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No Apartment Building Boom Anytime Soon

Mar 18, 2011, 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....

Trepp Acquires Investcap Advisors, Enhances CMBS Data Platform

Mar 17, 2011, By NREI Staff

In a move aimed at providing its clients in the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) industry with “more robust products,” New York-based data analytics firm Trepp LLC has acquired Investcap Advisors LLC, a privately held company based in Massachusetts....

Hiring is Up in Retail Real Estate, But Gowth Remains Tepid

Mar 17, 2011, By Elaine Misonzhnik, Retail Traffic Associate Editor

If you’ve been thinking about changing jobs in the retail real estate industry, it may be time to dust off that resume....

NREI Names Ten to Watch for 2011

Mar 16, 2011, By Denise Kalette, NREI Managing Editor

The recession is not quite flashing in the rear-view mirror, but intrepid executives across the commercial real estate spectrum are charging ahead, creating new companies, forming joint ventures and buying properties — and not just at distressed prices....

Hunter Hotel Investment Conference Sound Bites: ‘Every Lender is Not Made Equal’

Mar 16, 2011, By Matt Valley, NREI Editor-in-Chief

It would be an overstatement to say that the U.S. lodging industry is on a roll given the uneven pace of recovery across product segments and individual markets, but the sector has climbed out of a big hole....

Real Estate Returns Bounce Back, Index Shows

Mar 16, 2011, By NREI Staff

A new report shows that property investment returns are rising to healthy levels, a significant difference from just two years ago....

Report: Percentage of CMBS Loans Paying Off at Balloon Holds Steady

Mar 15, 2011, By NREI Staff

The percentage of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans paying off on their balloon date held steady last month according to the Trepp February payoff report. ...

Holiday Inn’s Relaunch Drives Revenues, Satisfaction

Mar 15, 2011, By Ed Watkins, Lodging Hospitality Editor-in-Chief

Costing $1 billion and involving nearly 3,400 hotels and 430,000 rooms, the recently completed relaunch of the Holiday Inn brand family was the most ambitious, wide-ranging hotel industry initiative ever undertaken. ...

Realty Income Conducts Offering to Fund Acquisitions

Mar 15, 2011, By Retail Traffic Staff

Realty Income Corp. conducted a public offering of 7.5 million shares priced at $34.81 per share. ...

Has the Price of Going Green Really Dropped? Some Hoteliers See Red

Mar 14, 2011, By Denise Kalette, NREI Managing Editor

The sticker shock for going green is becoming easier to bear, according to some panelists at the Hunter Hotel Conference held last week in Atlanta. ...

D.C., Nevada Top National LEED List

Mar 14, 2011, By NREI Staff

The District of Columbia leads the nation on the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)’s latest list of top 10 states for LEED-certified commercial and institutional green buildings per capita. ...

Hines' Edificio Coca-Cola Office Building in Mexico Gets LEED EB Certification

Mar 14, 2011, By NREI Staff

The Coca-Cola corporate building in Mexico has received gold certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Existing Buildings (EB) rating system, according to Hines, the international real estate firm that developed the building....

Blockbuster Goes on the Block

Mar 14, 2011, By Ben Johnson, NREI Contributing Writer

After weeks of wrangling over the proper way to claw out of bankruptcy, Dallas-based Blockbuster has finally won court approval of a plan paving the way for its sale rather than a proposed liquidation....

Manhattan Retail Condo Sale Could Signal Trend for Wealthy Foreign Chains

Mar 11, 2011, By Elaine Misonzhnik, Retail Traffic Associate Editor

A high priced retail condo acquisition in midtown Manhattan by Spanish firm Inditex signals that now is an opportune time for well-capitalized foreign retailers to buy flagshiInditexp properties in major U.S. cities....

Ten to Watch: Industry Leaders Making Bold Moves in 2011

Mar 10, 2011

Keep an eye on National Real Estate Investor’s 10 picks for people shaking up the commercial real estate industry in 2011. Each of the leaders profiled has made a bold move, and over the coming year time will tell whether their instincts and the risks they have taken pay off. The 10 are selected from across the spectrum of property types and financial interests. They reflect the impact of the recession, from the investments made by a private equity fund to the credit strategies of a retail REIT in the aftermath of bankruptcy. One profiled executive left the industry after selling a major apartment portfolio in 1998, and returned to launch an international real estate merchant bank. Following are this year’s choices for Ten to Watch....