Deal Junkie linked to two interesting stories last week on the state of the CMBS market. One from Bloomberg talked about how at the current pace, CMBS sales may fall to a 12-year low. ...
This is interesting, especially in light of the December ruling in California that allows protesters access to malls on the grounds that malls are "public forums." ...
For commercial real estate investors, Brazil is a dream and Spain is a nightmare, Michael Pralle, president of real estate private equity firm J.E. Robert Cos, said on Wednesday. "I'd avoid Spain and Italy right now, and be patient in the United...
For the second time in less than three months JCPenney is announcing that its scaling back its store openings. In April, it first divulged plans to cut its openings in 2008 from 50 down to 36. Now it's cutting targets from 2009. It will only open...
The Chicago Tribune has a nice scoop about Sears testing a new Kmart concept at two locations. They've been very quiet about it. The story takes a while to actually get around to describing the meat of the new concept. But here's the description...
