Conversations on the floor at ICSC's New York National Conference and Dealmaking often involved this question: Have the government's measures to support banks and ease the rules in how commercial real estate loans are accounted for delayed the...
At a meeting this morning one high-level real estate executive summed up his team's feelings about the success of the trip to New York: "We are having a very good show. But, then again, our expectations were really low, so it doesn't take much to...
The mood at ICSC's New York National Conference and Dealmaking is markedly better than it was this time last year, but most feel that the retail real estate sector is far from out of the woods. ...
I'll be posting some thoughts about the ICSC New York National Conference and Dealmaking later today or some time tomorrow. The format is slightly different than past years. I'm still trying to get a read on the mood. It's obviously better than...
Retail Forward, ICSC and Retail Metrics have all done their monthly numbers crunching. The verdict is not very good. November same-store sales disappointed. According to ICSC sales were down. Retail Metrics and Retail Forward, however, reported...
General Growth Properties seems intent on exiting Chapter 11 as quickly as possible--today, the REIT released details of further loan extensions and other details on its plans to emerge from bankruptcy. It previously had announced deals covering...
The Real Estate Board of New York recently released its Fall 2009 Retail Report. The report chronicles asking rent declines throughout the city. High traffic, high profile areas such as Times Square and Fifth Avenue and trendy neighborhoods like...
We made it through Black Friday and the rest of the weekend. NRF's early take is that up 0.5 percent. ShopperTrak's numbers are extrapolated off the traffic counts the company conducts at malls. ...
It's been a while since we posted a roundup here. So here are some headlines and blog posts from the past week or so that you might be interested in if you hadn't seen them yet. ...
