Even the mainstream media has noticed the revolution in green building, but when the subject comes up, flashy office projects tend to get the attention...
Another M&A contest in commercial real estate has drawn to a conclusion, this time with the late-coming suitor besting an original offer to take the prize. In March, Oak Brook, Ill.-based Inland Capital Markets...
David Loeb, a senior research analyst and managing director of Robert W. Baird & Co. based in Milwaukee, has been tracking real estate-related companies for more than 20 years, with a special emphasis on the...
The Federal Housing Administration provides mortgage insurance to a variety of multifamily developments, and that includes seniors housing. Such FHA-backed loans under the Section 221(d)(4) program facilitate assisted...
The latest chapter in the saga of Ventas Inc., which saw the Louisville-based REIT come back from the verge of bankruptcy in the late 1990s to become an active M&A player in the seniors housing realm, is the...
By the time that a formal Equity Office Properties shareholders’ meeting convened in Chicago today, the takeover by Blackstone Group LP was pretty much a done deal. Earlier that same morning, rival suitor Vornado...
Senior Lifestyle Corp. chairman and CEO William B. Kaplan didn't start out in the mid-1980s to be a pioneer in affordable and middle market seniors housing. Instead, he began with the redevelopment of a storied old...
While the giddy investment market in the warehouse/distribution sector is backed by falling vacancies and rising rents, one wildcard clouds the short-term outlook: A potential slowdown in import-export growth could...
Corporate America says change is good, but often that mantra doesn't apply to my department. When the corporate real estate department of Chicago-based insurance giant Aon Corp. wanted to centralize its facility...
