November 1, 2008

Cover Story

Shear Survival

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe Gose

Early this decade, Glimcher Realty Trust embarked on a tried-and-true real estate strategy to produce greater long-term shareholder value: purge community...

Features

Developers Head Back to the City

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By H. Lee Murphy

Urban retail takes center stage nationally as suburban mall projects stall and demographics shift....

New York Braces for a Retail Plunge

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Stan Luxenberg

Across the country, thousands of retailers have been forced to close their doors because of financial difficulties. But in New York City, American and...

A Test of Resiliency

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Denise Kalette

Two storms are converging on the U.S. apartment industry amid the deepening credit crisis. While developers are forced to scrap projects because financing...

No Automatic A for Student Housing

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Poonkulali Thangavelu

In 1998, Paul Dunlap, president of Dunlap Property Group based in Fullerton, Calif., saw an opportunity to buy and rehabilitate a multifamily property...

The Upshot of Falling Prices

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Matt Hudgins

Prices paid for income-producing properties in the United States have been shrinking for the past year and real estate observers say values still have...

Investors Withdraw from Asia

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Stan Luxenberg

Last summer New City Residence Investment Corp. appeared to be on sound footing. An owner of apartments in upscale neighborhoods of Tokyo, the Japanese...

Developments

Sublease Spike Dampens Office Outlook

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Matt Hudgins

As job losses mount and Corporate America downsizes its real estate needs, the amount of office sublease space is growing, a harbinger of rising vacancy...

Seniors Housing Investors Sidelined

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jane Adler

While credit markets remain tight, investment activity in seniors housing is expected to remain on hold for the next few months. Investors are trying...

London Market Is Falling Down

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Bennett Voyles

Two years ago, when London was the center of the financial world, developers imagined a set of wild new skyscrapers to meet the demand. Now, London finance...

$150 Million Power Play

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Morris Newman

The notion of cities paying for expensive sports facilities on behalf of rich team owners remains controversial in many communities. Not every city could...

John Jacquemin: Hedge fund profits from downturn in CMBS

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Poonkulali Thangavelu

Some investors in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) blame problems in the sector on hedge funds that short the CMBX an index series that allows...

Names in the News

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Jack Hannum has joined Transwestern's Investment Services Group as vice president. He will be responsible for the disposition of multifamily properties...

Deals and Projects

In Progress: 14 W Apartments and YMCA

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM

DEVELOPER: Perseus Realty LLC LOCATION: Washington, D.C. SIZE: 231 rental apartments, a 46,000 sq. ft. YMCA facility and 12,200 sq. ft. of retail space...

Deals & Projects

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Moss & Associates, a construction management company, has completed The Ivy residential and mixed-use tower in downtown Miami, a $121 million project....

Research

Fighting Obsolescence

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Beth Mattson-Teig

Energy performance is emerging as a key benchmark in how commercial real estate buildings are judged and priced in today's market. In fact, a growing...