December 1, 2009
Departments
First Rays of Light
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic
A year ago, our forecast issue featured a picture of a milk carton with Baby New Year listed as missing. Experts we talked to predicted that 2009 would...
FRIENDLY COMPARISONS
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Retail REIT shares are relatively flat since our last update. The 52-week highs for nearly every REIT reset dramatically to lower levels in the past 60...
Traffic Reports
Store Closings Likely to Peak in First Half of 2010
Oct 13, 2009 11:40 AM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Among the few bright notes for retail real estate professionals in this year of bad news has been the fact that, contrary to expectations, store closings never reached Armageddon-like levels many were predicting...
PROJECTS & PEOPLE
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Regency Centers broke ground for Seminole Shoppes, a 74,000-sq.-ft. shopping center in Neptune Beach, Fla. The project is scheduled to open in 2010. Developers...
BUSINESS DEALS
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM
The Blackstone Group and Glimcher Realty Trust, announced a partnership for the acquisition and management of two regional malls in a deal worth $320...
CIT Bankruptcy Won't Pose an Immediate Threat to Retail Landlords
Nov 3, 2009 12:47 PM
The retail real estate industry is well positioned to survive the bankruptcy of CIT Group Inc....
Commercial Real Estate Debt Won't Be the Next Shoe to Drop, Economists Say
Oct 20, 2009 12:55 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
For months, the buzz has been that commercial real estate—with $3.4 trillion in outstanding debt, $1.4 trillion of which is coming due by the end of 2012—would precipitate the next leg in the credit crisis and possibly derail the broader economic recovery. To some, that mountain of debt coming due represents a clear parallel to the trillions of dollars in residential loans that helped destroy more than 100 banks and made the current recession the deepest and longest since the Great Depression. ...
Features
Retail Real Estate Should Begin Its Healing Process in 2010
Dec 4, 2009 1:05 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
After suffering through a moribund 2009 when investment sales, lending and leasing were largely frozen, the retail real estate industry is showing signs that the long-awaited rebound may be starting. ...
New York’s Luxury Corridor Loses its Luster, but Less Expensive Areas Hold Their Own.
Nov 17, 2009 10:56 AM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Madison Ave. has seen vacancy rates rise and rents plummet, but other Manhattan retail districts have fared better during the downturn....
Architects Learn How to Create Inviting Retail Spaces for Less Money
Oct 27, 2009 10:30 AM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Developers building new retail centers and repositioning old ones in today's market climate can take comfort in the fact that they can still create enticing spaces without spending a lot of money. ...
Retail Financing Flows to Favored Borrowers and Property Types
Nov 10, 2009 3:19 PM, By Beth Mattson-Teig
Following a year when getting a loan for a retail project seemed about as likely as hitting a Powerball jackpot, prospective borrowers are sensing that lenders may remove the vice grip on their purse strings in 2010. ...
Management Office
Architects Learn How to Create Inviting Retail Spaces for Less Money
Oct 27, 2009 10:30 AM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Developers building new retail centers and repositioning old ones in today's market climate can take comfort in the fact that they can still create enticing spaces without spending a lot of money. ...
As Real Estate Players Focus on Core Competencies, Third Party Management Business Grows
Oct 27, 2009 12:44 PM
RREEF's decisoin to outsource the property management contract for its retail portfolio underlines the trend of increasing specialization within the retail real estate industry....
Political Savvy
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Getting new projects built today requires more than a good vision and a nifty design. People overwhelmingly oppose any new development in their neighborhoods....
