November/December 2009

Cover Story

Getting Off the Dime

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Story by Sibley Fleming

There's no shortage of bad news and the sheer volume of it can be paralyzing for investors. Forecasters predict that the first half of 2010 will be an...

In 2010, Will Investors Who Hesitate Be Lost?

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Sibley Fleming

While German and Chinese investors are already buying assets at discounted prices, many domestic investors are hoping to time the market to pick up even...

Office Steals Tantalize

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Denise Kalette

Across the country, office properties are for sale at sizzling discounts compared with prices of just a year ago. But whether investors have the cash...

Multifamily Problems Multiply

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Matt Valley

While the pace of monthly job losses is clearly slowing, financial problems for the U.S. apartment industry are growing. The combination of several quarters...

Industrial Firms Tighten Belts

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Denise Kalette

It has been a rough year for major players on the nation's industrial fields. So rough, in fact, that new patterns are emerging to help companies scrimp...

Tsunami of Foreclosures In Doubt

Nov 24, 2009 3:38 PM, By Matt Valley

With consumer sentiment flagging and job losses mounting, the road ahead isn’t getting any easier for the shopping center industry. ...

Chilly Winter for Hotels

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Denise Kalette

The U.S. economy has been downright inhospitable to the hospitality industry. Not only have hotel sales plunged to a fraction of last year's deals, but...

Features

Tarnished Gold

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik

The stretch of Madison Avenue starting at 57th Street and continuing through the upper 60s has not historically been associated with hard times. Yet the...

Research

Green Building

Can Green Buildings Stimulate the Economy?

May 12, 2010 11:34 AM

In order to create a more energy-efficient world, commercial real estate buildings need to be transformed, according to the authors of this white paper from Jones Lang LaSalle. They link economic stimulus with the goal of environmental sustainability....

Signs of Stabilization

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Matt Valley

Demand for seniors housing is on the rise, with assisted living and dementia care leading the way. Leasing activity at seniors housing facilities increased...

Developments

CoStar Drills for Data, Uncovers Gold Mine

Nov 16, 2009 3:54 PM, By Denise Kalette

If there’s one lesson that the long, harrowing months of recession and financial crisis have taught, it’s that in a global downturn there are few safe harbors. Stocks, bonds, and commercial real estate can all suffer brutal declines in value. ...

Starwood Capital Counts its Spoils

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Denise Kalette

Now that Starwood Capital Group's conquest of failed Corus Bank's $4.5 billion portfolio is completed, the private equity firm is prowling for new deals,...

Aviation Park Envisioned Near Atlanta

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Sibley Fleming

On the 15th floor of his office building overlooking Atlantic Station, Jim Jacoby sits in the conference room, the sleeves of his plaid shirt rolled up...

Famed Watergate For Sale

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Denise Kalette

After sitting abandoned for two years on the bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the legendary Watergate Hotel has attracted a suitor bearing...

Q&A

William Hoffman: Receiver braces for a much bigger book of business

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Matt Valley

William Hoffman's singular focus on non-performing commercial real estate loans makes him a highly popular figure on the speaking circuit these days....