January 1, 2011

Cover Story

CRACKING THE CMBS CODE

Jan 1, 2011 12:00 PM, Story by Matt Hudgins

In 2007, the morning after Jeff Boyd and his partners paid $13 million for the inline space at Country Club Village shopping center in Westminster, Colo.,...

Features

Banks Slowly Recover After Failures Hit New Record

Jan 26, 2011 11:15 AM, By Denise Kalette, NREI Managing Editor

When federal regulators from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency swarmed into the United Americas Bank in Atlanta last Dec. 17, they executed a quiet but costly Friday night takeover. ...

Flush With Cash

Jan 1, 2011 12:00 PM, By Ben Johnson

When Cole Real Estate Investments bought a trophy tower housing Microsoft's Bing division in downtown Bellevue, Wash., in July 2010, the commercial real...

Apartment Buyers Start Applying the Brakes

Jan 1, 2011 12:00 PM, By Beth Mattson-Teig

There's no question that apartments remain a hot commodity thanks to improving fundamentals and available financing. But rising prices and a limited supply...

San Diego Trudges Through Lean Times

Jan 1, 2011 12:00 PM, By Emmet Pierce

If anyone in San Diego had forgotten that the region's commercial real estate sector remains in the grip of a severe economic downturn, they received...

Atlanta Urban Developer Egbert Perry Is Inducted Into REIAC/GSU Hall of Distinction

Dec 8, 2010 10:10 AM, By John F. Sugg, NREI Contributing Writer

Growing up on the Caribbean island-nation of Antigua, Egbert Perry recalls, “I never felt poor.” True, his father, Percival E. Perry, earned only about $1,000 a year running a chicken feed business...

Research and Special Report

Borrower Trends: Lenders Come Out of Hibernation

Jan 1, 2011 12:00 PM, By Beth Mattson-Teig

More than half of lenders (59%) say that the total dollar amount of commercial and multifamily loans closed by their firms in 2010 rose over 2009 levels,...

Developments

Commercial Property Transactions Soar 109% in 2010

Jan 12, 2011 7:58 AM, By Matt Hudgins, NREI Contributing Writer

Blockbuster transaction volume in December helped to push U.S. commercial real estate sales to $115 billion for 2010, up 109% from $54.6 billion in 2009...

A New Chapter for Public Housing in Chicago

Jan 1, 2011 12:00 PM, H. Lee Murphy

The last family moved out of the last high-rise at the notorious Cabrini-Green public housing projects in Chicago in early December. Investors soon will...

Radisson Revival Well On Its Way

Jan 1, 2011 12:00 PM, Eric Stoessel

If some Radisson hotels seem rather blue these days, that's by design, courtesy of Carlson. In the words of Carlson CEO Hubert Joly, it's easy to announce...

CalPERS Realigns Its Real Estate Managers Following Downturn

Jan 10, 2011 9:58 AM, By Ben Johnson, NREI Contributing Writer

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is in the midst of restructuring its $15 billion real estate investment portfolio...

Q&A

Bob Hunter: Physical Distress Is Next Crisis Hotel Owners Face

Jan 1, 2011 12:00 PM, Eric Stoessel

A new wave of physically distressed hotels is emerging. Many owners are being forced to deal with significant property improvement plans that were neglected...

People, Deals and Projects

Deals & Projects: February 2010

Jan 1, 2011 12:00 PM

Kennedy Wilson, the international real estate and investment firm, with its partners, has acquired Club Palisades, a 750-unit multifamily community in...

Names in the News: February 2010

Jan 1, 2011 12:00 PM

Amanda Hite has been promoted to president of Smith Travel Research based in Hendersonville, Tenn. Hite has been with STR for five years, and most recently...