Many commercial developers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts use high-tech modeling software to gauge how their buildings would fare against hurricane-force winds. But Minneapolis-based development firm Opus Group...
The booming U.S. hotel market isn’t about to founder anytime soon, say hotel experts. Room demand has increased for an unprecedented 36 consecutive months through May, and one rosy projection calls for the sector to...
Natural disasters strike fear in the hearts of hotel investors, many of which saw prized assets decimated by hurricanes in recent years. But appraiser Steve Rushmore, president and founder of hotel consulting firm HVS...
Two questions have dogged lower Manhattan's office market in recent months: Just how much new space can the market absorb, and when will it come online? With construction on the Freedom Tower plus a quartet of...
Building owners and managers have another reason to dust off their emergency preparedness plans — the growing threat of avian flu. A January 2006 Deloitte & Touche survey of more than 100 U.S. corporate executives...
Where many see rusting beams and potholes, some investors see the next big opportunity. With the prices of conventional real estate at or near cyclical highs, there is a growing interest by investors in toll roads and...
Hotel values have been soaring for the past two years as the industry pulled out of its prolonged post-9/11 slump. Deal volume is rising, too: Real Capital Analytics reports that investors bought $9 billion in hotel...
It’s getting harder to tell the buyers from the sellers in this current market as profits increasingly trace their way back into the acquisitions market. This is particularly true among fund managers who are selling...
Unlisted REITs turned heads in 2003 after sponsors raised $7 billion from retail investors. Since 2003, however, average fundraising volume has fallen by roughly $300 million each year — and it’s unlikely that the...
Rochester, N.Y.-based apartment REIT Home Properties (NYSE: HME) is under contract to sell its entire Detroit-area apartment portfolio for roughly $225 million...
