Parke Chapman

The coming weeks may bring even more apartment REIT privatizations, say sources. Just two weeks after Archstone-Smith agreed to a $15.2 billion privatization, rumors are swirling that Washington, D.C.-based AvalonBay...

Lower Manhattan's commercial real estate market is thriving nearly six years after the 9/11 attacks. What's fueling this rebound are a growing number of businesses and residents who see the allure of an area that's...

A record $16 billion in Florida apartment units were converted into condominiums during the past two years, flooding the market with roughly 120,000 new units. Although only 5,000 of these units were sold during that...

When Pritzker Realty Group decided to sell a Kansas City office building last summer, the private investment firm didn't hand the listing to a local broker. Like an increasing number of sellers, the Chicago-based firm...

Not even the first unofficial holiday of the summer can slow down the REIT privatization juggernaut. On a sultry Memorial Day afternoon, Tishman Speyer Properties and Lehman Brothers formalized a $13.5 billion bid on...

A growing number of U.S.-based real estate investors plan to increase their offshore holdings over the next 12 months based on a new survey. But the accelerated movement of capital abroad may also signal that domestic...

A new report proves that commercial real estate developers boosted the economy during the early stages of the residential slowdown. The link between a thriving development market and the broader economy may seem...

Virtual call centers are helping many U.S. businesses trim occupancy costs and boost customer service. Unlike the typical call center, which consolidates employees within one cavernous building, virtual call centers...