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October 1, 2007
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Investor Timeout
After 17 straight rate increases, the Federal Reserve felt compelled to do something radical an about-face. To help jump-start the economy and assuage...
Features
Job Losses: Bitter Pill to Swallow
The net loss of 4,000 jobs in August took the nation by surprise when the figures were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Sept. 7 and reinforced...
A CMBS and CDO Primer
The commercial mortgage market faces one of its toughest credit climates in more than a decade. The most complex corners of the securitized mortgage market...
Cost of Capital Proves Volatile for Borrowers
Gary E. Mozer is principal and chief executive of George Smith Partners, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment and mortgage banking shop. Last year,...
Ideal Time to 'Buy America'?
Foreign real estate investors are returning to the U.S. with gusto just months after frothy prices in major markets turned them into aggressive sellers...
City of Big Shoulders Craves Big Office Towers
Real estate deal making and development are unfolding all around Chicago on a grand scale. The nation's largest convention center, McCormick Place, just...
New Orleans Blues
Insurance costs are a painful burden for HRI Properties, a New Orleans-based firm that owns and manages apartments. Before Hurricane Katrina hit in August...
Hollywood Studios on the Block
The haunts of Hollywood's Golden Era studio backlots where such classics as It Happened One Night and Gone With the Wind sprang to life are being sold...
Airport Development Takes Flight
When Denver International Airport was under development in 1990, planners knew that the 53-square mile site presented many unique opportunities beyond...
British Invasion 2
Not since the Beatles landed in New York has the nation's attention been so laser focused on the arrival of another British rock star, soccer hero David...
Developments
Is Retail Inextricably Tied to Housing?
While sales at home improvement chains such as Home Depot are taking a beating in the wake of the housing slump, the retail market as a whole continues...
Beijing Hotel Boom
As developers in Beijing rush to complete more than 10,000 new hotel rooms before the Olympics next summer, there is concern that the building surge could...
Bank of America Tower Pierces Rate Skyline
Defying conventional wisdom that $100 per sq. ft. might be too steep for commercial office rents in the current real estate climate, the Bank of America...
Rebuilding Lost Housing in New Orleans
It may seem a stretch to compare steamy New Orleans with often snowbound Ithaca, N.Y., but the similarities caught the attention of Matt Schwartz, principal...
John B. Levy: Don't Wait to Borrow
John B. Levy sees a familiar pattern emerging as the credit crunch unfolds, and it tells him that spiking mortgage rates may be just around the corner...
Q & A
Craig S. Jones: Seniors housing finance will have a decidedly vanilla flavor in the future.
NREI : How has underwriting changed in seniors housing?
Jones: It seemed like everyone was pushing the box regarding loan-to-value and debt service coverage and insurance......
Read more of Craig S. Jones' interview...
Names in the News
Names in the News
Olivier Poirot has been promoted to CEO of Motel 6/Studio 6 and Accor North America. He has been responsible for finance-related functions including accounting,...
Deals and Projects
Deals and Projects
BPG Properties has acquired the Westborough Office Park in Westborough, Mass., from Windsor Realty Fund VI for $63.4 million. The four-building, 374,711...
Deals and Projects
Angelo Gordon & Co. and Cambria Real Estate have acquired Glendale Financial Square for about $33 million from Delma Properties. The 122,358 sq. ft. Class-A...
In Progress: Citrus Crossing
DEVELOPER: Trachman Indevco LLC LOCATION: Los Angeles SIZE: A 23-acre site and a total of 175,000 sq. ft. in retail development and townhomes PROJECTED...
Historic Clock Tower Keeps On Ticking In New Hands
Ensemble Real Estate Services LLC has purchased a historic property in Long Beach, Calif., for $9.5 million. Built in 1906 and listed on the National...
Columns
It's Time to Take Off the Old Blinders
In June 2001, I wrote a column arguing that the commercial real estate industry was in denial about the weak state of the economy and its potential debilitating...
CEO Leads Majestic to Industrial Peak
There never was really any question that Ed Roski Jr., was going to get into real estate. As a young boy, he tagged along while his father toured industrial...
German Real Estate Still Looks Attractive Despite Credit Crunch
Just a few months ago, 2007 looked like it could be one of the best years ever for German real estate. Big deals were as popular as mugs in a beer garden...
Small Hedge Funds Fare Better in Turmoil
Hedge funds and private-equity firms dominate commercial real estate and play a significant role with residential space as well. However, when these funds...
Guarding Against a Development Boom
In the past 10 years, the American real estate market has been stimulated by massive inflows of financial capital from around the globe. That influx of...
Legal Strategies to Protect Your Properties
Commercial real estate owners are frequent targets of lawsuits. Typically, these are lawsuits arising from their real estate operations, such as lender...
CORRECTION:
In an August Q&A featuring Brett White, CEO of CB Richard Ellis, the amount of space the company currently manages globally should have been listed as...
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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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