Developers attempting to launch sustainable-design projects and landlords who wish to complete energy-efficient property upgrades in the coming year face looming challenges that range from tight credit to slower retu...
Already suffering ill effects from a persistent credit crunch, the commercial real estate industry in 2009 faces the likelihood of weakening fundamentals and more distress. With refinancing sources scarce, struggling...
The deep freeze in the property sales market is likely to thaw in 2009. Declining real estate fundamentals are pressuring sellers while pent-up demand to move capital is forcing vulture fund managers to act...
To adulterate a Rolling Stones lyric, consumers can’t always get what they want, but they just might buy what they need. That characteristic of economic down-cycles explains why some retailers – and their landlords –...
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, a Chicago-based real estate private equity firm, has acquired 19 self-storage properties in six states for an undisclosed price. The purchase includes 11,600 storage units totaling...
Developers are adding to the global supply of hotel rooms at an astonishing pace even as per-room revenue and occupancy rates decline for most of the world...
After a year of squabbling in the U.S. House and Senate, leaders have extended approximately $18 billion in tax credits to encourage investment in renewable energy. President Bush signed the measure into law on Oct...
An Oregon utility company will install a 1.1 megawatt photovoltaic power generation system on three industrial roofs it has leased in Portland from distribution center provider ProLogis. In the second deal of its kin...
Prices paid for income-producing properties in the United States have been shrinking for the past year and real estate observers say values still have not hit bottom. With few lenders offering more than 60% leverage...
As job losses mount and Corporate America downsizes its real estate needs, the amount of office sublease space is growing, a harbinger of rising vacancy and lower rents ahead...
