Office owners couldn't be happier that the long, dark night of poor to marginal real estate fundamentals that led to a strong tenant's market has nearly run its course. While the national vacancy rate is still well...
It's a time of high revenues and profits in the hotel business, and owners are taking the opportunity to buy more properties, and each other. Mergers and acquisitions have been so brisk lately that a number of...
The once feverish pace of mergers and acquisitions among shopping center giants has begun to slow, prompting owners to find new ways to grow. These strategies include participation in suburban mixed-use projects, and...
In a real estate world awash with equity and debt, hotel investment sales are hitting record volumes. Last year, according to Jones Lang LaSalle, some $21 billion worth of hotels traded hands in the United States...
What do a man-made canal in Texas, a rare acre-plus hybrid green space/piazza in Queens, and a large North Woods-style fireplace in North Dakota have in common? Not much, which puts them on the cutting edge of retail...
During the first quarter of 2006, hotel mergers and acquisitions are heating up internationally. In the words of hospitality industry observers and musical group Bachman-Turner Overdrive, “You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet.”...
Sale-leasebacks have been a standard — if underutilized — tool in commercial real estate for years. Routinely, operators of hotels, office buildings, factories and stores weigh the pros and cons of owning their...
The upscale segment of the lodging industry has earned bragging rights. It is the shining star in the eyes of hotel investors as 2006 begins, and for good reason: key measures of performance continue to rise, and...
What would it take to slow investor interest in retail properties in 2006? Rising long-term interest rates? A couple of major natural disasters? High energy costs that threaten to take consumer dollars away from...
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...
