Growth in India and China Hastens SoCal Industrial Market Recovery
Although Southern California’s office market will continue to suffer next year, the industrial market is poised to emerge from the recession because strong growth in India and China is fueling demand for U.S. goods. That’s according to the 2010 Casden Industrial and Office Market Forecast by the University of Southern California Lusk Center for Real Estate....
Apartment Firms Rule Out Executive Raises for 2010
The new year promises to be a lean one for apartment company executives. A new survey shows that nearly two-thirds of multifamily companies (63%) say they do not plan to raise executive salaries in 2010. ...
ICSC’s New York National Conference and Deal Making Marked by Caution
The roughly 6,000 retail real estate pros that congregated at the Hilton New York Hotel for ICSC’s New York National Conference and Deal Making show walked away feeling better than they did this time last year, but there is still a sense that the industry faces a tough road to recovery....
Simon Makes Surprise Move and Expands Its Outlet Portfolio
While speculation continues to swirl about the possibility of Simon Property Group going after bankrupt regional mall owner General Growth Properties, the Indianapolis-based REIT quietly worked out a deal to expand its outlet portfolio. ...
Overwhelmed Special Servicers Ramp Up Distressed Sales
After months of waiting, opportunity investors are finally getting a break....
Georgia Ranks First in Bank Failures as States Suffer Growing Pains
When it comes to bank failures, Georgia has earned the dubious distinction of leader of the pack....
Industry Wrestles With Web at ICSC New York National Conference
The mood at ICSC’s New York National Conference and Dealmaking is markedly better than it was this time last year, but most feel that the retail real estate sector is far from out of the woods....
Investors Get Their Wish As Fund Managers Begin to Trim Fees
With the approach of the holidays, institutional investors are hoping for a few gifts of their own from their private equity investment partners. At the top of their wish list: lower fees....
November Jobs Report Spreads Holiday Cheer Across Commercial Real Estate
A much better than expected jobs report for November raises the possibility that employers could begin adding jobs sooner than expected, according to Bob Bach, chief economist for brokerage firm Grubb & Ellis. ...
Fitch: Distressed CMBS Hotel Loan Maturities to Peak by 2012
Although hotel property values have dropped as much as 50% from their peak in 2007, ratings agency Fitch forecasts that over the next 12 to 18 months there will be an increase in distressed asset sales, leading up to the largest concentration of CMBS hotel maturities in 2011 and 2012....
Dubai Scrounges for Cash as New Deadline Looms
The sandstorm that gusted from Dubai after the emirate asked for a delay in repaying $60 billion in debt has settled down for now, and world stock market jitters have eased amid news of a restructuring plan for nearly half the debt. ...
Bank Default Rates on CRE Loans Projected to Hit 4% in Fourth Quarter
Deterioration in property cash flow, erosion of reserves to cover shortfalls in debt service and little credit to refinance maturing mortgages all contributed to a higher default rate on commercial real estate mortgages held by depository institutions in the third quarter. That’s according to New York-based Real Estate Econometrics, which analyzed data recently published by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC)....
Commercial Real Estate: The Danger of Fighting the Last War
As embattled industries seek ways to regain their equilibrium in today’s struggling economy, more than a few investors in the commercial real estate sector have turned their attention to the recession of the early 1990s, thinking that today’s market is a repeat of what happened nearly two decades ago. ...
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