Landlords Worry About Closures as Barnes & Noble Contemplates Alternatives
With Barnes & Noble announcing that it is considering strategic alternatives, including a sale of the company, retail property owners have to be wondering if they are in for another round of big-box closures....
ICSC Pushes Bill That Would Encourage Workouts of Distressed Loans
The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is leading a charge to get Congress to enact legislation that would encourage more rapid workouts of distressed loans. ...
Case of Struggling Mall May Test Power of Eminent Domain
A dispute over the designation of a struggling Colorado mall as “blighted” might serve as testing ground for how much recourse commercial property owners have against the power of eminent domain....
Las Vegas Spins the Property Wheel, as Transactions Rise 16%
The fortunes of Las Vegas’ commercial real estate industry have taken a turn for the better. ...
New Concepts are Back on the Agenda for Some Retailers
Although vacancy rates in all retail property types continue to creep higher, retailers that were knocked down by the recession are pulling themselves off the floor and restarting the expansion pipeline....
CMBS Delinquency Rate Rises 12 Basis Points to 8.71%
Are the darkest days over for the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market? ...
Book Retailer in a Bind
With Barnes & Noble announcing that it is considering a sale of the company and other strategies, retail property owners have to be wondering if they...
Developers Rethink the Mall for the 21st Century
Prior to the downturn the consensus in the real estate industry was that the days of the traditional regional mall were over. But a funny thing has happened: The recession has thrown a wrench into that theory....
Slow Dealing Continues as Retail Investment Sales Volume Slides
Investment sales of retail properties dropped slightly in the second quarter, according to New York City-based Real Capital Analytics’ (RCA) Retail Mid-Year Review....
Rents Rise in Trophy Retail Districts, But Will Tenants Pay?
Rents are rising in many of the nation’s best-known trophy retail districts. Of the 13 markets tracked in the U.S. and elsewhere in the Americas in a report by brokerage CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), seven posted rent increases in the past 12 months. ...
Landlords Can Benefit from Targeting Professional Services Providers as Tenants
It’s no secret that with vacancy rates reaching record highs, shopping center landlords have been more willing to accept non-retail tenants, including medical offices, schools and religions institutions....
General Growth Properties Gets Big Boost: $500 Million From Teacher Retirement System Of Texas
The fortunes of beleaguered shopping center owner General Growth Properties (NYSE: GGP) have improved once again with the announcement of an impending major investment in the company by a top pension fund manager....
Why Retail Valuations Will Not Return to Peak Levels Until After 2016
When will the retail sector recover? The answer depends on how recovery is defined. Property owners consider a drop in vacancies and a reversal from negative to positive rent growth as the first signs of a recovery. ...
Lawmakers Consider Carried Interest Legislation
As lawmakers in Washington mull legislation that will affect the tax treatment of carried interest, a standard form of compensation for general partners in limited partnerships and limited liability corporations, commercial real estate pros are debating whether the legislation makes sense and how much of an impact it will have, should it come to pass. ...
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