Investments: Trends
Industry Settles in for Long Haul at ICSC New York Show (12/10)
Dec 10, 2008
The mood at this week’s annual ICSC New York National Conference and Dealmaking was one of overwhelming caution....
Bleak Outlook for 2009 . . .and 2010
Nov 1, 2008, By David Bodamer
Hoping for a quick turnaround in the retail real estate sector? Don't bet on it. That's at least the opinion of more than 700 commercial real estate experts...
The End of Investment Banks?
Nov 1, 2008
It's the end of an era. The big Wall Street investment banks that survived two World Wars, the Great Depression and the Asian financial crisis were taken...
Big Appetite
Nov 1, 2008, By Jennifer Popovec
Sovereign wealth funds will increase property investments. Although sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are expected to increase their investment activity in...
Bleak Outlook for Retail Real Estate in 2009 … and 2010 (10/22)
Oct 22, 2008
Hoping for a quick turnaround in the retail real estate sector? Don’t bet on it. ...
Clouds on the Coast
Oct 1, 2008, By Riccardo A. Davis
Retail real estate executives are generally an optimistic bunch. Up until now, many have been holding on to a view that the industry had seen the worst...
Expert Q&A: Unknown Factor
Oct 1, 2008, By Hessam Nadji
Retail Traffic: What effects do you think the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the sale of Merrill Lynch and the nationalization of AIG will have on commercial...
On the Chopping Block
Oct 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
As the credit markets remain frozen, the avalanche of bad news surrounding investment banking giants Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch and insurance provider...
Brokers Search the Depths
Sep 1, 2008, Elaine Misonzhnik
Has the slowdown in retail real estate sales hit bottom? Not yet, say wavering observers who predict that won't occur until the second quarter of 2009...
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....
