Andrew Farkas Spearheads Move by C-III Capital Partners to Acquire NAI Global
Jun 24, 2011
Andrew Farkas, who founded Insignia Financial Group Inc. in New York in 1990 and steered it to become one of the largest commercial real estate services firms in the world before rival CB Richard Ellis bought the company for approximately $415...
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LA Fitness Seizes the Moment of Big-Box Opportunity
Jun 23, 2011
Many retailers have capitalized on the spike in shopping center vacancies to upgrade to better locations and negotiate favorable rents. In addition, for some expanding chains, the downturn has proven to be a time to upgrade their status in the...
Managing the Store’s Lifecycle, All in One Place
Jun 23, 2011
Trying to describe what Lucernex Technologies tries to achieve with its retailer-centered software package, Ken Brown, the firm’s chief information officer, recalls a harrowing episode from his earlier life as a real estate consultant...
Bulking Up
Jun 22, 2011
Retailers Continue to Add to Expansion Pipeline
Retailers Continue to Add to Expansion Pipeline
Jun 22, 2011
In the latest update from RBC Capital Markets on retailer planned store openings, tenants continue to increase their projections for growth as measured by their 12-month and 24-month expansion targets. RBC, with data from Retail Lease Trac...
Top Retailers Looking to Grow as of May 2011
Top Retailers Looking to Grow as of May 2011
Jun 22, 2011
Subway is the retailer with the most ambitious expansion plans. It has its sights set on opening 4,000 new stores in the next 24 months. Dollar General and Subway rival Quiznos are next on the list, with states plans of opening 1,200 locations in...
Buyers Line Up as Retail REITs Plan Dispositions
Jun 22, 2011
After U.S. retail REITs spent much of the early 2000s aggressively expanding their empires, this year brings a reversal in strategy. Eager to take advantage of a suddenly favorable sales climate and to boost NOIs, many publicly-traded REITs are...
Latest PwC Real Estate Survey Finds Investors Cautious on Retail
Latest PwC Real Estate Survey Finds Investors Cautious on Retail
Jun 22, 2011
The PwC Real Estate Investor Survey for the second quarter of 2011 finds that while investors overall seem optimistic about commercial real estate, there is a bit more caution when it comes to the retail sector...
PwC's Q2 2011 Retail Cap Rates
PwC's Q2 2011 Retail Cap Rates
Jun 22, 2011
According to PwC, Cap rates on class-A+ malls fell to 6.30 percent in the first quarter--a 15 basis point improvement from the first quarter. Overall, mall cap rates are down 110 basis points from a peak of 7.40 percent in the fourth quarter of...
PwC Q2 2011 Retail Real Estate Barometer
PwC Q2 2011 Retail Real Estate Barometer
Jun 22, 2011
According to the PwC Real Estate Barometer, retail real estate remains in recession in a majority of markets...
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