Ten to Watch 2011

Mar 16, 2011 2:20 PM

Lenders Overcome FinReg Fears

Mar 10, 2011 11:51 AM, By Matt Hudgins, NREI Contributing Writer

A year ago, the prospect of hundreds of new rules coming down the pike from government regulators had lenders worried over what the government would require of them....

‘We Make it Less Bad’: Hotel Receivers Talk Turnaround Strategies

Feb 8, 2011 10:18 AM, By Eric Stoessel, Lodging Hospitality Managing Editor

Working as a hotel receiver isn’t for the faint of heart. ...

Pension Funds Learn A Tough Lesson

Mar 3, 2011 2:34 PM, By Ben Johnson

When the California Public Employees’ Retirement System — America’s largest public pension fund — announced in February that it would radically change the way it invests in real estate, the news sent shock waves through the institutional investing community....

Charlotte’s Power Players: Energy-Related Firms Wield New Clout?

Mar 1, 2011 12:00 PM, By Mary Ellen Biery

One of Charlotte's newest office towers serves as a striking symbol of the upheaval in the banking industry that transformed this Southern city into the...

Why This Recovery Is So Hard to Gauge

Feb 28, 2011 12:03 PM, By Matt Valley, NREI Editor-in-Chief

Manhattan’s Colossal Hudson Yards Project Aims to Lure Dot Com ‘Digerati’

Feb 9, 2011 1:02 PM, By Denise Kalette, Managing Editor, NREI

When developers from the Related Cos. surveyed the 26 acres on the west side of Manhattan that represent the largest undeveloped tract in New York City, they saw beyond the stored rail cars and the tracks that guide trains to Hudson Yards from Penn Station. ...

Wyndham to Franchise Dream, Night Brands

Jan 21, 2011 11:31 AM, By Eric Stoessel, Managing Editor, Lodging Hospitality

Coming on the heels of last year’s deal to franchise Planet Hollywood hotels, Wyndham Hotel Group has followed with a similar arrangement with Chatwal Hotels & Resorts for exclusive rights to franchise and manage its Dream and Night boutique hotel brands globally....

New Owner of Former Erickson Properties Scales Back ‘Model Doomed to Failure’

Jan 31, 2011 8:52 AM, By Jane Adler, NREI Contributing Writer

Erickson Retirement Communities built a number of large-scale continuing care projects when capital was readily available and the housing market was strong. ...

Once-Vilified Developer Now Potential White Knight

Mar 3, 2011 3:11 PM, By Joe Gose, NREI Contributing Writer

Shopping Center Industry’s Exposure to Bankruptcy Filing by Borders Raises Concerns

Feb 22, 2011 9:43 AM, By Elaine Misonzhnik, Retail Traffic Associate Editor

After the retail sector went through an entire year with few major bankruptcies or liquidations, the announcement of Borders’ Chapter 11 filing last Wednesday served as an unwelcome reminder that the industry is not out of the woods yet. ...

Deals & Projects: March 2011

Mar 1, 2011 12:00 PM

A CHICAGO-BASED private real estate joint venture has sold a single-tenant, net-leased Citibank property near Wrigley Field in Chicago to a family partnership...

Names in the News: March 2011

Mar 1, 2011 12:00 PM

Joseph Laganza has joined Griffin Capital Securities as managing director of national accounts for the Los Angeles-based broker-dealer. A 15-year industry...

It Could Be a Long Slog for the U.S. Office Market

Mar 1, 2011 12:00 PM

In a classic 1980s TV ad promoting Wendy's, a little old lady standing at a competitor's store counter gazes at a mostly empty hamburger bun and asks,...

Excess Capital Spurs Buyers Into Purchases for Fear of Missing Deals

Mar 2, 2011 10:49 AM, By Joe Caton, NREI Contributing Columnist

While commercial real estate fundamentals are clearly in the early stages of a long healing process, the large amount of debt and equity that’s already being deployed in the industry following the Great Recession is raising eyebrows....

No Apartment Building Boom Anytime Soon

Mar 18, 2011 12:00 PM, By Tony Downs, NREI Contributing Columnist

New construction of housing peaked at over 2 million units in 2005, and then collapsed 74% to 529,000 in 2010, as reported by Economic Indicators, a U.S....

A Way Out of the CMBS Quagmire

Mar 1, 2011 12:00 PM, By Edward Hagerott

A few years ago, when it became clear that the commercial real estate market would suffer a steep decline and that recently financed properties often...