Finance: REITs
Regional Mall REITs Hang On During Third Quarter
Nov 19, 2008
Regional mall REITs turned in a solid performance in the third quarter of 2008, amid increasingly grim same-store sales results and reports of crimped consumer spending. ...
Shopping Center REITs Headed Down
Nov 12, 2008
Shopping center REIT performance continued to erode during the third quarter. Nearly half the shopping center REITs missed analyst estimates and several lowered their guidance for the remainder of the year. ...
Damage Report
Nov 1, 2008, By Jennifer Popovec
Between September 19, the Friday before investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection, and October 15, the day the U.S. government invested...
Editor's Letter: Retail REITs Deserve Another Look
Nov 1, 2008, By David Bodamer, Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine
For the past month or so from the day that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy retail REITs have been under seige. The bad news has continued to pile...
No Agreement
Nov 1, 2008
The board of directors at Agree Realty Corp. unanimously rejected an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Compson Holding Corp. The Board determined...
General Growth's Growing Pains
Nov 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
As the credit crisis drags on, debt-ladened General Growth Properties, the nation's second largest regional mall REIT, may have no other choice than to...
More REIT Margin Calls
Nov 1, 2008
Two more REITs have seen executives forced to sell stock. Macerich Co. CEO Art Coppola and Developers Diversified chairman and CEO Scott Wolstein both...
Although Terms Have Changed, Debt Markets Remain Open to Retail REITs
Oct 15, 2008
As the retail real estate industry awaits the fate of General Growth Properties Inc.—will it be dispositions, a wholesale liquidation, a merger or a miraculous recovery...
Could General Growth Be Sold?
Oct 1, 2008
As the credit crisis drags on, debt-ladened General Growth Properties, the nation’s second largest regional mall REIT, may have no other choice than to sell the company. ...
Look Elsewhere
Oct 1, 2008
Global REITs could provide a safe haven during turbulent economic times in the U.S., according to Boston-based Torto Wheaton Research. The group praised...
