The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's report is out. ...

Canadian real estate giant RioCan REIT has been extremely active in building up its exposure in the United States. Last year it formed joint ventures with Inland Western Retail Real Estate Inc. and Cedar Shopping Centers Inc. Both of those JVs...

It's been a quiet week on this blog. ...

What happens when you build a giant mall and nobody comes? That's what they're finding out in Dongguan, China at the New South China Mall. ...

It looks like the number of publicly traded retail REITs might grow a bit this year. Today, news emerged that American Assets Trust Inc. successfully raised $564 million in the largest REIT IPO in more than a year. ...

With tomorrow's deadline looming to make a bid for Capital Shopping Centres, Simon Property Group announced this morning that it was ending its pursuit of the British mall owner. ...

The hunger for mergers and acquisitions in the retail sector has picked up in the past few months, as evidenced by the growing interest in the J.Crew transaction. So far, however, most of the deals have involved private equity buyouts of public...