Mixed-use development has been a hot topic in the U.S. for the past few years. But in the race to get projects done quickly, developers may have lost touch with what makes such environments thrive. The result is that very similar projects across...

Starved for good news, the lending community earned a major victory in February in the effort to revive the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market and restore investor confidence...

For too long the landlord/tenant relationship in this business has been adversarial...

The recession and credit crunch continue to take a toll on retail REITs. During the fourth quarter, REITs experienced a smorgasbord of difficulties including one-time charges, occupancy declines and decreasing net occupancy incomes (NOI). As a...

Retail REITs were not spared as the stock market hit its lowest levels since 1997. Every REIT dropped from the same period last month and is down year to date in 2009...

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It's been a slow few months in the world of real estate lending. For example, Steven J. Lurie, partner in the real estate practice group of Greenberg Glusker, a Los Angeles-based law firm, has handled only one retail financing since Sept. 15, when...

After failing three times to get the public financing it wanted to pay for part of a $2 billion expansion, the Mall of America won't be making another pitch to Minnesota's state legislature. Instead, it's considering building the 5.6-million...

Cohen and Co., Inc. Real Estate negotiated the sale of the 234,045-sq.-ft. Ormond Towne Square, in Ormond Beach, Fla., from Developers Diversified Realty to the Jaffe Corp. for $20 million...

Japanese researchers in Tokyo have devised a robotic mall cop, a two-foot-high security guard on wheels that can track down bad guys running amok on commercial property and disable them with a “Spider-Man” like web. Named the T-34, possibly after...