Matt Valley

While optimists are confident that the current credit crunch is merely a blip, pessimists are convinced that the subprime mortgage contagion can only lead to recession. Dr. Rajeev Dhawan, economist at Georgia State...

Forget about rock'n'roll and low-mileage compact cars. The latest competitive threat from overseas could be a food fight with Britain's international grocery and retail merchandising chain Tesco PLC. The world's third...

Much like a powerful HBO special, the commercial real estate industry produced plenty of drama in the first half of 2007 — even without Tony Soprano. The first nail-biter ended in early February when shareholders of...

Ask any 10 real estate professionals to define one of the biggest buzzwords of the 21st century, “sustainability,” and almost assuredly you'll get 10 different answers, ranging from renewable energy sources to...

Recognizing that ethnic shopping centers provide a highly attractive investment opportunity, Prudential Real Estate Investors has entered into a joint venture with Pacific Castle to acquire retail properties in the...

The leveraged buyout epidemic currently spreading throughout the retail industry shows no signs of retreating anytime soon. There continue to be mega-deals and rumors of even more deals. As our cover story shows...

The news continued to go from bad to worse on the residential mortgage front in late March. A Federal Reserve official testified before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, D.C. that borrowers of...

Spend a few minutes talking with Laurence Geller and you get the distinct impression that he's part personal motivator and part entrepreneur. In fact, the president and CEO of Chicago-based Strategic Hotels &...