Investment Analysis
PREIT, Cafaro Lend Boscov’s a Helping Hand (12/17)
Dec 17, 2008
In unorthodox moves, two major retail real estate developers are helping keep Reading, Pa.-based regional department store chain Boscov’s afloat. ...
The Lost Year
Dec 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Those in the retail real estate industry who hoped a market recovery would come swiftly and painlessly in the early stages of 2009 are going to disappointed....
Expert Q&A: A Slow Recovery
Dec 1, 2008, By Bob Bach, Senior vice President and Chief Economist for Grubb & Ellis
Grubb & Ellis' chief economist Bob Bach spoke last month at the company's 2009 forecast preview. Bach, who says there is no question we are now in a recession,...
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 (10/29)
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...
