The U.S. retail sector might have a ways to go before it could be considered anything close to healthy, but it seems recovery is beginning to take hold, with some chains finally looking at expansion. The commercial real estate sector, however, is...

It's been a popular year for joint ventures. Macerich has been the most aggressive about forming joint ventures to shore up its balance sheet. The moves put it in a better position for a common offering, which it recently announced. ...

The most significant news for the sector was Capmark's bankruptcy filing. It was talked about over the weekend and became official this morning. Here is the Wall Street Journal's report. ...

As the commercial real estate industry continues to worry about all those debt maturities coming up in 2010 and 2011, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) is one step closer to issuing guidelines for banks dealing with troubled loans. It...