October 1, 2009

Cover Story

$173 Billion Question: When will private equity deploy its stash of cash to acquire distressed assets?

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Story by Ben Johnson

While publicly traded real estate investment trusts went on a fundraising tear earlier this year, private equity firms may have the most capital and risk...

Features

Ravenous for Bite-Size Retail

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By H. Lee Murphy

They're just mad about corned beef in Chicago. And hamburgers. And pizza and frozen yogurt. For the first time in years, as large-format retail development...

Rust to Diamonds

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Denise Kalette

Among old auto plants, investors can find property gems, but excavating them isn't easy. In Norwood Ohio, locals refer to the day the last Camaro rolled...

Bankruptcy alters General Motors' liability

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Denise Kalette

Bankruptcy forever changed General Motors Corp. and gave new urgency to its downsizing. It also affected the firm's financial responsibility for cleanup...

The ABCs of Student Housing

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Sibley Fleming

Students of all ages are headed back to school until the recession blows over, and investors are taking copious notes. Some 62% of colleges and universities...

Has The Seniors Housing Market Finally Hit Bottom?

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Jane Adler

Vacancies are still rising, but so are rents. Meanwhile, concessions are less widespread. When it comes to rent concessions, Steve Delmore goes by one...

Developments

Capmark Financial to Sell Mortgage Biz

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Matt Hudgins

With more than $1.6 billion in second-quarter losses and plans to sell off its most viable business operations, Capmark Financial Group Inc. provides...

Seaports Ready to Catch Wave of Growth

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Denise Kalette

Industrial warehouse properties near many U.S. seaports are suffering higher vacancy rates and financial setbacks as the flow of cargo to U.S. ports has...

Waiting for Hotel Write-Downs

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Matt Valley

Securitized lenders were heralded as a driving force in commercial real estate finance during the boom years, but in the down cycle the lenders who have...

Feds Seize Corus Bank

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Denise Kalette

Lender implodes from exposure to condo loans. Corus Bank, a major commercial real estate lender, vanished from the marketplace in September after federal...

Q & A

Robert Goodman: New tenant mix will aid Lower Manhattan recovery

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Sibley Fleming

For the past 26 years, Robert Goodman has worked in Lower Manhattan, where he launched his career in financial services at Merrill Lynch. Goodman prides...

Bar Items

NAMES IN THE NEWS

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM

David Keiran has joined Marcus Partners, a Boston-based real estate investment firm, as principal and chief financial officer. Keiran will be responsible...

DEALS & PROJECTS

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Lexington Properties has sold a six-story, Class-A office building at 9300 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles. The buyer, RP Properties, paid approximately...