Six Months into 2008, the CMBS Market Has Failed to Recover
Jul 2, 2008
When the credit crunch first broke in earnest last fall and froze the U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market in its tracks, the most bullish prognosticators predicted a mere blip. ...
REIT Week Attendees Expect Tough Times Ahead
Jun 11, 2008
The U.S. commercial property market will avoid the massive troubles crippling the single-family housing sector but will face hard times in the coming year, according to presenters at NAREIT’s annual REIT Week conference that took place in New York City from June 4 to June 6....
Heard on the Floor
Jun 1, 2008
With the way the economy is going right now, I've noticed retailers are more aggressive about negotiating their exit strategies, says an attorney with...
The Doldrums
Jun 1, 2008
After months of little activity in the investment sales sector, the volume of retail transactions in the first quarter amounted to only $7 billion, an...
Recession? What Recession?
Jun 1, 2008
It's been a rocky nine months with the credit crunch having deep impacts on investment and development and pressures on consumers cutting into retail...
Cash Handy for Assets Reduced for Sale
Apr 23, 2008
A handful of investors, over the past several weeks, have grabbed their wallets and gone shopping for retail real estate in the U.S., ready to pump billions of dollars into the parched market … if the price is right....
Not So Risky
Apr 1, 2008
A recent report from CBRE Torto Wheaton Research states that future commercial mortgage defaults and losses could be overestimated threefold. The culprit?...
Fortunoff Aims for Brighter Future Under NRDC's Watch
Feb 6, 2008
Who says the era of retail buyouts are over? Although the credit crunch makes leveraged-buyouts difficult, it doesn't mean that all deals are off the table....
And Odd Punishment
Jan 1, 2008
A Willow Springs, Ill., woman was charged with endangering the life of a child after she left her 6-year-old son alone at the Chicago Ridge Mall to teach...
Land on Shaky Ground
Jan 1, 2008, Elaine Misonzhnik
Back when new development was proceeding at a fever pitch, entrepreneurial investors snatched up land parcels in areas poised for future growth. With...
