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September 1, 2009

Cover Story

Is the Wait Over?

It's a late August weekend at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa in Lake Geneva, Wis., and the place is a beehive of activity. Two wedding parties and a community...

Features

Women Lose Ground in C-Suite

It has been a brutal year in the C-suite, where women executives of commercial real estate-related firms have endured major setbacks after their long...

Full Impact of Epic Hotel Slump Still to Come, Say NREI Webinar Panelists

The U.S. lodging industry finds itself in uncharted waters due to a global economic and financial crisis that has taken a severe toll on the net operating...

Katrina Creates Safe Harbor for Multifamily Industry

The story of the New Orleans apartment market is inextricably tied to Katrina the hurricane that wiped out 20% of the city's rental housing stock and...

Uphill Battle for Borrowers

Project financing remains expensive and scarce for seniors housing as conventional lenders continue to exercise caution, despite an economic uptick and...

Research

2009 ASHA 50

This special section of National Real Estate Investor features the American Seniors Housing Association's (ASHA’s) 16th annual compilation of the nation’s largest seniors housing owners and managers...

Developments

Boomers, Health Care Reform Bode Well for Medical Office

The national drama playing out over health care could have profound implications for medical office by providing coverage to some 46 million uninsured...

Opus Continues to Battle for Survival

Minneapolis-based Opus Corp. is scrambling to keep two of its five operating companies, Opus Northwest and Opus North, afloat amid mounting financial...

Midair Crash Leaves Altman Family, Apartment Industry Grieving

The deaths of apartment executives Steven and Daniel Altman in a midair plane-helicopter collision above the Hudson River between Manhattan and Hoboken,...

Slow Market, Busy Brokers

An epic slowdown in property sales and leasing activity has forced commercial real estate brokers to work harder while earning less than in recent years,...

Q&A

Michael Alter: Community activism, social justice are the highest ideals

In 1995, Michael Alter succeeded his father, William Alter, as president of Chicago-based development firm The Alter Group. A Harvard graduate with a...

Bar Items

In Progress: Fifth and Alton

DEVELOPER: Berkowitz Development Group LOCATION: Miami SIZE: 750,000 sq. ft., five-story retail project BUZZ: Located at the Gateway to Miami Beach on...

Names in the News

Robert Buente has joined non-profit affordable housing developer 1010 Development Corp. as president and CEO in Los Angeles. Previously, Buente served...

Deals & Projects

Transwestern's Phoenix office has been awarded the property management assignment for Phoenix's One Central Park East by Mesirow Financial Real Estate....

Columns

Trading Ideas On How to Revive Job Market

While some leading economic indicators show that the Great Recession is over, the statistical evidence provides little solace for millions of Americans...

Lenders, Investors Square Off

In recent weeks, investors have been returning to the stock market in droves as heavy losses in equity and corporate bonds during the fall of 2008 and...

Heated Opposition to Energy Bill

All eyes in commercial real estate will turn to the U.S. Senate this fall. Will it follow the lead of the U.S. House of Representatives and pass energy...

How To Resolve Credit Crunch in Real Estate

Governments around the world have done a commendable job stimulating the global economy by pumping $4.6 trillion into financial markets, or 10% of global...

NREI Interactive Products

  • Podcast

    Commercial Real Estate: Hey, Save a Piece of Stimulus Pie for Me!

    Following a year that saw the near meltdown of the banking system, 2010 could shape up to be a better year for investors, though perhaps not as robust as some would wish.

  • Podcast

    Is the Recession Over?

    Rick Mattoon, senior economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, shares the latest numbers from the Fed's National Activity Index that show the economy is experiencing a fairly sharp rebound from the bottom of the Great Recession.

  • Webinars

    2010: The Year of the Sale - Leaseback

    This webinar provides brokers, bankers, developers, CFOs and real estate executives with a blueprint for accessing the many facets of the sale-leaseback model.


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