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April 1, 2009

Cover Story

Discount Days

Investors have slashed commercial real estate prices by 21% from the peak of October 2007, according to the Moody's/REAL Commercial Property Price Indices, which show asset prices across property types fell in January to levels not seen since the spring of 2005...

Features

Looking for Trouble

Commercial real estate brokerages are capitalizing on the one commodity that's in high supply: distress...

Top 25 Brokerages

This ranking is based on responses to NREI's Top Brokerage survey, which was conducted via e-mail in February and March 2009...

As Oil Prices Sink Houston Girds for a Siege

In Houston, as the nation struggles with job cuts and scarce credit, two sleek office buildings are galloping skyward toward completion...

Developments

More Trouble for TIC Industry

The financial meltdown of Sunwest Management continues to send shock waves through the investor and seniors housing communities...

Rolling the Dice

A shopping and entertainment district in the Five Points neighborhood of downtown Atlanta is poised for yet another face-lift...

Reform Ahead for Mark-to-Market?

The national mark-to-market accounting standard requiring assets to be priced at current market value is moving up the list on Washington's agenda for reform...

Maturing Loans Head for a Troubled Market

A potential recipe for disaster is brewing in the commercial real estate market...

Names in the News

Names in the News

David Hand has been appointed investment head for China for Jones Lang LaSalle...

Q & A

Bjorn Hanson: Hoteliers will battle permanent shift in room demand

The banking, housing and economic crises have taken a toll on Americans' financial health, forcing consumers to curtail leisure and business travel...

Deals and Projects

Deals and Projects

The New York Times Co. and W. P. Carey & Co. LLC have entered into a sale-leaseback transaction for $225 million...

Columns

CMBS Lending Maze Confounds Borrowers

Once the darling of Wall Street, CMBS has become a four-letter word for an increasing number of borrowers...

Catch a Falling BRIC

A few years ago, investing in a BRIC market Brazil, Russia, India, or China seemed like a can't-lose investment...

Asset Managers Running Out of Options

Savvy asset managers able to step in and cure delinquent and defaulted loans through buyouts and workouts...

Survival Kit for Landlords

The challenging economic climate marked by shaky financial institutions and increasing unemployment is resulting in rising vacancies and falling rents...

How Can the Feds Restart Lending?

The federal government is getting criticized because it has not been able to get the frozen U.S. banking system to start lending money again...

NREI Exclusive Research: Assisted Living to Fuel Seniors Housing Expansion, Survey Shows

Get ready America for assisted living to be the engine of growth in the seniors housing business over the next three years...

Welcome Tax Relief for Debtors

If you are one of many real estate owners and developers negotiating with their lenders to modify existing debt on your properties...

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