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March 1, 2010
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10 to Watch: Driven
David Simon doesn't like to take no for an answer. The chairman and CEO of Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group didn't grow his company into the nation's...
Emeritus Acquisition Streak Continues In Seniors Housing Arena
Dan Baty has a straightforward growth plan for Emeritus Corp. He intends to acquire as much real estate as possible over the next two years. Not only...
Jonathan Gray is Blackstone's Premier Dealmaker
Jonathan Gray, senior managing director at New York-based private equity giant The Blackstone Group, has built a reputation for his bold growth strategy...
Kingsley Greenland Presides Over DebtX's Marketplace for Loans
The Debt Exchange, better known as DebtX, is drawing national interest from investors seeking to buy loans, including distressed commercial mortgages....
PNC's Diana Reid Navigates Challenging Finance Arena
Diana Reid is in the thick of things when it comes to the quagmire of commercial real estate financing. Reid is executive vice president of PNC Real Estate,...
Michael Schwartz Uses Cash to Unlock Values in Self-Storage
In 1991, Michael Schwartz bought his first piece of real estate his house from the Resolution Trust Corp. He sold the New York home years later at a hefty...
Stockbridge Capital's Steve Steppe Plans a Shopping Spree
Steve Steppe, managing partner of San Francisco-based Stockbridge Capital Partners, has made some expensive acquisitions since he left the chairmanship...
Campus Habitat's Oliver Swan Employs Old-Fashioned Values
Over the phone, nobody would know Oliver Swan is 29. Neither his position as chief investment officer for student housing owner and operator Campus Habitat...
TIC Pioneer Tony Thompson Courts Government Clients in New Venture
When he was an eighth grader in Cunningham, Kan., Tony Thompson took an aptitude test that revealed his true calling. My number one aptitude was not attorney,...
La Quinta's Rajiv Trivedi Grows Hotel Franchise From Within
Despite the economy's near devastating impact on the lodging sector, Rajiv Trivedi opened 81 new La Quinta Inns and Suites last year. In addition, the...
Features
Detroit: Challenging the Naysayers
While there is no denying that metro Detroit remains in a deep economic slump, the degree to which lenders, investors and even retailers have shunned the Southeast Michigan market can’t be justified, say some local commercial real estate professionals ...
Wading Back In After the Fall
With the economy in the early stages of recovery, life insurance companies feel it's safe to re-enter the commercial real estate lending market on a limited...
The Domino Effect
The credit crunch and recession set in motion a chain reaction across all disciplines of commercial real estate, with repercussions that are still playing...
Medical Office Check-Up
Investors aren't waiting for the outcome of the healthcare debate before they inject their capital into the medical real estate sector. After a year of...
Developments
Is Washington Stifling Recovery?
Uncertainty over future tax burdens and the availability of credit is driving U.S. businesses to hoard cash rather than lead the economic recovery, according...
Small Banks Threaten U.S. Economy
Unless there is a strong and immediate improvement in the U.S. economy, it is likely to receive yet another sucker punch from the $1.4 trillion in commercial...
Behringer Harvard Delves into Seniors Housing
The seniors housing field just got more cramped. Dallas-based Behringer Harvard, which has interests in or manages more than $10 billion in commercial...
Tenants Appeal to Lease Auditors for Rent Relief
Cash-strapped commercial real estate tenants are increasingly turning to the services of lease auditors to pare expenses and free up capital for other...
Q & A
William Lindsay: Making a mark in growing business of distressed loans
The ripple effects from the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy filing in September 2008 are still being felt across the commercial real estate industry. This...
People and Projects
NAMES IN THE NEWS
Brian Spoerl has joined Milwaukee-based Irgens Health Care Facilities Group as vice president. He will be responsible for cultivating client relationships...
DEALS & PROJECTS
Investec, which specializes in the acquisition, development, management and leasing of retail properties in California, has acquired The Plaza at Sunbow...
Columns
Waiting for the Ship to Reverse Course
What level of employment growth will it take for commercial real estate fundamentals to improve significantly? We recently put that question to our readers....
America's Other Maturities Dilemma
This column is about relationships between commercial real estate and money. Under current recession conditions, the outlook for commercial properties...
How to Maximize Your 1031 Exchange
Like-kind exchanges allowed under Section 1031 of the tax code are a valuable method of deferring the payment of capital gains taxes on the sale of qualified...
The Art of Loan Restructuring
As if the economy and the tight credit markets were not enough, real estate developers are faced with a new challenge. Banks are informing developers...
Title insurers find strength through consolidation
The companies that verify ownership of real estate are particularly dependent on transaction activity to drive demand for their services. In 2009, deal...
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Photo Galleries
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-use Hudson Yards Development on Manhattan's far West Side.
Outstanding Women in Commercial Real Estate
From housing low-income families in Southern California to closing some of Manhattan's largest office leases, women leaders are using commercial real estate as a platform to reshape communities while they drive investor returns.
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Videos
2012 MBA CREF/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo Video Blogs
Check out the Vlogs from the 2012 MBA CREF/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo from JLL...
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