Real estate research firm Reis Inc.’s data for the fourth quarter of 2009 shows continued erosion in fundamentals at neighborhood and community centers and regional malls. Vacancies at both property types rose. For shopping centers, vacancies are...
As the industry rang in the New Year, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler L.P. (HFF) announced three retail loans arranged by a few of the financial intermediary’s offices...
For much of 2009, hhgregg Inc., an Indianapolis-based regional electronics big-box chain, occupied a rare corner of the retail universe: It was a retailer that actually grew its store base.
The chain, which operates stores selling consumer elect...
As the industry tallies the final numbers on sales activity in 2009, the consensus is that last year marked a long-term low point in transaction volume. According to preliminary figures from Real Capital Analytics (RCA), a New York City-based...
In November 2009, the delinquent unpaid balance for CMBS jumped to $37.93 billion from $32.55 billion a month prior, according to Horsham, Pa.-based Realpoint LLC. It was the second largest one month jump that Realpoint has measured and was driven...
Retail real estate survived the most trying year in its history. But there's still plenty to worry about. There will be no return to business as usual — at least not the way things functioned toward the tail end of the boom...
It ended up being a decent year for retail REITs. Of the 28 companies listed below, 17 ended the year with stock prices above where they ended 2008 while 11 were down for the year...