September 1, 2009

Cover Story

Is the Wait Over?

Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, by H. Lee Murphy

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

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

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

Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Matt Valley

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

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

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

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

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

Research

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

Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Sibley Fleming

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

Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Beth Mattson-Teig

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

Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Denise Kalette

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

Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Matt Hudgins

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

Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Sibley Fleming

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

Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM

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

Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM

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

Deals & Projects

Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM

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