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August 1, 2008
Cover Story
Opportunity Funds Overfloweth
Real estate opportunity funds are now raising tens of billions of dollars to pounce on properties and mortgages as values head back...
Features
No Time Out for Timeshares
The economy is dying on the vine while $4 gasoline and rising unemployment have consumers putting purchases of everything from cars to houses on hold....
Catch-22 in Mezzanine Lending
Mezzanine lenders are tripping over each other in their haste to accommodate hungry borrowers....
Florida's Sweet Spot
A depressed housing market and record gas prices have plunged Florida's economy into recession, local economists report....
Self-Storage Stacks Up Well
While Wall Street continues to punish several property sectors due to a stubbornly persistent credit crunch and fears of an eroding economy, the self-storage sector is proving to be quite resilient....
Developments
Las Vegas Rolls Snake Eyes
Like a craps player who tosses a winner with every roll of the dice, the Las Vegas economy had been on a long hot streak....
Cleveland's Industrial Turnaround Specialist
Call Stuart Lichter, president and CEO of Downey, Calif.-based Industrial Realty Group LLC a deal-junkie as some colleagues do and he takes no offense....
Starbucks Takes Its Lumps
Howard Schultz has had better summers. First he lost a protracted battle with the new owners of the Seattle SuperSonics...
A New Face for Florida Panhandle
Florida's largest landowner, St. Joe Co., has begun to redevelop parts of the Panhandle, including Port St. Joe, a town of 3,600 people. Though a planned...
Senate Okays Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Rescue
President Bush was expected to sign into law by early August a controversial bill to rescue government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....
In Progress: Jefferson at the Arts District
DEVELOPER: JPI LOCATION: Downtown Dallas SIZE: Six-story building, 228-unit multifamily rental community and underground parking. BUZZ: Jefferson at the...
Q&A
Ray Burger, president of Pineapple Hospitality based in St. Charles, Mo., can't keep up with the volume of green information that deluges him every day....
Names in the News
Names In The News
Lynn Schenck has joined Jones Lang LaSalle in St. Louis as executive vice president....
Deals And Projects
Deals & Projects
MFR Partners has acquired the Old Market Lofts Building for approximately $30.6 million from NuStyle Development. The Old Market Lofts Building is located...
Columns
Dicey Hotel Market Creates Opportunity for Savvy Investors
With so much bad economic news dampening lodging demand, it's easy to understand why a hotel owner, operator or lender might want to go straight to his...
Good Morning, Vietnam
During the Vietnam War, U.S. prisoners of war used to refer sarcastically to the infamous Ho Loa prison as the Hanoi Hilton....
Fending Off Scavenger Investors
It is no secret that armies of fund managers are on the hunt for distressed real estate and struggling mortgage investors. Against that backdrop, the...
A Hostile Lending Environment
The current credit crunch will last quite awhile, if past periods of similar conditions are any guide. One reason is that the U.S. banking system has...
Why Assessors Need to Take a Mulligan
As the old joke goes, the fastest way to become a millionaire as a golf course owner is to start out with $5 million. Unfortunately some property tax...
Don't Delay CMBS Write-downs
Over the coming months, holders of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) may be faced with write-downs as the values of commercial property decline...
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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-
Videos
JLL at ICSC 2012
Check out these videos from JLL at ICSC 2012 in Las Vegas...
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