Steve Bergsman

To foster a more widespread revival of retailing in Washington, D.C., the Downtown D.C. Business Improvement District is proposing a novel twist on allocating tax incentives. Using a rating system that would reward...

If you haven't dealt with a tenant rep — as a renter or as a landlord — you may soon. At a time when filling shopping centers and other retail real estate is becoming a more complicated task, tenant reps are...

Stability is something investors crave these days. Maybe that explains why so many financiers of grocery-anchored community shopping centers are keeping busy doing construction loans and grocery properties top the...

“Our phones are ringing off the hook with folks who have private equity to offer,” says Lawrence Casey, chief financial officer of Donahue Schriber. And the Costa Mesa, Calif.-based real estate investment trust (REIT)...

Can the same company operate its own malls and serve as a third-party manager for competing owners in the same market? It's a question that has come to the fore in recent years as more mall owners are expanding their...

By acting quickly last year, PETsMART Inc. avoided a dicey situation that could have landed the company in a financial doghouse. With the synthetic lease on a number of its properties — including its large...

Despite the failure of numerous transaction-oriented Internet companies, the general mood of the real estate technology sector remains optimistic, if the annual real estate conference Realcomm is any indication...

While a lot of new technologies made an appearance at Realcomm Commercial Real Estate Technology eConference this year, the buzz mainly centered around the increasing potential of an older tool: wireless technology...