Investment Analysis
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...
Real Estate Trade Groups Favor McCain Economic Policies
Oct 29, 2008
While commercial real estate associations cannot endorse presidential candidates, that isn’t stopping them from monitoring and assessing Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama’s prospective economic policies. ...
Hot Potato
Oct 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Where do we go from here? That was the question on many people's minds during the tumultuous two-week period in mid-September that took the credit crisis...
Lehman, Merrill Commercial Real Estate Assets Expected To Be Sold
Sep 24, 2008
With the credit markets seized, the avalanche of bad news surrounding investment banking giants Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch and insurance provider AIG has caused a state of panic in the commercial real estate industry....
U.S. Market Turmoil Drives Interest in Global REITs
Sep 17, 2008
Global REITs could provide a safe haven during turbulent economic times in the U.S., according to Boston-based Torto Wheaton Research. ...
Are Simon and Westfield Competing or Teaming Up in Britain?
Sep 3, 2008
In recent weeks both Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group and Sydney-based Westfield Group divulged they had taken out significant stakes in Liberty International plc, one of the biggest shopping center owners in the United Kingdom. ...
Biding their time
Sep 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
It's becoming apparent that for retail real estate investors, 2008 has been the year to wait and see. But the issue isn't that investors don't have money...
Brokers Search the Depths
Aug 20, 2008
In the second quarter of 2008, significant retail sales transactions amounted to only $5 billion, according to New York City-based Real Capital Analytics. That represented a 63 percent drop from the second quarter of 2007....
Shut Down
Aug 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
When rumors surfaced in July that the mid-price department store chain Mervyns was on the brink of entering bankruptcy proceedings, the news hit landlords...
Expert Q&A: A Changing Landscape
Aug 1, 2008, CHRIS SCIORTINO Director of Baird Investment Banking
Before the credit crunch, private equity firms were active investors in buying out retailers and real estate companies. That all came to an abrupt halt...
