CMBS Hang Out on a Limb
Feb 1, 2008, David Bodamer
The Commercial Mortgage Securities Association held its annual Investors Conference the first week in January in South Beach, Fla., at a particularly...
Change at the Top
Feb 1, 2008, Elaine Misonzhnik
With a Feb. 15 deadline to pay off or refinance $3.5 billion in short-term debt exactly one month away, embroiled Australian listed property trust Centro...
CMSA Conference Marked By More Uncertainty
Jan 9, 2008
South Beach, Fla. -- The Commercial Mortgage Securities Association held its annual Investors Conference this week in South Beach, Fla., at a particularly precarious moment. Credit markets remain locked up...
Credit Crunch Claims Centro, But Other REITs Look Safe
Dec 19, 2007
The credit crunch has certainly slowed things down for the retail real estate industry as evidenced by a drop in deal flow and the scaling back of some announced developments...
Money Talks
Dec 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
This summer's credit crunch brought the days of easy money to an end and the commercial real estate industry is still suffering a hangover from that party...
Commercial Real Estate Lenders Take Hit But Keep Rolling
Nov 14, 2007
This summer's credit crunch brought the days of easy money to an end--and the commercial real estate industry is still suffering a hangover from that party--but things have begun to loosen up ...
Credit Crunch Concerns
Nov 1, 2007, David Bodamer
Go to an ICSC event and you'd be hard-pressed to sense there are any deep concerns about the health of the real estate industry. Booths bustle with activity....
Business Deals
Nov 1, 2007
Faris Lee Investments negotiated the sale of three retail centers in Texas for $30 million in a 1031 exchange. The centers, totaling 150,000 sq. ft.,...
Collateral Damage
Nov 1, 2007, By Beth Mattson-Teig
This year was supposed to be the coming-out party for the commercial real estate collateralized debt obligation (CRE CDO) market. After topping $35 billion...
Retail Real Estate Braces for Pricing Drop
Sep 19, 2007
The retail real estate industry feared this moment for the past three years, but everyone knew it would come. The first hints arrived early this summer, when class B and C retail assets started trading at cap rates higher than 7 percent, above last year's sector-wide average of 6.9 percent. The reported increases ranged from 30 to 100 basis points, depending on the region. ...
