As retail REIT stock prices continue to fall further from all-time peaks and many companies wrestle with debt coming due, is the sector becoming ripe for consolidation? In the first sign that the sector may be reconfiguring, letter sent last week...
There has been a lot of talk in recent weeks about the housing market possibly hitting a bottom. According to the S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index—a composite of the largest markets the company tracks—through the fourth quarter of...
Irvine, Calif.-based Faris Lee Investments completed the sale of a 24,250-square-foot portion of Trabuco Hills Shopping Center for $14.4 million in Mission Viejo, Calif...
J. Michael Stanley, of Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., speaks about a recent surge in factoring activities within the retail sector. David Bodamer, editor in chief of, Retail Traffic steps in to the interviewer's chair...
It turns out the rich are not that different from you and me, at least when it comes to shopping in a recession. The wealthy are tightening their belts, just like middle-class folks (even if the belts may come from Hermés rather than JCPenney). It...
Centro U.S. new president and CEO Michael Carroll hopes the firm's concentration on grocery-anchored neighborhood and community shopping centers will help it weather the current market storm relatively unscathed. Carroll, a veteran of New Plan...
It seems like the news has been dominated by store closing announcements. But there are retailers still expanding. RBC Capital Markets has begun to track projected retailer store openings in a new monthly report...
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust completed the previously announced acquisition of the portfolio of six grocery-anchored properties located in the greater Montreal area totaling approximately 454,000 square feet. The purchase price for the...
