Retail Property Sellers Opt to Offer Financing to Get Deals Done
Retail Property Sellers Opt to Offer Financing to Get Deals Done
Jun 11, 2009
In today's troubled financial climate, it isn't easy to sell shopping centers. But some property owners—because conventional financing is scarce—have gotten creative and begun to finance sales themselves. For example in April, Jim Glabman, owner...
Commercial Mortgage Defaults Hit 17-Year High
Commercial Mortgage Defaults Hit 17-Year High
Jun 09, 2009
A new report from Real Estate Econometrics reveals a continuing strain on the commercial mortgage market. Projections from the firm are that past due and non-accrual loan balances on commercial mortgages will more than double from the end of 2008...
General Growth Bankruptcy Facing Challenges; Ackman Joins REIT's Board
Jun 09, 2009
Updated at June 9, 5:51 PM with information from General Growth's opposition briefs to its lenders claims...
HFF to Help Inland Western Take Care of Maturing Debt
Jun 04, 2009
Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust, Inc. hired the Dallas office of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) to assist the REIT with outstanding debt maturities for retail properties nationwide...
Retail REITs pursue stock offerings in a Darwinian battle of the balance sheets.
Retail REITs pursue stock offerings in a Darwinian battle of the balance sheets.
Jun 03, 2009
In early May, Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG), the largest regional mall REIT in the country with 246 million square feet of space and a market capitalization of more than $13.7 billion, announced its second round of stock and unsecured debt off...
Car Dealership Closings Could Hurt Commercial Real Estate Values With Excess Space Supply
Jun 02, 2009
As the U.S.'s auto manufacturers continue to restructure and cut costs, car dealership closings are spiking and generating a glut of excess space that might have a prolonged negative impact on the commercial real estate market, investment sales...
Commercial and Multifamily Debt Holdings Evolve
Commercial and Multifamily Debt Holdings Evolve
Jun 01, 2009
The amount of outstanding multifamily and commercial real estate expanded in 2008, despite the credit crunch. Most of the expansion occurred in the commercial banking sector where outstanding debt grew from $1.40 trillion to $1.55 trillion from...
CBL Scores New Leasing Contract
May 28, 2009
NPP Development LLC, an affiliate of the Kraft Group, appointed CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. to provide landlord representation and consulting services for Patriot Place, a 1.3-million-square-foot mixed-use complex in Foxborough, Mass...
Retail Real Estate Investors Remain Parked on the Sidelines
Retail Real Estate Investors Remain Parked on the Sidelines
May 27, 2009
Buyers are sitting on vast mountains of cash, but are content to wait for bargains to emerge.
Retail Real Estate Firms Jockeying for Spoils of Distress
May 26, 2009
One of the major plot points of last week's ICSC RECon in Las Vegas was the deluge of firms expressing interest in taking a piece of what many assume could be a multi-billion dollar business in coming months and years—managing distressed assets...
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