A first-of-its-kind survey conducted by the CREW Network reveals what a lot of commercial real estate industry professionals had suspected but were never able to quantify: Few women are making headway in the...
Growing up along the Gulf Coast, commercial real estate developer Jerry Wallace had hunkered down for more storms than he cared to remember. But the ominous warnings preceding Hurricane Katrina in late summer left him...
Lining up the perfect mix of stores for a neighborhood center can be as difficult as solving a Rubik's Cube. The Chinese restaurant/dry cleaner/liquor store lineup doesn't cut it anymore, many developers claim...
While the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market in the United States has grown rapidly over the past decade and is expected to reach a record $120 to $130 billion this year, securitization in Europe and...
Balancing briefcases and steaming cups of coffee, commuters stream onto the train waiting at the Plano Station in suburban Dallas. The riders are just starting their morning routine, having taken the short walk from...
When Metropole Zlièín, a 570,500 sq. ft. retail center in Prague, traded hands recently, it was accompanied by a title insurance policy. The buyer, a fund from Germany, purchased the guaranty from Stewart...
For the past several years, the hotter-than-hot housing market has given an enormous boost to home improvement and home fashion retailers. Fixing up and furnishing a home is big business, and in an effort to capture...
With a slew of neighborhood centers already suffering from dark grocery store anchors, Winn-Dixie Stores Inc.'s decision in June to pull out of 14 markets and close 326 stores was another piece of unwelcome news...
Retail sales this year might not be as impressive as they were in 2004, but retailers are expanding more aggressively than they have since the late 1990s. “We haven't seen any slowdown in retailer expansion...
After decades of consolidation, it has come to this: The mall industry is dominated by two gigantic companies, Simon Property Group and General Growth Properties. Indianapolis-based Simon, which controls 203 million...
