GDP that's projected to grow about 8% annually until 2020, and a burgeoning middle class, India is on the radar screen of several hotel companies....
Philadelphia Renaissance
Last August, J. Grasso Properties paid $94 million for the Curtis Center, a historic office building in the heart of Philadelphia. ...
Attached Strings to Conduit Loans
During the crucial early loan application stage, when a loan officer sits a borrower down to size up a mortgage, it is imperative that the borrower receives clear counsel about the differences between a conduit loan and a general portfolio loan....
Global Forces Fuel Real Estate Investment
For the past few years, there has been a record flow of capital into domestic and international real estate markets. ...
Construction Prices Headed Up in 2007
Commercial construction costs will increase on average by 6% to 8% in 2007 two to four times faster than inflation despite a slowing economy, according to Kenneth Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)...
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Photo Galleries
New York's Star Deals
The city that never sleeps is also the city that never stops growing, not even in the midst of recession. And deals, both bold and unprecedented, continue to be done. Check out image of New York's big deals.
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-
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JLL at ICSC 2012
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